Hi Bleo, Your NSIP condition seems complicated. I admire your desire to try and improve. Here is where I am now. I have a similar unspecified pulmonary fibrosis probably autoimmune related. Recently one pulmonologist called it Unclassisied PF after no triggering cause has been found and I don’t fit neatly into any category. This has been frustrating but I try not to dwell on it which is hard. I am taking first 5mg now 2.5mg Prednisone and Cellcept (mycophenolate) 1,000mg/day for eight months. It seems to have stabilize my lung changes and I usually feel good, just not as much energy as in the past. Most days I try to exercise by walking with my dog, some breathing exercises and mild yoga and general fitness classes. Coughing and classes can be a problem so a good supply of cough drops help. doTerra (essential oils company) has some that especially help when it is smoky. Also, I use Breathe Easy tea by Traditional Medicine as someone else has mentioned. Very soothing to the throat, cuts the cough. PF seems a bit isolating which I sense in others who post here at Mayo Clinic Connect. When a friend invites me to walk with them I gently decline because I walk so slowly and can’t really talk. It sounds like you are trying to walk a treadmill and do breathing exercises. I feel exercise helps me. My lungs feel more open after exercise (does that make sense?) Keep it up as you can tolerate. Especially if you go for a lung transplant it will keep your muscles in better shape for your recovery. Some months ago another person on Connect recommended a book published in 2017: Ultimate Pulmonary Wellness by Dr Noah Greenspan. I found it very helpful! PF is a tough diagnosis. Thank goodness there are helps/hacks and many encouraging people! I am glad you joined in the discussions.