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Hi, @adkindt - sorry to hear about the misdiagnosis and generally long road to your diagnosis. I'm so glad you got a diagnosis that seems correct.
I experienced a pretty long road to my final diagnosis with asthma as an adult. The journey included a pit stop where one doctor thought I had GERD and treated me for that till we realized GERD meds really were not making a difference for me. I had chronic cough, too, which turns out to be my main asthma symptom.
I'm tagging a few other members on Connect who have talked about misdiagnosis with asthma or some other relevant diagnosis, and thus may have something to share about their experiences, such as @toby77 @ssgaurav2000 @payette78 @blm1007blm1007 @californiazebra @mth13.
adkindt - what made your doctor in Jacksonville, FL, decide against asthma and ultimately decide you had inducible larngeal obstruction?
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The lack of efficacy with a slew of medicines for 4 years, and after ruling out reflux with testing, the laryngoscopy with strobe told the story.
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Misdiagnosed: I was first told by my PCP doctor I had post nasal drip and the the second doctor, geriatric doctor, I went to twice said seasonal allergies and then the first PCP read the second doctor's summary and changed to saying seasonal allergies.
Misdiagnosed, with GERD, I did not believe I had GERD and did not start the PPI's that my local gastroenterologist said I needed, August of 2022, to take, Yet the Nurse Practitioner, in answer to my question after being told to start the PPI's by the doctors, indicated she had not ever seen such a good report and on a scale of 1-10 with ten being good... I was 9.
Per NJH, OCT. 2022, testing they indicated I did not have GERD.
Barbara