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paranoidjh
15-11-14, 12:37
Have taken sudafed to alleviate catarrh in ear. Feel like I have butterflies in my tummy. Anybody else taken it. Does it work for you.
Nervousness is a common side effect of Sudafed.
paranoidjh
15-11-14, 12:57
Thanks for that. Not sure if it's making me better or worse. Can take 4 a day. Think I will stick at 2.
It is the same with Beconase nasal spray - obviously something in the ingredients is a stimulant (steroids?).
If you really can't tolerate it, maybe see an osteopath. I had sinus problems last summer and dealing with my neck/shoulder issues sorted the issue by allowing the sinuses to drain properly.
Also, a simple saline nasal spray, like the ones used for young children with colds, can work too. I used this and steaming twice daily with hot water and menthol crystals for my sinuses.
Like chickpea said, steaming with menthol and also hot and cold compresses over your nose (alternating every 10 minutes) helps to relieve it more naturally. I can't take Sudafed as it has an interaction with my anxiety meds.
paranoidjh
15-11-14, 13:51
I have a blockage in my ear. The doc said she could hardly see me eardrum and steam was the best thing. She said that's why I am light headed. Not sure whether sudafed is helping or hindering.
Your blockage is almost certainly caused by sinus issues - hence the Sudafed and steaming. Clear your sinuses and you will solve the problem.
paranoidjh
15-11-14, 14:05
Thanks for your reply just wish it would hurry up. Have serious HA issues and am considering hypnotism. I have been googling leukaemia all week. Was convinced it was that oh aswell as a brain tumour.
Thanks for your reply just wish it would hurry up. Have serious HA issues and am considering hypnotism. I have been googling leukaemia all week. Was convinced it was that oh aswell as a brain tumour.
Do you mean hypnotherapy?
I have had it for other issues (needle phobia and hypnobirth) and it worked very well.
I don't know enough about leukaemia to know why you think a blocked ear would be caused by it, but I can tell you that I had a headache, light headedness and visual disturbances for over 2 months last summer and it was all down to my sinuses (which weren't even infected, only blocked). I was worried about a brain tumour or infection, but it really was my sinuses.
After I'd seen an osteopath for the first time, I was actually sick from the effect of the toxins that had been released by the treatment.
paranoidjh
15-11-14, 14:40
Hi chickpea yes I mean hypnotherapy. That sounds exactly like me, am going to a physio/osteopath on Wednesday as I think some of it could also be down to my posture. The doctor has told me its a blocked ear. Just too easy to not believe. I've recently had an eye test so brain tumour unlikely. The fact I have no leukaemia symptoms should be enough to stop me worrying. Were your sinuses allergy related?? How did you get rid of it.
My sinuses were purely down to posture problems - I have had shoulder, neck and back problems on and off for years, but I think I messed things up big time last year doing a sit up challenge and a plank challenge. I have hypermobility, which means my joints move a lot - my oeteopath said I would need regular maintenance treatment to keep things right.
This year, my sinuses have been ok but I did get horrendous hay fever all summer, so I probably have allergies too. My shoulder is just starting to give me problems again, and sure enough, I'm waking up with a blocked nose on one side.
I have also recently changed to a memory foam orthopaedic pillow, as recommended by both my osteopath and dentist, to help with posture problems.
paranoidjh
15-11-14, 15:02
How interesting, I know that I don't sit properly at work, often have my shoulders hunched and look down. Will be quite interesting to see what my lady says, I trust her as much as a gp. Sometimes I am light headed sometime feels like my head weighs a ton.
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