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i seem to have post nasal drip every day worse in the mornings! i have it literally every flaming day its rally bugging me grrrr is this somewhat normal? what triggers it?? seem to be blowing my nose aswel alot grrrr do bc pills bring it on more often or whats the story??
me too....................!!!! I had a bad cold at christmas and since then it's been there ! Asked doc about it and she said that it will clear up eventually.......
GRRRRRR eventually??!! haha well if eventually means not any time soon well then yeah! :( hopefully with the good weather coming it will. this a nightmare isnt it.
my mum always suffers with this too in the winter and cataarh, she said it gets much better in the summer.......... bring on a bit of sunshine eh !:D
miss_moose
09-03-11, 11:21
Me too. I had flu 3 years ago and it's never been right since. I had to sleep sitting up for over a year because if i laid down I would be retching and sik with it every morning.
Now mines worse if i cry (which is alot recently), even if i just sob for a few minutes i'll get a huge build up and get sik.
A cup of tea helps though, as it loosens it.
nomorepanic
09-03-11, 11:29
Did you doctor not give you a nasal spray for it?
I have post nasal drip every single day, it drives me nuts, i think i have an allergy to something though, i've had sprays and all sorts and nothing gets rid of it, so i know how you feel.
di x
HI, Im new to this forum, but have been taking 10mg of citalopram for just over 3 weeks now, and at the weekend I felt great, back to my old self and then yesterday and today feel awful. I'm suffering badly with indegestion and what feels like palpatations but my doctor just says its all anxiety related. Im thinking I should maybe increase my dose to 15mg and then 20mg?
Im not sure if the indegestion is caused by post nasal drip (I am seeing an ENT specialist next week)? Does anyone else suffer with this?
miss_moose
09-03-11, 12:13
I told my GP about it but she didn't say anything or suggest anything, just was shocked that I sat up every night to go to sleep.
The pharmacist gave me Sudafed, but another GP told me that doctors don't like suafed as it makes things worse.
are any of ye on bc pills?? apparantly bc pills brings on post nasal drip :/
The above poster is correct - oral contraceptives can initiate post nasal drip.
The main reason why it's so bad in the morning is... dust! Even a 'mild' dust allergy will be triggered by multiple hours of sleeping on a dust mite filled pillow. There are other reasons, including the relaxing of the eustachian tube, but these are all very common, and other than being very annoying, are not medically significant.
Post-nasal drip can be a real pain, but nasal sprays can help relieve it. I get it lots myself and seem to spend most of the winter "snotty". Beclomethasone nasal spray can be bought over the counter from the chemist's, as it's a hayfever preparation. Good prescription ones are flixamethasone and mometasone (I've had both of these in the past). they will clear it up, but it can take a couple of weeks.
Hello Blue Angel,
My Nose drip is a constant nuisance. I have have had nose sprays in the past but they have not worked.I cannot remember the names of them but I will try the one you mentioned it does not strike a bell.
I take 75mg asprin a day.I read somewhere a bit back that this is the course of my runny nose,but my gp said not.
It is embarrassing I have always got a hanky at hand.
Good topic Thank you
allergyphobia
09-03-11, 15:16
i have bad post nasal drip that has cleared up a lot due to a neti pot!
i hadn't thought of the pill causing it. i have had it for over a year. mine gives me a stuffy nose but runs constantly down the back of my throat. i have bad environmental allergies though.
it's a pain in the :blush:
x
I've read somewhere that post nasal drip can be something that starts in menopause... which is when mine began... I sometimes feel like I'm going to choke or suffocate it's so bad :(
Greenman50
09-03-11, 19:02
HI, Im new to this forum, but have been taking 10mg of citalopram for just over 3 weeks now, and at the weekend I felt great, back to my old self and then yesterday and today feel awful. I'm suffering badly with indegestion and what feels like palpatations but my doctor just says its all anxiety related. Im thinking I should maybe increase my dose to 15mg and then 20mg?
Im not sure if the indegestion is caused by post nasal drip (I am seeing an ENT specialist next week)? Does anyone else suffer with this?
:welcome:
Indegestion can be caused by anxiety so my dr says . I get it all the time since November . I,m on 20 mg of citralapram , i believe 10 mg is a very low dose perhaps you need the 20 mg .
:D
I have this too and its driving me insane, I just can't bring the stuff forward to spit it out so end up swollowing it. I also have what I think is indigestion all of the time. The whole lot is getting me down
Laura.xx
allergyphobia
10-03-11, 10:11
hi laura,
i would really recommend a neti pot. it has stopped my nasal drip from choking me every day to just being a bit of an annoyance.
you can get them online from amazon, i have a blue plastic one from neil med. bit of a strange sensation at first but i love it and it really helps!!
x:hugs:
Hi Allergyphobia
My Neti pot arrived today !!!!! -I ordered one after you replied to one of my pervious posts about my pnd:hugs:. I have the same one as you and have used it already - even after one go my nose feels better than it has in along time. How long does it take to have any eefect on the post nasal drip?
Laura.xxxxxxxxxx
allergyphobia
10-03-11, 11:06
Amazing!!! Yay so glad you ordered one. I use mine in the morning and evening. I would say I started to notice a difference in a week, and I really notice say if I have been out all day and feel all stuffed up, when I come and use it I feel lovely again!
I would say I didn't realise when it got SO much better, if that makes sense, I just suddenly thought, wow, the choking has gone!! If i ever am suffering at home I'll use it an extra time and it relieves it immediately. I've also started sleeping on a lot more pillows which helps too! :)
I really really hope it helps you like it has me. You'll find you can spit out (sorry) a lot more of the gunk too after you have used it, makes everything a lot thinner, yay.
Amber xxxx
Hi Amber
Whoo hoo I shall be using it twice a day then. I find it quite difficult to get my head at the right angle though - suppose that takes time. Thank you for the reccomedation, I am quite excited!
Loads of love
Laura
allergyphobia
10-03-11, 11:17
It does take a bit of time - there are actually some videos of youtube of people using it!! I would say the more you tip your head forward the better, and keep your mouth open - my partner always catches me doing it, attractive! hehe.
let me know how you get on, keeping my fingers crossed for you!!
lots of love xxx
allergyphobia
17-03-11, 10:15
How are you finding the neti pot Laura? XxX
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