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User Profile: TooChalant
TooChalant March 3rd, 2025

I always have a headache - ALWAYS.


My headaches are always around my nose/sinus area and I take naproxen/Aleve practically everyday and nothing works. I sleep 6-8 hours every night. I have been turning off my phone and hour before I go to bed. I do work in front of a screen all day so maybe that could affect something - yet I have blue light protection on all settings on my computer and blue light glasses. I’ve been to an ENT and they just said Flonase and that my sinus could just be slightly inflamed.


Anyone have any advice? It affects me daily.

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User Profile: jacek73
jacek73 March 3rd, 2025

@TooChalant


Hello. It's sad to hear you are suffering from a similar illness like mine. I've been cured - with no effect - from permanent nasal sinuses infection since I was a teenager (what makes my struggle more than 30 years long...). Various doctors prescribed antibiotics, pain killers, anti-funghi or anti-inflammatory drugs, steroids and antihistamines. Nothing helped, at least in the long term.

So, I have to get used to live with that, 'cause 100 per cent healthy people are only in medical books. I am wearing a cap or a hat every time I go outdoors, summer or winter. And as far as I know things like fans or air conditioning can only make things really bad. I never leave a bathroom after washing my hair without drying them or a towel around them. I know it's a pain in the neck...

Nose drops based on xylometazoline are helpful, but they may cause addiction and spray versions are very harmful.

In my case the reason of the sinusitis might be intolerance to milk products combined with reflux and mild allergy. Nervous strain in the neck area can also be reason of headaches.

Before I started to protect my head sleepiness during the day and frequent headaches were killing me...

I drink some coffee, what helps. Some herb-based medicines, especially those including elderberry, can help, too.

I really hope you can find some solution to not suffer like that.
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User Profile: TooChalant
TooChalant OP March 3rd, 2025

See I wish I could drink coffee - but it makes me more anxious than ever! Interesting about milk products though. I’ll have to look into that. Appreciate the recommendations!

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User Profile: jacek73
jacek73 March 3rd, 2025

@TooChalant

I hope I was more successful and could tell you my healing story. But as long as there is life, there is a hope 😉 

My biggest recommendation would be finding a good, open-minded laryngologist...

My sinuses work best on some very hot or frosty days. But on some (thankfully rare) very rainy days I start to have a headache before I wake up.

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