u/No-Drive-8587

Very straightforward question to ask, but I've been curious about this for a bit now. But what I mean by "in contact" is knowing each other a bit, and even messaging for a couple of days/weeks.

I know it isn't strange for a celebrity to interact with one of their fans, and maybe even a few more as well. So, I was just wondering if anyone here or someone you know might also be in contact with Joost for a while now.

I have always had asthma my entire life, but I never seemed to use my inhaler because I felt like I didn't need it since my asthma wasn't that bad. I'm pretty sure I would only ever use it during my freshman and sophmore year for pe, but after that, I still didn't take my asthma seriously because it never affected me.

However, about five days ago, I started having difficulty breathing at night. It was normal for me to experience bad cases of shortness of breath at night, but on that day, I genuinely felt like I was going to die. I didn't allow myself to sleep because I was scared of dying in my life because of a stupid asthma attack. So, I woke up my mom to take me to the hospital, and the doctors said I was fine. From what I can remember, they did an x-ray scan, gave me steroids, and I ultimately left with a new inhaler and a few tablets of dexamethasone.

The next day, I felt completely fine, and I was able to breathe normally again. However, it didn't last long because two days later, I began having shortness of breath again. I didn't want to go to sleep while having the same problem, so I asked my mom to take me to the hospital again, and I left with a ton of hydroxyzine tablets because I had told the doctors that I was worried about going to college.

Honestly, this whole thing is really freaking me out because this is the first time where I have to rely on my inhaler to help me. I also don't understand why of all times, would I begin experiencing this just because of stress? I feel like the doctors aren't really understanding what my problem is because I feel like I can't breathe in or out properly anymore and why is this happening to me.

I'm trying not to acknowledge how I have to gasp for air almost every minute because if I do, I'll definitely have a panic attack. Worse of all, I'll never let myself go to sleep when having this problem because, as I said before, I don't want to die due to an asthma attack. I've told the doctors about how I feel about this, but I feel like they just brushed it off, gave me a few tablets, and said, 'that's it.'

I just want some advice, honestly. I wanna know if anyone is experiencing a somewhat similar situation to what I'm currently in, or maybe even some advice to not freak out over this.