Quote from hotchic085:

Since you're not getting much relief from standard medication, have you visited the possibility that maybe you have a disorder that MIMICS asthma? I would seriously ask for some testing to back up the diagnosis. IE spirometry (because that can tell you if you are below normal limits and/or have a restrictive rather than an obstructive pattern) but especially a methacholine challenge, maybe some allergy testing, possibly a chest CT. Instead of treating the SOB it is imperative that you find the reason as well.

What kind of disorders are you referring to so I would know what to suggest to the Dr.? Like I said, I go to a regular Dr. and they refer me to a Pulmonary Dr. I do the breathing test to see what percentage I am at and most of the time they say that I am in range. Now there was a time that I wasn't in range and alls they did was to put me on a breathing treatment for about 10 minutes and when I was done, it seemed to have helped alot at that time. I do respond to my breathing machine at home and Maxair inhaler but there are times that it may take longer to respond, or I may be breathying way too hard that I respond to hardly anything. So, of course the Pulmonary Dr. treats me for Asthma because of the time that I was not in the normal range. Now, back to the original question of, how do they really know it's ASTHMA? What else should I be checked for to rule out?