I had whooping cough last year when I was pregnant with Anelise... it is one of the worst things I have ever had

I don't think what you have is whooping cough but I'm not going to say it's not. My symptoms were non stop coughing with the Whoop when trying to take a breath in... coughing until I vomited... aches all down my sides & in my ribs from coughing so much.

Another thing... my DD1 & DS2 contracted whooping cough and all of my children are fully immunised against whooping cough.
Gosh, mine certainly doesn't seem as severe as what you had Lisa. I think I'm in the clear by the sounds of that.