I am still miserable after three weeks of coughing. This started as what I thought was my yearly allergic reaction to the trees blooming but seems to have become something more. Most of the time I don't feel like I have a cold per se...just miserable because the tickle in my throat doesn't seem to respond to anything. I have tried over the counter cough syrup, cough drops, honey, tea with honey and lemon, stinging nettle and I know part of the reason I'm not feeling better is lack of sleep. I have sleep apnea so my cpap machine just aggravates the cough at night because of the air blowing through my sinuses non-stop. At first the mentol cough drops helped control the cough at night as long as I kept one in my mouth all night long but they don't seem to be working any longer.

I'm hoping someone out there has a really strong herbal cough syrup that will work on this.