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What are your seasonal sinus pressure alleviation tips

I have never had headaches like this in my entire life. My worst hangover over the last 2 decades have nothing on the last 3 days of hell.

I’ve done Sudafed, mucinex, water water water, hot shower, hot compress, Tylenol, aleve, ibuprofen.

This living organism cannot handle this amount of pain.

I’m gonna go throw up now

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lemmy.blahaj.zone

The squeeze bottle is easier than the neti pot but I've never felt great about the micro plastic potential

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True, IDK maybe there is enough in the air (???) that rinsing with the plastic neti pot would be a net negative for plastic in the nose.

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Thank you for your knowledge. I don’t have a footboard but if it becomes a problem, I’ll just put a chair at the foot of the bed.

I bought the real stuff. ID at the pharmacy. Got the 4 hour.

I will stay away from the brain worms. I got a saline wash for sinuses

Edit: I’ve never heard of that sore throat reliever. That’s something I want to try

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The bigger concern typically comes from using non sterilized/distilled water. Overall, and with proper use and cleaning, it’s an effective and safe method of sinus cleansing.

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lemmy.dbzer0.com

Im not sure if I understood everything or if someone mentioned this already but since the Neti pot already was mentioned I think this may fit.

I always inhalate the steam of a pot of hot, almost boiling water, with salt dissolved in it with a towel over the head for sinus induced headaches. This is usually my goto method for these problems because it moisturizes the sinuses. Get well soon!

Something like this:

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lemmy.world

Right now the headache has calmed down. This looks soothing with the towel and steam. If the headache comes back I’ll be trying this. I was just breathing through a hot towel.

I think everyone’s additional recommendations helped. The neti pot and Claritin seem to have done it for now

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I oscillate between very hot water on my head to a cold cap. I have some neoprene helmet like things I keep in the freezer.

However, one thing that you may be interested in is Sumatriptan. I don’t know your situation, but I get sinus pressure during migraines, along with color changes and field of view diminishing before onset. Migraines are a very strange beast poorly understood by science and not consistent from person to person. But a shot of sumatriptan is a miracle for those it works for if you get it in time. Like, within minutes, I feel quite strange and the symptoms slow and the headache either doesn’t come or is much less severe.


I just want to clarify that sinus headaches and migraines are completely different. I’m just saying sometimes sinus issues come with migraines. This applies only to those cases. And I suspect it can be difficult to tell which is which in some cases.

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lemm.ee

Claritin has been the only over-the-counter allergy medication that has consistently worked for me. It can be expensive, depending on where one buys it, though. The knock-offs do NOT work (at least not for me).

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Don’t miss a day once you start taking it. It’s not an instant relief med, but has to build in your system for about 24 hours. In my experience, for example, missing Tuesday meant a headache on Wednesday.

Zyrtec and Allegra, I believe, provide same day relief. But I still prefer Claritin myself, for various reasons.

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sh.itjust.works

When you say sudafed, do you mean the real sudafed with pseudoephedrine, or is it sudafed PE with phenylepherine?

Make sure you get the real pseudoephedrine.

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lemmy.world

Allegra, Zyrtec, or Claritin work for most people.

Try a nasal steroid like Flonase. Takes three days for full effect.

Pro tip... Azelastine, aka astepro. Works in five minutes, lasts twelve hours. It really is amazing.

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lemmy.sdf.org

Be careful about the nasal sprays. I used to use Afrin. When it wears off, it causes the sinuses to swell, leading to a literal addiction to stay clear. I relied on that crap for years. Claritin D (from the pharmacy) works for me now.

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Afrin is a decongestant. Flonase is a steroid. Azelastine is a second generation antihistamine. They are all different nose sprays and work through different mechanisms. Follow the instructions on the box or ask a Dr for questions about ongoing use.

I've been on flonase for a couple decades without incident.

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I’ve never heard of Azelastine or Astepro. I didn’t get any Flonase just because I was at the store at the time.

Got the Claritin and Betty pot though. Thanks for the new info!

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lemm.ee

Don't sleep on aspirin and netti pot.

At some point blowing your noise over and over leads you to to basically harm your sinuses and swelling that makes it hard to breathe.

Source: had to do it literally this morning. Worked all day.

Also, avoid inflammatory things like tons of carbs, delicious red meat, whiskey, and beer, etc.

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Lay on your left side in the recovery position. I find it helps clear my nose when I'm stuffy.

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lemmy.world

Have you tried tylenol and ibuprofen together?

Also, do a covid test.

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Bought a Tylenol/Ibuprofen combo medicine.

Fucking Covid. I didn’t even think about taking a test because this is way different than when I had it in 2022. You’re right though, I need to test.

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lemmy.world

Disclaimer: Not quite seasonal allergjes, my sinus migraine story came from a sinus infection.

When I was 19, I had a really rough sinus infection for a couple weeks. For the last few bad days of it, I had an unbearable migraine every time I would try to inhale through my nose.

I could tell that my sinuses were obviously clogged, and nothing seemed to help much. Eventually I was like fuck this, I'm gonna try my best to bust this clog loose.

So, I tried snorting in as hard as I could, like 5 or 6 times or so. And yes that was extremely painful! On the last snort, a wad of extra thick green snot mixed with bits of semi-solid blood clots about the size of a 1 inch sphere busted loose, and my headache instantly disappeared. 👍

Within about 2 or 3 days I was basically back to normal, and thankfully I've never had such a bad sinus infection again.

Good luck OP, hopefully you're not dealing with a severe sinus infection like I did. Hopefully another commenter's suggestion helps, and hope you get better soon.

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If you are in the US, try Allermi. It’s essentially a very diluted form of oxymetazoline (afrin). It turns out that in small doses over longer periods, you can get consistent congestion relief without the risk rebound. It’s the only thing that has ever worked for me.

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I’m going to check this out too. I have Afrin but it would be nice to be able to use it more consistently

Going to the doctor tomorrow. After a bunch of reading I think I have a dry sinus infection

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