text: i've got a terrible cough! i guess i got the flu!!? hey ppl, i got a terrible cough i am a smoker not a heavy one though! never had sumthing like this from smokin, got kinda fever n a bit of a runny nose! occasional sneezing, n breathin difficulties. the cough wont let me sleep @ nite! i really dunno wht to do! already finished a bottle of cough bottle, but didnt work! i dont like doctors, coz they give the same crap as i get over the counter ndoesnt work!!! you don't have the flu, since the flu rarely gives you a bad cough.  it sounds like you have an upper respiratory infection.  if the cough syrup you got otc didn't work, you absolutely must go to the doctor.  chances are what you have can only be cured by antibiotics.  you could even have pneumonia, which could put you in the hospital.  don't worry, if you tell the doctor the cough syrup didn't work, he'll surely give you something stronger.