Have you tried other options, like Singulair, etc.?

Look, lots of opinions, but in medical matters, ultimately, you know how your body responds. You might also want to think about some medical evaluation outside the sphere of asthma. It could be a red herring that both you and your doctor latches onto. You always have to make sure it's not a heart problem.

If you need more regular inhaled steroid, and you have reached the dose limit, sometimes they might let you try a short course of oral steroids to more rapidly resolve some inflammation. You can't be on them too long, though.

Personally, when I was on Advair, I did not worry about the supposed increased risk of death. For me, it eventually caused severe bronchospasm rather than resolved it - like I'm breathing fine, then I take it, and I can't breathe. So my doctor stopped it.