my name is danielle. i am 29 and have had asthma all of my life, ...

my name is danielle. i am 29 and have had asthma all of my life, properly diagnosed by age two. i have been on many medications, and advair seems to be the only one that works for me. i use 100/50 once a day, because it does keep me up at night, and i already have troble getting to sleep. however, i do have side effects that until now i have disregarded, but upon reading this website, i feel that i am no longer alone, and that some of these side effects are not a part of life, but a part of the advair. metal side effects: irritabilty aggresion mood swings depression hard to concentrate short fuse stress and the above mentioned insomnia over the years i have been on many different steroids for my asthma, and the docs always said that that amount wouldn't have side effects, and sent me to shrinks to be medicated. currently i have no insurance and am not taking anything besides advair and albuterol as needed. physical side effects: sore/scratchy throat always have to clear throat before talking hoarseness sores on tounge dry throat, mouth and nose deeper voice dental problems a lot of these may be my fault because i never rinse my mouth after wards. more side effects: abdominal weight gain-no matter what i do gas a lot! constipation blurry vision-i now need glasses floaters acne on face only ( i'm 29) and not only at that time of the month dizzy spells on ocaasion (just last night in fact) muscle cramps in upper back, shoulders and neck chest pain/lung cramps-sometimes i think i am gonna have a heart attack, but then the pain goes away i do notice an increased heart rate after taking advair. i had to give up caffeine so as not to make it worse. i don't know if these side effects are due to the steriod or the serevent, which i read here is now being investigated. i am not sure what to do at this point. without medcation, i am sure to end up in the hospital emergency room. i have been on advair for going on three years. i am ready for a change. i tried not taking it today and my chest became tight. i had to give in. i know i should not wean myself off it anyway. i will make an appt. with a doc once i gather some research. what have other people done?? i am willing to try anything at this point. my email is ****** thanks for listening. i feel better already.