Dry Tickly Cough With Feeling Of Moisture ... Waking Up

dry tickly cough with feeling of moisture ...
waking up few times a night with cough
nothing is coming up / out if any, clear / white-ish mucus.
after coughing, damaging the throat and lung
feel very tired and not having enough oxygen in my brain
as having difficulty breathing sometimes

tried tablets to stop coughing which works but as soon as it wears off,
the cough starts again.
same as any soothing drops which I am not so keen to take as I feel I'm dosed up with sugar
tried drinking water, tea, lemon juice, anything
just not getting better or worse just slowly getting very tired of not having enough sleep
and bruised up feeling inside my lungs all from coughing