Advair HFA and bedtime

Rapid heart rate and nervousness. Insomnia after taking a dose before bedtime.

I am a 39 year old woman who switched from Azmacort to Advair in December for a few weeks. After that short of time, I felt me throat feel like it was closing up, I was agitated, and one morning after a week of building symptoms, took my blood pressure which was 20 pts higher than usual. I also had burning in my chest and felt on the verge of a panic attack. Since then I was prescribed Pulmicort, and it has been so much better.

I also accessed this site mainly because of my son who is 6. He was diagnosed with cough variant asthma and some allergy to outdoor mold. The doctor started him on Advair, and over the last month or so, the behavior change has been startling. He has been very agitated, clearing his throat constantly, wetting the bed, saying he was"scared" at bedtime, saying he was "happy on the outside but sad on the inside", and being so hyperactive and inattentive as to be staring right at him when telling him something, and he would totally go off and do what you just told him not to, and be genuinely confused as to why he was in time out.

I have an appointment tomorrow morning with the allergist and have had him off of advair for four days. Already the throat clearing has stopped and the behavior has subsided. I am also hoping to keep him off of singulair as well after hearing about those side effects and see if we can manage for now. Thanks for all of the helpful info and we will see.

My son is 7 years old and has put on at least 6 lbs in 2 weeks with a very bloated looking stomach and his cheeks are looking more puffy. He is showing restlessness at bedtime-not sleepy and a very aggressive appetite, and before he started this stuff, we had to force him to eat.Doctor tells me it is not from the advair--HA to him...

My 7 year old son started advair 4-30-03. His first dose was given about 2 hours before bedtime... After the first dose my son went from quiet and calm to all of a sudden he was off the wall.. Hyper,acting nasty, and started itching all over his body. When he was in bed sleeping he kept flinging himself out of bed and said he had bad dreams. He is still acting funny this morning . Needless to say, hes not getting anymore advair.I have also found out that advair isnt approved for children under the age of 13.His asthma is mild, but has a bit more problems than he normally does. Going to try sinulair next.... I hope it works.