Originally Posted by
DGlenday
I'm lucky, in that I don't have attacks while riding.
But after I stop ... It hits me like a train.
I'm trying to find some way of easing that problem...
My exercise asthma kicks in an hour or two AFTER a hard ride. I think the catecholamines and stress hormones of hard riding keep it at bay until after. So I took some beta agonists before riding and felt like crap while riding. Seems those "selective" drugs aren't too selective in me, and having a baseline tachycardia saps my energy. What I found worked was low dose inhaled steroid daily. Then use a beta agonist inhaler only after those rides that symptoms start to appear after stopping, which is way less frequent now. Gotta give inhaled steroids weeks to work?
Unfortunately, cold weather will cause symptoms during a ride, and just taking it easy seems to be the only effective treatment then, with or without a beta agonist inhaler. my move to Phoenix next month should fix that!