I would bear in mind as you consider your alternatives that depression is also a life-threatening condition,
This is precicely what I'm worried about. and what most people are ignoring, including the respirologist.
And, I, like you, have chosen/would choose to cope with imperfecty controlled asthma rather than suffer certain side effects. I've also used "alternative" control methods with good results.
And if DS is smart, especially if his talents run in the same vein as mine, he will be prone to depression, I think. That Dabrowski guy seems to have met me, anyway. Ugh.
But how do you effectively monitor a 2 yr old (for mood OR for Asthma)? esp. one who is increasingly spending time away from parents. Esp when we're looking at his lil brother's first spat with the same, and possibly going down the crazy getting-treatment-for-an-infant misery soon. arg.
-Mich the really, genuinely worried right now.
