u/sashby138

Hello. I’m a 39f, 5’10”, 180lbs. No drinking, drugs or smoking. I have a history of chronic daily migraines, endometriosis, anemia (currently not anemic), heartburn, bulging disks, and had a hysterectomy 3 years ago. I have allergies, I’m allergic to everything in the world (that’s hyperbole, but the only thing I can think of that I’m not allergic to are evergreen trees), but my only food allergy is lactose. I currently take medications for migraines and heart burn, also OTC allergy meds/decongestant.

For as long as I can remember I’ve had coughing fits. I don’t know what else to call them, but I suddenly feel “a tickle” in my throat and can’t stop coughing. Sometimes it lasts for 30 seconds, sometimes ten minutes. Nothing I do helps. My eyes start watering, turn bloodshot and I can barely hold them open, I start sneezing, all while coughing, and then I puke. I don’t always puke, but I have. I’m very mucusy (presumably because of allergies) and when this happens I get so much mucus in the back of my throat and in my sinuses that I can’t breathe.

Nothing in particular triggers it. This morning I woke up and immediately went into a coughing fit. Quite literally I opened my eyes and started coughing. This has happened all my life and it’s gotten worse in the last few years. Why does this happen? What can I do to make it stop?