Thank-you ladies for your support and input. The advice given has definitely given me some food for thought.

Quote Originally Posted by Dianyla View Post
... The best advice I have for you is to dig and dig deeper until you have found the root cause, rather than just medicating a symptom for the rest of your son's life.

While they are absolutely critical to shortterm airway management, longterm use of steroidal inhalants does have side effects...
Yeah, DH and myself discussed some of them. We would definitely like to try to decrease their usage as much as possible. The plan for now though was to have DS breathing and back to his normal energy levels. Now that we know what the problem is we can look into better management of his asthma both through treatment options and lifestyle changes. Though I don't imagine he can avoid all contact with them because his main culprits are grass and tree pollen. I do think I read somewhere that certain foods can make symptoms worse. I'll have to dig around for that info.