Violent Cough:LSN (Laryngeal Sensor Neuropathy), Irritable Larynx Sendrome, Etc.

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Help! This thing is driving me crazy! Are there any other sufferers out there? What do you do for it? I've tried everything. For those who have no idea of this condition, I will try to explain it. When you have a chronic cough the first thing you do is go to a doctor which is what I did. Naturally the first thing they will check is your lungs. Xrays and MRIs usually follow. There is no mucous being coughed up, and no congestion. In fact, the cough is dry and contains nothing but air. It is also involuntary, and you can no more stop it than stop a freight train. You have no fever and other than the violent cough, you feel pretty good. The attacks are usually violent and sometimes you cough until you gag. I have even pulled muscles around my abdomen. Fortunately there are periods when you don't cough so you do get a break from time to time. Unfortunately though, because everything appears normal, some doctors think it's only psychosematic and its probably all in your mind. My lung doctor couldn't find a cause so he simply called it chronic bronchitis. If I'm not mistaken, COPD usually has some mucous involved. I have tried throat sprays with mild anesthetics such as pocket Chloresceptic to soothe the nerve and it does work most of the time. Some cough drops work fairly well. I'm trying a regimen of Vitamin B12 now in hopes that will help. I decided to do some research on this condition and found a website which explains it pretty well: http://www.fauquierent.net/cough.htm