Hi bud, sorry to hear you are dealing with this. If you strongly suspect you have vocal cord dysfunction and you have been seen by a specialist who says you don’t have asthma after a pulmonary function test (PFT)… then you are probably correct. But before you settle on that diagnosis, you should have an otolaryngologist take a quick look at your vocal cords to make sure there isn’t something else going on. It’s really ideal to have them look when you experience the symptom, but they might think you are weird if you show up to the doctor with your trainer. 
Seriously though, have someone take a look to make sure something else isn’t going on. You might also bring the original data from the PFT because a diagnosis of VCD can be supported by the finding of variable extra thoracic airflow obstruction seen on the flow volume loop.
The problem with vocal cord dysfunction is that before you figure out how to make it better, thinking about it probably makes it happen with more frequency and intensity.
Hopefully the otolaryngologist can put you in contact with a good voice center where there are speech pathologists who specialize in treating patients with VCD. Perhaps seek an otolaryngologist at an academic center.
Hope this helps.
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