coughing till you pass out x 9yrs

[jlopezx6]

I smoked for 20 plus yrs.  quit cold turkey 9 + yrs ago, start coughing and knew that it was normal to clear up my lungs.  the coughing went into vomiting and then in to  passing out and now i cough so hard that i have real sharp pains in my left side some times just my leg  or my arm once in a while both.  i will cough  and see stars and know that i have a second to sit down before i pass out.  i have gone to one dr after another be on all types of meds and nothing is helping.  Please is there any other direction or ideas that i can try?  I am 46 yrs old, to young to give up...

[allmymarbles]

What I didn't mention was that the allergy affects my throat particularly, so taking a Benadryl pill does not produce the relief I need. When this happens to my throat I am not aware of symptoms anywhere else. It is most peculiar.

[allmymarbles]

Have you investigated whether you have an allergy? I have a cough, milder than yours, which stops dead when I take a couple of sips of liquid benadryl. Try that. It won't kill you. But you have to get the liquid that they use for children.