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Post COVID - Sinuses fill when I lie down preventing sleep!
Post-COVID Recovery & COVID-19 | Last Active: Feb 18 1:53pm | Replies (47)Comment receiving replies
I had Covid just before Christmas/ end of 2021. Since then I have suffered each night when I lie down with Post Nasal Drip /catarrh. I have not had close to a good night’s sleep now since and it’s really affecting my mood and quality of life.
I have considered and been treated for allergies and feel certain my condition is not a reaction to environmental or seasonal allergy – see below:
I have suffered from hay fever, and cat allergies in the past – resulting in streaming nose and eyes – but a simple antihistamine has dramatically reduced my symptoms. With the catarrh, the predominant symptom appears to be the continuous collection of thick mucus (or whatever it is) from behind my nose which I continuously feel the need to draw down into my throat and swallow as I am lying down. I have also been through ten continuous seasons now, and travelled abroad, with no discernible difference to my symptoms.
Regardless of where I am in the world; pets or no pets; carpet or no carpet; indoors or outdoors; or what medication I take the catarrh persists. So far I have taken courses of loratadine, cetirizine, promethazine, fexofenadine hydrochloride, benadryl, prednisolone, flixonase/fluticasone, montelukast, sterimar nasal solution, dymista and doxycycline.
In addition, I have introduced an air purifier into the bedroom, and a humidifier. I also perform regular nasal washes especially before bed and have tried sleeping propped up.
Any combination of the above may have reduced my symptoms by some 10-20%, but I might just have imagined it as some nights are better than others.
I remain convinced that my condition is somehow Covid related as I did not suffer at all with it before I had Covid in 2021, but I have suffered ever since.
Of course I am keen to resolve this issue as I cannot imagine living with it indefinitely – I am so exhausted by it and the resultant insomnia which is really taking its toll. I am SO fed up.
It would be great to know I'm not alone with this problem, and of course any shared remedies would be most welcome.
Thank you.
ps previously posted in ENT before I discovered this page, and have since tried DAO supplements and a low histamine diet to no avail
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Have the same problem. Have to sleep sitting up. Only get 2-4 hours. Absolutely exhausted.` Use a lot of cough syrup.
It worked temporarily, but he mucous I have, or sinusitis was not gone at that time and still isn't so until that's gone, I don't think the surgery will help.
OK so early days, but I think SOLVED.
Are you taking Effexor / Venlafaxine. I am 300mg/daily.
Its not a reported side effect other than anecdotally, BUT having tapered my venlafaxine down to 150mg over a two week period I am now almost without the night time sinus problems. I would go lower but I'm dealing with big life stuff right now so don't want to drop much further for a while.
I though it was covid, but I started the venlafaxine at much the same time. I wonder if I'm not alone in this as there's very little out there to support my findings, but the symptoms are 90% better and I would imagine evn better if I could reduce the dose further.
If you are on Venlafaxine and considering reducing I found this amazing calculator to do it. Go for Hyperbolic tapering and I went for 18 months to reduce the likelihood of withdrawal , but you will see that the big doses come down quickly and the low doses peter out uber slowly.
https://drugtaper.com/
I hope this helps someone else!!
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All of the symptoms you are talking about I also have and in addition I have a bad case of tinnitus which is extremely irritating I have had nasal surgery with no help in the issue very frustrating and I agree my quality of life is suffering I to as a child had bad allergies or hay fever but have out grown that 2o years ago since I am now 67 years old so I don't know the answer nor does anybody else I am currently in two long haul programs one with Cleveland clinic and one with UC Medical center. Let me know if you come across anything that works.