Post viral cough?

Olbas oil on my pillow, and sips of warm Ribena.

My sister swears by infusion of sage with honey and lemon, she never buys patent medicine.

I used to get that kind of cough whenever I had a cold and then my doctor decided I had asthma. Magic! The Ventolin inhaler works wonders.

I have no pearls of wisdom to offer, having had the worst cough ever for the past seven weeks, but you do have my sympathy. The advice to keep lubricated seems good to me.

Vicks vapour rub on the soles of your feet with socks over. And, if it carries on see your Doctor again; I had a cough for 8 weeks the other winter and I did need antibiotics eventually. Surprised your Doctor didn't give you an asthma inhaler like becotide [obviously not for asthma but just to ease the cough]. It's so debilitating. I spent weeks not being able to go to the cinema or theatre and, if I did I had to sit by the door so I could run out when I had a fit of coughing. Was exhausted from lack of sleep.

I find a few drops of Olbas Oil on my pillow at night is a big help. For the tiny tickle, I discovered by sheer chance (because I also had a mouth ulcer), that a Rinsted Pastille sucked slowly, works like magic.

Manuka honey 15+ spread onto a small piece of bread and swallowed at bedtime helps to lubricate the throat. A spray of Otrivine for rhinitis helps to clear the nasal pasages if they are dripping catarrh and causing the tickle, a few fruit gums to suck on the bedside table, and a glass of water to sip. Keep propped up with pillows. That's my routine when this happens, and it gets better after 2 or 3 days. This is after years of using anything and everything to try and sort the cough out, after a cold.

This sounds like catarrh. You can buy a linctus and pastilles for this. The tickle in the back of the throat feels like chinese torture. Especially when horizontal.
Sips of water do help to drain the mucus further down.

I am not a medic, but know this because I had a very good ( old fashioned ) G.P. 30 odd years ago, and that was his diagnosis. He was right!
Don't buy any modern stuff, which promises to dry you up etc. etc.
Just basic syrup to help with catarrh.
Good luck.

Oh thank goodness I'm not alone! I've had conjunctivitis this last week and also had a cough which feels as though I've something stuck in my throat - especially at night. I've also been told it will go eventually but it is incredibly wearing. I just take sips of water. I can't bear the thought of any more drugs, I rattle already because of other conditions. Every sympathy DatDat