12th April 2007
Well.....you have just run into a brick wall like many of us have when it comes to doctors.
My suggestion would be to use saline solution and irrigate sinuses morning and night. I make my own saline solution, 1 cup boiled water, 1/2 teaspoon plain salt, 1/2 teaspoon baking soda. Stir to dissolve, strain thru clean paper coffee filter, allow to cool, put in clean nasal spray bottles (will keep for 1 week, has no preservatives other than the salt). Lie on back with head hanging off bed and squirt about 3 squirts of cool solution into each nostril. Turn head side to side slowly a few times. Get up saying "kkkkkkkk" to prevent solution from running down the throat. Blow gently as needed. This cleans the sinuses, healing, etc.
Have your physician prescribe Zyrtec anahistamine and take for a while and see if it makes any difference. There are many things we can be sensitive to or allergic to that are never tested for. If your body acts like it has an allergy, treat it like it has one.
If you use Afrin nasal spray or similar, you probably are having a rebound effect. Sure, it opens the nasal passages quick but also rebounds quick. Best to not use Afrin or similar if at all possible.
Valium and anti-depressants are not the answer, that is what doctors toss to patients in general when they have no clue what the problem is or not interested in trying to find out.
Go out on a limb like I did and try and old fashion sleep remedy. Put 2 bars of bath soap unwrapped in bed on sheet near your legs and sleep like a baby. I did not believe it, finally gave it a try and now refuse to take bars out of bed just in case I will not sleep good. No one knows why this works. I happened to have Dove bath soap and used that. Probably could use most any brand soap. If it is all in my mind, so be it, at least I am getting good nights of sleep.
My suggestion would be to use saline solution and irrigate sinuses morning and night. I make my own saline solution, 1 cup boiled water, 1/2 teaspoon plain salt, 1/2 teaspoon baking soda. Stir to dissolve, strain thru clean paper coffee filter, allow to cool, put in clean nasal spray bottles (will keep for 1 week, has no preservatives other than the salt). Lie on back with head hanging off bed and squirt about 3 squirts of cool solution into each nostril. Turn head side to side slowly a few times. Get up saying "kkkkkkkk" to prevent solution from running down the throat. Blow gently as needed. This cleans the sinuses, healing, etc.
Have your physician prescribe Zyrtec anahistamine and take for a while and see if it makes any difference. There are many things we can be sensitive to or allergic to that are never tested for. If your body acts like it has an allergy, treat it like it has one.
If you use Afrin nasal spray or similar, you probably are having a rebound effect. Sure, it opens the nasal passages quick but also rebounds quick. Best to not use Afrin or similar if at all possible.
Valium and anti-depressants are not the answer, that is what doctors toss to patients in general when they have no clue what the problem is or not interested in trying to find out.
Go out on a limb like I did and try and old fashion sleep remedy. Put 2 bars of bath soap unwrapped in bed on sheet near your legs and sleep like a baby. I did not believe it, finally gave it a try and now refuse to take bars out of bed just in case I will not sleep good. No one knows why this works. I happened to have Dove bath soap and used that. Probably could use most any brand soap. If it is all in my mind, so be it, at least I am getting good nights of sleep.