You probably do have asthma. I'm a lifelong asthmatic and what you're describing is me on a rare bad day (it didn't used to be as rare as a kid, but is more rar

You probably do have asthma. I'm a lifelong asthmatic and what you're describing is me on a rare bad day (it didn't used to be as rare as a kid, but is more rare for me in adulthood). You should probably get a second opinion, and an inhaler, peak flow meter, and a nebulizer as soon as you can. I got worried about life expectancy for asthmatics recently, and it seems like, generally speaking, as long as it's well treated, the life expectancy is about the same as a non-asthmatic on average. You have to be careful when you have a severe asthma attack though, those can potentially kill you if you don't go to ER. Here's an article from the CDC that includes a page that gives the breakdown of deaths and demographic breakdowns of it: https://www.cdc.gov/asthma/pdfs/asthma_facts_program_grantees.pdf https://www.cdc.gov/asthma/pdfs/asthma_facts_program_grantee... If you're actively wheezing at night, something is wrong and you need to get treated for it. I only have that happen to me once or twice a year, usually, and whenever that happens I'm taking medication to help combat it.