It was one week ago from this evening I got just a little teeny tiny tickle in my throat causing me to cough when I breathe. Silly little tickle is still in my throat and at times I’m in one continuous breathe – cough – breathe – cough – cough – cough – cough – cough cycle. I’ve been taking NyQuil at bedtime and that helps coat my tickle down there and allows for great sleep all night. But the moment I wake the nagging tickle/cough is back. I’ve tried throat lozenges, cough drops, honey and things that I feel would coat it back there to stop the tickle but the NyQuil is the only thing that has worked thus far. It is really getting annoying as all that’s causing it is that little tickle in my throat. I’m beginning to wonder if the tickle will ever leave or if I’m going to live with this.
Bobby went out and purchased some Robitussin and some Claritin and a few other miscellaneous things last evening. My friend back home in TX who teaches nursing said it could be an allergy and recommended a whole list of things and also recommended I try some Claritin. The Robitussin seems to help some and I just tried the Claritin this morning. And since I don’t have my humidifier here with us, I put my large stock pot full of water on the stove top adding lots of vapor in the air.
I said yesterday “if I’m not feeling any better tomorrow, I’m calling the Dr.” Well, I’m not feeling any better and don’t really feel like calling the Dr. just yet. Hopefully the tickle will leave soon.
The other thing is that I’m aching so much inside from all the coughing and I have completely lost my appetite. I only had 300 calories yesterday and I’m just forcing myself to eat something. That’s a shock as I’ve had an appetite from the moment I was born! Bobby made brownies last night thinking I would be up for a hot fresh batch but they didn’t interest me in the least. He’s been taking such great care of me as I’m feeling weak from all this and he continues to ask if there is anything he can do.
So I think I’ll give this a few more days and hopefully I’ll have some improvement. If not, I’ll have to call the Dr.
Hmmm….I say try the Claritin for a couple of days at the most before you see a doctor. The pollen is quite bad here this season, maybe there too? In that case the Claritin should help. Hope you’re feeling back to yourself again really soon!
Hope you get over it soon!! I know it’s not fun.
My allergies got so bad when I moved to NY they were almost life threatning….I took the regular Claratin (Not ClaratinD, I couldn’t sleep with that stuff) and although it takes two or three days to really become effective once it did kick in it worked fantastic for me.
how strange, here it is 1am and I finally had to get out of bed because the tickle in my throat wouldn’t subside. . So I took some Nyquil and decided to look online for some info on my throat tickle while I waited and drank my tea- I can’t stand it! I hope you’re doing better! I haven’t read your other blogs to see if you’ve written more on the subject- I’ll have to go check