Mine isn't asthma. I have lived with that since I was 18 months old. When I take a breath, I reach a point where it just stops. It is almost like my lungs hit a wall and won't expand further. Asthma is in the bronchial tubes and affects breathing very differently. I can exhale fine, which is the main sign of my asthma. I also took my Ventolin inhaler in the hopes that it would help. No such luck most of the time. The only medication added that I could be getting a reaction from is the Breztri inhaler. I still had an infection when I started on it, so I have no way of knowing if it is helping or might be hindering my breathing. I will talk to my ID Doctor next week about it.