Is everyone still having these sympthoms

[Carlg]

I see these comments are from 2006. I am currently having many of these same problems. Tickle in throat, sharp pain, cough, tears, nose dripping. This has been happening for the past 5 months. I've been to a ENT. He said it was my tonsils. I had them out. At first while I was on meds during my recovery from the surgery the symptoms stopped. But after I stopped taking the pain killers anti-biotic and the steroids the tickle came back. I've been taking Previcid for acid reflux but this has not stopped the attacks. Does anyone have any current information on this?


This discussion is related to Tickle in throat makes me cough and choke.

[heather26v]

Hi Carlg,

What dose are you taking of the amitriptyline? I already take 10mg for an unrelated disorder but have had a chronic cough for 7 months with the same symptoms as you.  How long were you taking it before the symptoms subsided?  

[Coughhelp]

Did you have the symptoms before you took the Metformin? I am also coughing followed by throwing up but when I stop taking Metformin it stops, also take Levothyroxin for thyroid. I read earlier that it might interact with Metformin. Just curious. I am going to go back to the 2000 time released to see if it stops.

[samnwhite]

I just found this thread after a violent coughing attack for the second day in a row at my new job. Yesterday I escaped to the parking lot before it got too bad and today found an empty bathroom where I coughed until I vomited in one of the toilets. I'm coming off of a terrible cold or something... but this tickle cough attack has been around before.

I had the same symptoms in early November (seven/eight months ago) while I was recovering from a terrible cold/upper respiratory infection/undiagnosed something. My doctor thought I had strep at the time but my test came back negative so she sent me home empty handed, following which I became so ill I was put on medical leave from an assigned military mission. I would cough so hard my eyes would water, my nose would run, I'd become faint and see stars in the corner of my vision and feel the need to vomit. I was spending more time coughing/vomiting in the hallways/bathrooms than doing my job.

Both times I had a bad cold (or cold-like symptoms) before hand, along with the feeling of water in my ear canals. It changes sides - sometimes a sharp prick on the left will send me running to the hallway, sometimes it's on the right. Always a sharp, SHARP pricking feeling at the back of my mouth near my tonsils, followed by a few seconds to prepare for a violent coughing fit where I fear I may pass out from lack of oxygen. I sometimes cough so hard I gag and spit up/throw up a clear mucous-y substance, as mentioned in some of the comments above.

The only medication I'm on is an oral contraceptive. I'm 22 years old with no other real medical issues besides recurrent kidney infections, which are currently under investigation.

I'm glad I found this forum but disappointed that the span of comments lasting almost a decade still don't show any real, reliable results or cures. :( Will keep checking back though.

[Carlg]

You may want to check out the comments about the Bastian institute
It may help you to see if you have sensory neuropathy cough

[Beverlysnyder58]

I have had the same symptoms since Oct. 2014.  Have been through all the tests as all of you.  Have been prescribed all of the same meds.  All I can do is wait for the cough to subside.  I coughed so hard in january, that I severely injured a left side rib.  Very painful. The only difference in my symptoms that no one else has mentioned, is shortness of breath, very much like asthma.  When I lie down, my breathing has a squeaky, wheezy sound, that the albuterol doesn't help.  No COPD, asthma or emphysema.  I'm just like all of you, tired, disgusted, and almost a recluse because of the embarassment of being in public and coughing until you throw up, or worse.  Another appt. coming up in April, don't hold out much hope.

[Carlg]

Yes , I started taking one of the meds Dr. Bastian recommended. Amitriptyline. It has made it so I can sleep now.