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Is everyone still having these sympthoms

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?


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HOLY SMOKES I AM NOT ALONE.

I am almost in tears reading this chain. I have suffered from this horrible horrible 'tickle-coughing-attack' throughout my entire life. I am 26 years old and i have had this affliction since as far back as I can remember.

I too have been diagnosed with everything under the sun: post-nasal drip, allergies, asthma, acid reflux, bronchitis, etc.. You name it and Im sure a doctor has told me I have it. I have tried various prescription and OTC remedies and have never found true relief. Anything to numb or soothe the throat helps temporarily, but as you all know, that itch will always come back.

My cough always hits me after a I get a cold - specifically, I will start to feel the itch in the back of my throat at the end of my cold, just as my body is starting to get rid of it. It starts out slow and within a day or two I am having full blown coughing attacks anywhere, anytime throughout the day. It is painful and mortifying. I cough so hard I lose control of my body. Sometimes my whole body convulses and I almost throw up. After few days I start to feel like my lungs are so strained from non-stop coughing that they will eventually give up on me.

The WORST part about this is my inability to sleep from it. I can't fall asleep because I can't stop coughing. And even if I do pass out I will still cough in my sleep and inevitably wake up from it.

I don't know how many nights I've cried in my bed wishing someone out there would just figure out what the hell this is and find a way to stop it.

Reading this thread and seeing that I am not alone just truly warms my heart. My best to all of you.  
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Its seems you are the only person i get satisfied with your comments and what is happening to you, i have the same symptoms and its very very embarrassing at work and every where i go,i look very healthy person without the cough,i have been sleeping in another room for the last 5 years, because i can't sleep at night without water beside and walk with water bottle every where i go, at work at church,every where i try to use it to stop the cough with the throat dry, anyway did you get any luck from the medication Dr. Bastian from your doctor? have to be honest with you now, i am now taking Solphadeine plus soluble and its helping me a little but using two in morning,two in afternoon and two in evening its not good but its just to help me live a normal life a little,
thanks and waiting for your response.
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I am happy to have found this thread. I have this "affliction" as well - have for about 20 years now.  I will be sitting in a meeting, or on a plane, or in the mall, or somewhere very inconvenient, then the throat tickle starts, then i cough like i'm choking for 5-10 minutes, eyes water, throat waters, nose runs.  its awful.  for the longest time i thought i was aspirating on my own saliva, but now i know different.  Cold diet pepsi or something fizzy seems to help sometimes, but not always.  I really hate this. i've moved several times over the years, so i can't blame the allergens in my home.  I've been on allergy meds, everything to no avail.  this really *****.
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I've had this all my life and am now 37. Only difference is that it happens more frequently. Many things set me into a fit, talking, yawning, eating and even breathing. It happens more frequently after a cold. I'm glad to see I'm not alone. I've been embarrassed many times with friends wanting to call paramedics and me choking out the words I'm ok. IVe tried many of the same things tried on here. None worked or only provided temporary relief.  I have a small cyst near my ear and I'm going to have that removed to see if that is related. It's sitting on a nerve and when it gets inflamed causes pain in my ears and down the side of my head and neck.  I had another of these on my side that caused me excruciating back pain.  I had no idea the cyst was related to the back pain until I had it removed after 3 years of pain and had no more pain instantly. The dr confirmed it was causing my pain because it was on a nerve. I read a few posts mentioning ears and nerves and made me think of my situation.
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I agree with you about the mental aspect of this condition.  When I get into bed at night I try to avoid thinking about coughing, but the thought alone brings on a coughing spasm!    My doctor seems convinced I have GERD (top of the list with doctors) , even though I don't have the symptoms.  I have also tried inhalers (no asthma), allergy control meds.  Am currently trying proton pump inhibitors.  No luck so far.   I have some Cipralex (antidepressant) in my drawer - maybe I will try that if my current Tecta (PPI) is unsuccessful, which it seems to be.  Being an ex-smoker I naturally think of the worst case scenario.  My cough is a dry cough, with no phlegm.
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When it comes down to things in common, I don't match with you so far. I am 20 years old, I smoked for two years prior, but I did quit. I have had this cough for the majority of my life, as long as I can remember at least. I was diagnosed with asthma in the 4th grade, but have little to no symptoms of it.

There are times, where my cough gets so severe, that I can not keep anything down, in turn, causing weight loss. To some that may not sound bad. But 20lbs, in a matter of two weeks, when already only weighing in at 86lbs. It scares me every time that I begin to have another cough attack. At times the attacks can become so violent that I can neither keep food down, breathe, and at other times my throat actually seems to close or "spasm" abruptly making it almost impossible to breathe during those. They become so embarrassing, especially when people may look at me, thinking I am sick, and I have to look at them and claim it's "allergies." So far doctors don't seem to know what is going on, but I can't keep doing this!

When my fiance and everyone in my family, looks at me as if expecting me to drop dead at any moment? When I am keeping numerous people awake at night, even when they are on the other side of the house, I feel horrible as if it is actually my fault.

I just don't know what to do, I have had numerous people suggest taking out my tonsils, but when I lived in Nevada, their response was usually "If they are infected or swollen, we can't do surgery. But if they're not infected, nor swollen, then their is no point in performing surgery."

But now that I live in a place that might actually perform the surgery, I would low and behold, not have insurance -.-"
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