Yes, just work on the bromine by adding bleach. You aren't a pain -- I was just checking to make sure nothing weird was being added. Add 3 fluid ounces of 8.25% bleach which should get you to 4.5 ppm bromine. Test the water after circulating, say within 30 minutes. If you don't measure enough bromine, add more bleach. If it's used up very quickly, then go ahead and shock with three times as much bleach -- 9 fluid ounces. If that still doesn't hold, then I would suggest you get the Ahh-Some and use it and then dump/refill. You might have some serious biofilms in your plumbing and Swirl Away isn't nearly as good as Ahh-Some at getting rid of it.
Also, if you haven't cleaned your filter in a while, you should take a look at it and clean it if it's dirty.