@roseviolet posted:You might try gabapentin, which calms mind "chatter" and will most likely make you sleepy. I take it nightly for migraine prevention and allowing me to get quality rest, as migraines messed with my sleep. Within an hour I'm falling asleep. I wouldn't advise taking it during the day while at work if you expect to function well or when driving because of the sleepiness it causes. -Rose-
I would agree with what you said about Gabapentin. It's often prescribed for nerve pain or pinched nerves, but I was prescribed Gabapentin for an ideopathic cough that developed and lasted for 2 years after a bout with viral pneumonia in 2019. They typically start you at a low dosage and gradually increase the dosage until the maximum you can tolerate up to a ceiling amount cap. The problem I had was I couldn't even tolerate the minimal starting dosage. The medication makes you feel like a Zombie and realistically could only be taken at night. Which was a big problem for me because the coughing was preventing me from having any sustained conversations at work during the day (I was getting hoarse from little talking, and would start hacking coughing). When you are an attorney and have to be a chatterbox for a living, it's a big, big problem. I was forced to stop the medication within days.
Fortunately for me, the cough eventually petered out on its own with no treatment ever having been effective for it.