Why am I having dry coughs?

So with everything going on I havent been able to get into the doctors but I'm 24 and I've been having random cough attacks and dry coughs and this has been going on for awhile now and it's just gotten worse recently, like today I was just sitting there minding my own business and out of nowhere I just started having a bad cough and a cough attack, and it feels like my throat is wanting closing up and it feels like I've got fluid in my throat and lungs and it hurts to cough sometimes, I thought it might just be allergies at first but I'm not sure, and this happens during the night usually, like I'll wake up in the middle of the night and just feel like I'm gasping for air, but now it's happening during the day, what could this be? Like I said I havent been able to get in and see the doctor so for the time being i dont know what to do or what this is.