I do have asthma and have been to the ER for it. I didn't like how I was treated although my doctor's office said it was standard, correct treatment. What I learned is to go to the ER if I have to but, mostly, if I'm able, call my doctor's office before an ER visit becomes necessary and get an appointment there, they're much more likely to see "whole" pictures, know you a bit better, and spend more time on working with you figuring out just what's going on.

I'm sorry you had such an uncomfortable night. I hope you and your doctor figure out what's going on. Sometimes it can be not just a single med side effect but a combination or a "build up" of one, etc. It's hard to keep on top of and I guess ER's have an even harder time since they don't know us or our history at all. I know about the long wait too; my appendix burst at 10:00 one night and I did literally wait over an hour in an ER waiting room for triage and then it took another 4 hours before they figured out what was wrong and I wasn't operated on until over 8 hours had passed since my appendix burst. I ended up with an after-op infection that took an additional 6 months to figure out and cure (including week-long stays in hospital, etc.) and instead of costing maybe $6,000 for my burst appendix, it cost over $30,000 when all was said and done. The doctors, hospitals and insurance companies are often their own worst enemies.