Advair HFA and gradually

im only 17 and ive been on advair for about 3 years now... at first it was wonderful.. stoped 99% of my asthma symptoms and is still continuing to do so, unfortunately in the last 3 years ive gone from 100 lbs to 140.. i know that since in a teenager this doesnt seem abnormal but it still worries me... im VERY athletic but still continue to gain weight? after reading all the other advair users say that weight gain was a major side affect for them, i have decieded to get off of it.. gradually of course.. hopefully i will start to see a difference.. is this a good idea?

My daughter, who was 7 years old when prescribed Advair, became moody, sullen, disobedient and cranky. I have since taken her off it because it bothered me so much to see her not getting along with kids at school, having attitude problems at home and school and just generally being discontented most of the time. She is gradually returning to her former self (although is currently experiencing an asthma episode but its the first bad one she's had in about a year). I will resisit any further efforts to put her back on it. One doctor, although nice, was almost shaming in his effort to get her on it. Not all medications work for all people.

I have been off Advair for 7 months now. After quitting, I first got my voice back -- it had been cracking and disappearing by the end of the day. Then the swelling in my ankles went down. I was able to stick to a diet, and now I realize I looked like I was pregnant, my stomach was so big. I've lost 15 pounds on a realistically low-carb, low-gluten diet, fairly easily. I'm running again, finally with no muscle pain, and more lung capacity than I had on Advair. I've had a cold virus twice, and didn't become asthmatic, even though EVERY single cold had in the past. I was up to 500/50 when I decided to quit, and my doctor had told me I would likely have to stay on that dosage forever. (I'd had to supplement with Albuterol when I tried to exercise, and frequently had nighttime wheezes.) She was wrong. Advair is BAD NEWS. If you decide to quit, taper off gradually, over a few weeks. I went through a bad spell of painful headaches in the week I tapered.

Our 4 year old son has been on this medication for 9 months. We have gradually taken him off it. Side effects: For the first couple of months, he seemed better. We then began noticing problems: difficulty sleeping, constantly agitated with increasingly aggresive behavior. Crying and saying, "my head hurts." He was coughing continuously, a loose, sloppy cough.

He has been off Advair for 3 weeks now. His peak flow is the same as when on Advair, the coughing has nearly stopped, and he is, once again, a kind and sweet boy.

I've been using Advair non-stop for about three years. At first, with the exception of a slight sore throat and raspy voice by mid-afternoon, I felt great, to the point where I forgot I was asthmatic. I developed several other symptoms very gradually, so gradually that I didn't associate them with the medicine. I've experienced the following symptoms, some worse than others:

Sore throat, loss of voice, fungal infections of the mouth (this is really getting out of hand!) and vagina, slight headaches, painful joints and feet (soles), muscle stiffness; muscle cramping(neck, abdominal, leg and feet), dental discomfort, red eyes, blurry vision and "floaters", dark circles; difficulty sleeping; weight gain, especially around the middle. Slight facial hair; sallow, dry skin, and poor healing (slow healing of wounds and scars). The latest :sudden bouts of weakness and sleepiness.

I think it's time to take a break and cleanse the system.

I have a question to all of you. Do you have COUGHING -as a side effect while you are using advair? I have. A dry, uncontrolable cough.
I was trying to stop using it, but after the forth day my breathing became very difficult. Now I try gradually get rid off the advair. I hope, it will work.