Hello... I am Janet and have been diagnosed with laryngeal Sensory Neuropathy x20yrs. with chronic spasmatic cough. Years ago it was so severe waking me in the middle of night producing loads of phlegm which constricted my breathing. So off to the ER where I was given Prednisone and I finally would get peace from my coughing. Now I always keep Prednisone tablets as a rescue medicine I first saw an allergist who started me on inhalers thinking I had asthma because I would have trouble breathing during a coughing fit. The inhalers did not help. Finally was tested for asthma and told I did not have it. So off to Ohio State and the doctors started me on Tramadol 2x a day and Lyrica 2 a day
with about 80% improvement. But the 20% does cause havoc with my daily life. Ohio State diagnosed my coughing cause of overactive laryngeal throat nerves. I never know when the coughing fit will hit me. The cough will produce lots of clear phlegm. When attending any function I always take Robitussin. Sometimes my cough is so strong the Robitussin doesn't work. The doctor gave me Phenergan/codeine to use when all else fails and it definitely stops my coughing but who wants to be sleepy during the day. But I have to resort to taking it if I've had a bad coughing day and have to be around people. My enjoyment is working outside tending my flowers and plants. I invariably will have a coughing fit so added Zyrtec daily even though I took allergy shots x 2 yrs and was told I was allergy free! I've tried everything I could think of to completely banish my cough. But using Tramadol and Lyrica have helped immensely. Hope this helps.