Thought I'd start this for folks to share information/stories about asthma, both chronic and acute.

I really suffered from allergies as a kid, to the point of getting shots 2-3 times a week for several years. In the last few years I had noticed I'd have really bad races from time to time where I just couldn't breathe. The trigger to seeing someone about it came at road nationals two years ago when, after riding well in both the TT and the road race, I found myself barely able to hang on in the crit.

Saw a doc and my symptoms checked all the boxes for exercise induced asthma. Prescribed an albuterol inhaler which helps, but I still find myself blocked, especially in the last two months.

Be interested in hearing how other folks are dealing with this, if they are on preventative meds (vs. rescue), how often they have problems, good resources, strategies, Etc.

It's not been fun going from an 800 pound gorilla in some races to a mouse lemur overnight.