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Yeah sorry, all the timing stuff I talked about was for the salbutamol one.
She decided to give me a prescription for the Clenil then remembered that the peak flow should be done without the Clenil so although she still gave me the prescription she told me not to use it yet.
I’d probably agree with your broad, general approach comment, though it does seem a lot better than the last doc who was basically “eh, you might have asthma, take this salbutamol inhaler and see if it does anything”.
I think she expected me to do a lot worse on the peak flow so was a bit like “eh what do I do?” when I blew 625.
I think I’m only noticing my symptoms very recently as I’ve only just started doing hard rides with other people (ooh matron!). Before I’d ride by myself at a slower pace and if I got out of breath then I just chilled out but now I have others to make comparisons to.
Maybe worth saying, I’ve never (yet) felt like I needed to take an inhaler or anything in order to keep on breathing.
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I used to have a brown Becotide inhaler, similar (I think) to Clenil - used as a preventative, not for instant relief. Also had a blue inhaler for immediate effect - generic salbutamol never worked as well as Ventolin, apparently due to differences in particle size. As I remember they were distinctly different - I'd be surprised if Clenil works immediately, and I have clear recollections of headaches and palpitations from trying too much becotide when I thought it wasn't working well enough.
FWIW I appear to have grown out of asthma (probably a change of environment) - possibly your need is temporary or even seasonal?
It sounds to me like your doc is using a fairly broad and general approach: you need proper and more detailed advice from someone who knows...