Here’s a solution that worked for a friend who was addicted for years. His ENT physician recommended this method. Buy a fresh bottle of spray and continue your usual dosage. When the bottle is half full, top it up with distilled water or saline solution. When it is again at half, repeat. Keep this up, and eventually the medicine will be barely a component of the spray, and the addiction will be over.
I have severe allergies in spring especially due to pollination. I absolutely hate this feeling of teary-eyed and congestion with a hint of drowsiness. I wish there was a cure to such allergies rather than relief that also gets you addicted
I hear ya! I suffer with it myself, in addition to cat dander. I have a cat I dearly love...and he loves me....we love each other. But I am highly allergic to him. I successfully weaned myself off nasal spray back in 2016 but this year, back in April, I lost my beloved dog and my cat stayed by my side to comfort me. Unfortunately, it resulted in an allergy attack. I have been using Afrin ever since. UGH! I hate the thought of having to go through this weaning process again. What I do is just use Afrin in one nostril and let the other one swell up like it does. Usually after 3-5 days, it's back to normal and then I do the next nostril. But it's miserable to go through.
Discovered this stuff and it worked so well that I wondered where it had been all my life! Then I needed more and more leading to my first (and only thus far) experience with rebound congestion. Once I realized what was happening I weaned myself off it by only using it at night to sleep and reduced how much I used. Nowadays I still keep some on hand but try to tough it out till I need a hit of the hard stuff which I still try to restrict to using only at night and only if other decongestants aren't working. But still... that feeling of your sinuses opening up after suffering congestion!
I was addicted for 6 years, but I weaned myself by starting with a full bottle of decongestant spray and every night topping the bottle up with saline. By the end, your bottle will have 0 decongestant spray and only saline. It took around a month to fully wean off, but I haven't touched it in over a year.
@@harleysharpe6518 Wow, for me it was probably just a month or two. Glad you managed to kick it! Is that technique something they teach at the UNATCO academy, or did you just come up with it in the field?
I researched cures for debound congestion and came up with a company called rhinostat. Their treatment is basically the same, but they have a guide to fallow.
i have been an "addict|" for almost 10 years. i can tell you that i am doing this to breath like a normal person. and i can continue like this maybe another 10 years. i dont care what this video says. as long as i can breath normally talk normally eat normally sleep normally i dont care
If you deal with having a hard time breathing for 1 day, you’ll notice you need it significantly less. Just allowing your body to suffer for a little and you won’t need it ever again. You might go from 3x a day to only 1x a day. To then not at all needing it
I use this since last 7 years. I only do a small pump. Asked my cousin who is ENT and he told me as long as it makes you sleep and you have a healthy lifestyle and it doesn’t cause any issues during day then its okay . I dont think sinsus surgery will solve this for life. We need fda to approve some proper non addictive spray as millions of ppl suffer from sinus allergys and sleep apena
Imma have operation, and now I have to drop my xylometazoline spray for 7 days before operation, hello it’s 5am and I can’t sleep. if operation doesn’t help me then I’m using the spray till I’m dead cuz without it I’m feeling already dead so I prefer to be addicted and breathe than dealing with addiction where I will be not addicted but also I will be not breathing, that’s fucked up
Take a probiotic type Lactobif and try to put first salt spray and then a drop of congestion spray and the best alternative children's spray and then treat one hole and then the second @@xdavvidx
@@miran213 I had Electrocoagulation of the nasal auricles, No nasal septum surgery for now because it's an invasive procedure. I didn’t use xylometazoline since the break before operation. It’s better now and I don’t think about breathing all the time, but it’s still the issue, can’t be fully fixed because of parents mistakes but it’s 100% worth it to make an appointment with an ENT specialist and do something about it, at least try. However I can go to the party, meeting, work without a Spray in my bag and im not addicted anymore. I had like 6 doctors and was looking for the right one 2 years but I finally found the one. If I will be still having issues making life difficult I will go to the same one and I think we gonna do nasal septum surgery or again Electrocoagulation because it can be reapeted. I didn’t pay shit for that so it’s even cooler. Sometimes I have shortness of breath and a blocked nose but when I don't think about it, it seems to pass and it’s not so often as before. Xylometazoline made it 100% worse because when you spray the nose and xylometazoline comes off after a few hours then the nose swells double. And spray addiction have a lot of other cons, but don’t make it hard on you, try something to use less spray and less strong version and just look for doctors via Health Insurance Company if possible and test it out. I kinda miss xylometazoline but my nose was swollen inside af, I was bleeding all the time, felt like something is pulsing there. For now, I do nasal rinses and lubricate with moisturizing ointment. Don't let any doctor tell you that there is nothing wrong with your breathing. Steroid sprays from the prescriptions won’t help. Get a sinus CT scan and act. Good luck!
I actually got addicted to this once for like a month and when I stopped I couldn’t breath at all. So for 3 days I could t sleep or work. But after those 3 days my nose were super clear
Honestly if I could have surgery to never have a blocked up nose I'd do it. I know it's addictive, I know my family look at my like I'm an idiot for taking them and even worse when I panic that I'm running out or that the shop is out of stock but the alternative is sat there struggling to breath.
I use it once or twice when i catch a cold. Only use it for 3 days in a row and no more! If in the 4th day you still have a blocked nose tough it up and continue a day without it. Hopefully your nose will be good the day after.
First time using it, couldn't sleep last night without it. Will definitely take note of this and try not to use it in the day time since a few jumping jacks solve the issue, can't be doing jumping jacks on bed though
I would be wary about using steroid nasal sprays for a long time and would do my due dilligence and check them out. I was severely addicted to Afrin and felt suicidal at one point. The big pharma really should make people more aware of this rebound congestion and addiction as it can be serious. Does it suit the money in their pockets not to focus more on this negative side effect? I got off the Afrin by using sinusoothe nose spray after I read an article on their website which was really helpful. They even suggested a dilution method to 'wean off' the offending spray. I have never looked back and don't even use their spray any more.
Switch to one nostril. For example, only do the left. Once your right recovers (you can breathe through it because the rebound effect has finally worn off) allow your left to be clogged while you breathe with your right. Eventually you will have two functioning nostrils again.
I ve using nasal drops daily for 3 years now due to difficulty vreathing through the nose due to deviated septum . I cant even think of living without them.
does using it help your breathing, i also have this problem sometimes i have trouble breathing with my nose and i would like to know your answer hope this can help
@@reus279yes it helps ... I have been using this nasal drops since 5 years .... But I recommend you not to try as it becomes addictive now I also want to get rid of it
I was addicted to afrin for 3 years every day. And it is tough. Even 40 days later I am still congested. I have fewer moments congested than not but it’s still there. Once you get past the first couple days u get used to not being able to breath correctly. Also make sure you take some purposeful deep breathes because sometimes you aren’t getting the oxygen you need with small short congested breathes. This one was a struggle good luck you you all but you can do it and it’s worth it.
There are some nose spreading tapes that gave me some relief. They pull up your sinuses from the outside so that you can breath. That helped me a lot and I hope it helps u overcome it aswell
I was addicted for 6 years, but I weaned myself by starting with a full bottle of decongestant spray and every night topping the bottle up with saline. By the end, your bottle will have 0 decongestant spray and only saline. It took around a month to fully wean off, but I haven't touched it in over a year.
I used isotonic nasal spray everyday when i had sneezing and cold (OTC nasal daily hygiene spray) . All of sudden my nose is clogged and it is more than 10 days now. Visited ENT today and i was suggested to stop using this nasal hygiene spray immediately. Not sure how long it is gonna take to get back to normal.
I have been using a nasal spray for 55 years (!), my pharmacist puts this nasal spray solution together in a 200 ml bottle ( costs about 17 Euro) that lasts me about 3 months. Every doctor I tell about this seems to have no problem with it. I have tried to stop several times, with no results.
Oops.. I’m on day 5 with it. Let me stop and suffer this sh*t out bc my mom has been using it for YEARS and I feel so bad for her. My nose has never been stuffy for over a week like this but i will say this stuff works like gold. I’m not using it anymore though.
I’ve only used this for the first time in my whole 27 year life but I’m only using it cause I have a old. I’m assuming when my cold goes away that I won’t need it anymore
I have a sinus infection and my nose was plugged both sized 100%. Tried this for the first time ever and holy sweet baby lord Jesus, when they say instantly opens your nose up, they mean exactly that.
it took me two weeks to finally clear up. Use afrin in one nostril only. You will be able to breathe on that side while the other one goes back to normal. Once the other side heals you ween off the other side. It sucks but i was able to come off afrin.
@@editorrrr5196 i was unaware if using then prolonged, probably 3 or 4 months every 2 hours or so. I also used a nasal saline spray to help clean nose. Allergy nose spray and the above stated routine. It will go away after 2 weeks 3 weeks cold turkey if you chose both nostrils at once(very hard) so instead id reccomend weaning off one nostril at a time. The weaning side nose should be taped down to work/ sleep.
I had sinus surgery when I was 18 years old ( it really is worse surgery to have ) I was out of commission for almost 4 months then after I healed for the next 10 years I would get a sinus infection monthly or the day after I mowed the grass and they suck mine are so bad I have to get a shot and antibotic or I do not get better ( I tested that theory and was sick for 2 months until I saw a dr ) now it is very rare for me to get one no allergies the reason I had sinus surgery was I could only in hale thru one nostril was like a ball of snot moved to whatever side I was laying or leaning it didn’t do anything for me wish I would of never got it and would tell anyone unless it’s life or death don’t do it!
Unfortunately the treatments make billions. So do the addictions. That really causes me some anger at times. I’m praying that if there really is some horded technology or cures that we will all get answers soon.
Unfortunately doesn't seem to work. I have a Navage nasal irrigator machine, and Arm & Hammer Simply Saline spray and nothing works except decongestant spray.
Get a doctor to prescribe a round of steroids for a week. After 3 days you will breathe better and towards the end you can quit the spray without rebound congestion. Hooked on nasal spray for 3 years and it was that easy.
@@doninmichigan yeah it's tough cause the decongestant spray's effect gets weaker after every use and you need to use it more frequently otherwise you're going to have a stuffy nose 24/7
Try using Neil med sinus rinse bottle and the saline rinse packets or make your own nasal rinse solution 1/2 teaspoon non iodized salt or pink Himalayan salt and 1/2 teaspoon baking soda and 1/4 non iodized salt or pink Himalayan salt and 1/4 baking soda use bottled water or filtered or just buy the Navage
I’ve been hooked on this thing for 8 years. I can’t sleep without it my worst nightmare is finding out I have no spray. Right now it is 4am and I forgot to buy spray after a night out every thing is closed. So I’m here drinking gin straight outta the bottle hoping it will get me drunk enough to endure this horrible blocked nose so I can sleep. I’m gonna see my doctor tomorrow to get me the steroids because this is no way to live.
This happened to me traveled 8 KM to a store that Google showed was open but it was not. Started watching a movie while breathing from my mouth. I was the first one to show up at my nearby store that day.
Is not that I have a breathing problem but sadly I’m a addict so stupid Ik but I truly wanna get clean n yk with Gods strength n my strength I’ll get clean off this drugs Amen soon n when I mean soon is soon so my nose gets clogged up and I use this everyday
N helps me breath & since my nose be clogged that makes u feel like u don’t even get enough oxygen threw the nose n like it gets to a point where is so uncomfortable feeling like u can’t catch oxygen just from ur nose n not be able to breath from ur nose
Since it’s addictive I think it shouldn’t be sold. Your body becomes too reliant on it. More times than not it just makes things worse than the were to begin with.
I got addicted to nose spray and i've been using it for 4 years and now i kinda have a bad smell and taste,,, please tell me is bad smell caused by nose spray FIXABLE?
I don't know about the bad smell and taste. Could be a sinus infection? not sure. But I am currently addicted to Afrin again. I successfully) weaned myself off of it back in 2016...but here I am again (long story). Anyway, the way I broke my first addiction to this stuff was that I used Afrin in only one nostril at a time. The other one stayed clogged. It took about 3-5 days and it was back to normal and then I started on the other nostril. It was miserable to go through but I did it. Now I have to do it again and I loathe even thinking about it.
I was addicted for 6 years, but I weaned myself by starting with a full bottle of decongestant spray and every night topping the bottle up with saline. By the end, your bottle will have 0 decongestant spray and only saline. It took around a month to fully wean off, but I haven't touched it in over a year.
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what about flublock az?
Im not addicted to the spray, im addicted to breathing
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Here’s a solution that worked for a friend who was addicted for years. His ENT physician recommended this method. Buy a fresh bottle of spray and continue your usual dosage. When the bottle is half full, top it up with distilled water or saline solution. When it is again at half, repeat. Keep this up, and eventually the medicine will be barely a component of the spray, and the addiction will be over.
Did it work ?
@@pan.sushantyes
@pan.sushant Yes. But now he is addicted to salt water. Had to move to the ocean.
@EBONVISION_MEDIA 😅😅😅 no joke though. If you are lucky enough to live by the ocean. Blowing your nose under water will cure you
I will try this
An addiction to a need to breath clearly
This stuff works like gold, I just know that once I no longer have other symptoms I’m just gonna have to tough it out a few days after
I have severe allergies in spring especially due to pollination. I absolutely hate this feeling of teary-eyed and congestion with a hint of drowsiness. I wish there was a cure to such allergies rather than relief that also gets you addicted
I hear ya! I suffer with it myself, in addition to cat dander. I have a cat I dearly love...and he loves me....we love each other. But I am highly allergic to him. I successfully weaned myself off nasal spray back in 2016 but this year, back in April, I lost my beloved dog and my cat stayed by my side to comfort me. Unfortunately, it resulted in an allergy attack. I have been using Afrin ever since. UGH! I hate the thought of having to go through this weaning process again. What I do is just use Afrin in one nostril and let the other one swell up like it does. Usually after 3-5 days, it's back to normal and then I do the next nostril. But it's miserable to go through.
I use Pseudoephedrine & Loratadine D 🤸♀️
Talk to an ENT doctor. You might have blockage that requires surgery
You can take allergy shots. They work really well.
@@paulakoehlerhow frequently would the shots be required that you know of?
Discovered this stuff and it worked so well that I wondered where it had been all my life! Then I needed more and more leading to my first (and only thus far) experience with rebound congestion. Once I realized what was happening I weaned myself off it by only using it at night to sleep and reduced how much I used. Nowadays I still keep some on hand but try to tough it out till I need a hit of the hard stuff which I still try to restrict to using only at night and only if other decongestants aren't working. But still... that feeling of your sinuses opening up after suffering congestion!
I was addicted for 6 years, but I weaned myself by starting with a full bottle of decongestant spray and every night topping the bottle up with saline. By the end, your bottle will have 0 decongestant spray and only saline. It took around a month to fully wean off, but I haven't touched it in over a year.
@@harleysharpe6518 Wow, for me it was probably just a month or two. Glad you managed to kick it! Is that technique something they teach at the UNATCO academy, or did you just come up with it in the field?
I researched cures for debound congestion and came up with a company called rhinostat. Their treatment is basically the same, but they have a guide to fallow.
Did you have trouble exercising with a stuffy nose? If so, how did you manage?
@@harleysharpe6518 very smart!
i have been an "addict|" for almost 10 years. i can tell you that i am doing this to breath like a normal person. and i can continue like this maybe another 10 years. i dont care what this video says. as long as i can breath normally talk normally eat normally sleep normally i dont care
Be careful tho! I know a person who completely lost his sense of smell because he was addicted for years
@@NayaAli-ol2dtyes and that is still a minor thing. You can develop severe desiese if unlucky
Which spary?
If you deal with having a hard time breathing for 1 day, you’ll notice you need it significantly less.
Just allowing your body to suffer for a little and you won’t need it ever again. You might go from 3x a day to only 1x a day. To then not at all needing it
@@syyedkamil2137 Afrin, Oxymetazoline Hydrochloride, and Phenylephrine
I've been hooked on this stuff twice. Now I stick with saline solution.
Only thing that's unblocks my one sided breathing problem
You mean if you lay on one side you breathe clearly then literally every other side you literally struggle to breathe?
I use this since last 7 years. I only do a small pump. Asked my cousin who is ENT and he told me as long as it makes you sleep and you have a healthy lifestyle and it doesn’t cause any issues during day then its okay . I dont think sinsus surgery will solve this for life. We need fda to approve some proper non addictive spray as millions of ppl suffer from sinus allergys and sleep apena
Imma have operation, and now I have to drop my xylometazoline spray for 7 days before operation, hello it’s 5am and I can’t sleep. if operation doesn’t help me then I’m using the spray till I’m dead cuz without it I’m feeling already dead so I prefer to be addicted and breathe than dealing with addiction where I will be not addicted but also I will be not breathing, that’s fucked up
Btw I also do the small pumps and kid version that have smaller amount of this stuff
Take a probiotic type Lactobif and try to put first salt spray and then a drop of congestion spray and the best alternative children's spray and then treat one hole and then the second @@xdavvidx
@@xdavvidxhow did the operation go?
@@miran213 I had Electrocoagulation of the nasal auricles, No nasal septum surgery for now because it's an invasive procedure. I didn’t use xylometazoline since the break before operation. It’s better now and I don’t think about breathing all the time, but it’s still the issue, can’t be fully fixed because of parents mistakes but it’s 100% worth it to make an appointment with an ENT specialist and do something about it, at least try. However I can go to the party, meeting, work without a Spray in my bag and im not addicted anymore. I had like 6 doctors and was looking for the right one 2 years but I finally found the one. If I will be still having issues making life difficult I will go to the same one and I think we gonna do nasal septum surgery or again Electrocoagulation because it can be reapeted. I didn’t pay shit for that so it’s even cooler. Sometimes I have shortness of breath and a blocked nose but when I don't think about it, it seems to pass and it’s not so often as before. Xylometazoline made it 100% worse because when you spray the nose and xylometazoline comes off after a few hours then the nose swells double. And spray addiction have a lot of other cons, but don’t make it hard on you, try something to use less spray and less strong version and just look for doctors via Health Insurance Company if possible and test it out. I kinda miss xylometazoline but my nose was swollen inside af, I was bleeding all the time, felt like something is pulsing there. For now, I do nasal rinses and lubricate with moisturizing ointment. Don't let any doctor tell you that there is nothing wrong with your breathing. Steroid sprays from the prescriptions won’t help. Get a sinus CT scan and act. Good luck!
I used it for the first time today. Didn't know you can become dependent on it
first used it when i got broke nose through an accident 2 years back still using this day, better stop it now if u can
@@anon-my9jm What's the alternative?
I actually got addicted to this once for like a month and when I stopped I couldn’t breath at all. So for 3 days I could t sleep or work. But after those 3 days my nose were super clear
Honestly if I could have surgery to never have a blocked up nose I'd do it.
I know it's addictive, I know my family look at my like I'm an idiot for taking them and even worse when I panic that I'm running out or that the shop is out of stock but the alternative is sat there struggling to breath.
I use it once or twice when i catch a cold. Only use it for 3 days in a row and no more! If in the 4th day you still have a blocked nose tough it up and continue a day without it. Hopefully your nose will be good the day after.
First time using it, couldn't sleep last night without it. Will definitely take note of this and try not to use it in the day time since a few jumping jacks solve the issue, can't be doing jumping jacks on bed though
I would be wary about using steroid nasal sprays for a long time and would do my due dilligence and check them out. I was severely addicted to Afrin and felt suicidal at one point. The big pharma really should make people more aware of this rebound congestion and addiction as it can be serious. Does it suit the money in their pockets not to focus more on this negative side effect? I got off the Afrin by using sinusoothe nose spray after I read an article on their website which was really helpful. They even suggested a dilution method to 'wean off' the offending spray. I have never looked back and don't even use their spray any more.
Switch to one nostril. For example, only do the left. Once your right recovers (you can breathe through it because the rebound effect has finally worn off) allow your left to be clogged while you breathe with your right. Eventually you will have two functioning nostrils again.
I suffered from rebound congestion for half a year, SUDAFED D is the solution. You need the D, 250 mg of pseudoephedrine vs 10.
how long did u took it? i swear i have congestion problem since last year like contant
@@jasrajsidhu3714 go to the pharmacy right now and go to the back and get Sudafed D.
I ve using nasal drops daily for 3 years now due to difficulty vreathing through the nose due to deviated septum . I cant even think of living without them.
does using it help your breathing, i also have this problem sometimes i have trouble breathing with my nose and i would like to know your answer hope this can help
@@reus279 yeah it helps a lot
@@reus279yes it helps ... I have been using this nasal drops since 5 years .... But I recommend you not to try as it becomes addictive now I also want to get rid of it
it helps me to breathe through nose
There is surgery for that
I have severe chronic sinusitis 10 surgeries, can’t smell or taste. I have to use it daily in order to breathe.
I was addicted to afrin for 3 years every day. And it is tough. Even 40 days later I am still congested. I have fewer moments congested than not but it’s still there. Once you get past the first couple days u get used to not being able to breath correctly. Also make sure you take some purposeful deep breathes because sometimes you aren’t getting the oxygen you need with small short congested breathes. This one was a struggle good luck you you all but you can do it and it’s worth it.
3 days ! Im here 3 years later
Do basic saline sprays have the same effect?
No
No
been addicted to that for 4 years now, i just cant seem to stop those congestions. i guess surgery is the only solution
There are some nose spreading tapes that gave me some relief. They pull up your sinuses from the outside so that you can breath. That helped me a lot and I hope it helps u overcome it aswell
I was addicted for 6 years, but I weaned myself by starting with a full bottle of decongestant spray and every night topping the bottle up with saline. By the end, your bottle will have 0 decongestant spray and only saline. It took around a month to fully wean off, but I haven't touched it in over a year.
You can just go cold turkey. After the first day you get used to the symptoms. Doesn’t really take that long to start clearing up.
@@cuzr702 I quit drinking and smoking cold turkey, you think I'd be able to quit decongestant, but so far no go.....
I used isotonic nasal spray everyday when i had sneezing and cold (OTC nasal daily hygiene spray) . All of sudden my nose is clogged and it is more than 10 days now. Visited ENT today and i was suggested to stop using this nasal hygiene spray immediately. Not sure how long it is gonna take to get back to normal.
How are you now
I have been using a nasal spray for 55 years (!), my pharmacist puts this nasal spray solution together in a 200 ml bottle ( costs about 17 Euro) that lasts me about 3 months. Every doctor I tell about this seems to have no problem with it. I have tried to stop several times, with no results.
I only use it at occasionally at night until my antihistamines kick in and so I can get a good nights rest.
for real
If only antihistamines helped. They do nothing for me.
Wheres can I buy that spray
Don’t use for more than three consecutive days
I’ve been using it for five months straight and it finally caught up with me
can you elaborate more?
@@nobodyjustlookingCoincidence how we have same problem and same pfp 😅
I was addicted for 8 years I went to Walmart and bought Flonase and nasocort and got rid of addiction in 3 days.
Oops.. I’m on day 5 with it. Let me stop and suffer this sh*t out bc my mom has been using it for YEARS and I feel so bad for her. My nose has never been stuffy for over a week like this but i will say this stuff works like gold. I’m not using it anymore though.
If you use it once a day, how long can u use it? I'm guessing the 3 days limit is for when u use it twice a day.
that was 3 days ago are you addicted yet? 😭 but i know of people on reddit who use it only once every day for years and they dont suffer
I’ve only used this for the first time in my whole 27 year life but I’m only using it cause I have a old. I’m assuming when my cold goes away that I won’t need it anymore
I have a sinus infection and my nose was plugged both sized 100%. Tried this for the first time ever and holy sweet baby lord Jesus, when they say instantly opens your nose up, they mean exactly that.
Ik its sweet but stop as long as its not addictive.
but my doctor told me i need to use it for a long term ( 1 year)
your doctor is either stupid of in the pocket of some medical company. Either way, change your doctor.
Funny how it doesn’t say this limited use thing anywhere on the bottle lol
How long does it take for your breathing to come back? And how the hell do we sleep at night?
5 to 6 months
You can take sleeping meds like Xanax and get addicted to benzos instead. Very fun
I find it difficult to believe that sinex is "addictive" given that it's not medicated.
I am so much addicted to it I cannot stay without taking the nasal drop I need it 24/7 and needs atleast 2bottles of 10ml per month what should I do
it took me two weeks to finally clear up. Use afrin in one nostril only. You will be able to breathe on that side while the other one goes back to normal. Once the other side heals you ween off the other side. It sucks but i was able to come off afrin.
@@Friendly_Boo did you used any medicine to reduce inflammation like steroids
@@Friendly_Boo how long you used these decongestants
@@editorrrr5196 i was unaware if using then prolonged, probably 3 or 4 months every 2 hours or so. I also used a nasal saline spray to help clean nose. Allergy nose spray and the above stated routine. It will go away after 2 weeks 3 weeks cold turkey if you chose both nostrils at once(very hard) so instead id reccomend weaning off one nostril at a time. The weaning side nose should be taped down to work/ sleep.
That's me right now. I've used it for 3 days only tho on one side and that side is now swollen af and I can't breathe thru it :(
I had sinus surgery when I was 18 years old ( it really is worse surgery to have ) I was out of commission for almost 4 months then after I healed for the next 10 years I would get a sinus infection monthly or the day after I mowed the grass and they suck mine are so bad I have to get a shot and antibotic or I do not get better ( I tested that theory and was sick for 2 months until I saw a dr ) now it is very rare for me to get one no allergies the reason I had sinus surgery was I could only in hale thru one nostril was like a ball of snot moved to whatever side I was laying or leaning it didn’t do anything for me wish I would of never got it and would tell anyone unless it’s life or death don’t do it!
Unfortunately the treatments make billions. So do the addictions. That really causes me some anger at times. I’m praying that if there really is some horded technology or cures that we will all get answers soon.
work’s miracles when tour sick
Does Saltwater washes (nasal saline irrigation) for the nose will do the same things?
Nope
No Ive tried saltwater abd it doesnt really work..😬
Unfortunately doesn't seem to work. I have a Navage nasal irrigator machine, and Arm & Hammer Simply Saline spray and nothing works except decongestant spray.
@@stufordTry Nisetta Spray
Get a doctor to prescribe a round of steroids for a week. After 3 days you will breathe better and towards the end you can quit the spray without rebound congestion. Hooked on nasal spray for 3 years and it was that easy.
I did that, but after the treatment I got a cold which caused the condition to come back. Doctor's diagnosis was vasomotor rhinitis btw
Rn I started using a saline spray because I don't want to be on anymore medication.
I think I'll look into that, I don't want to be hooked on decongestant spray the rest of my life.
@@doninmichigan yeah it's tough cause the decongestant spray's effect gets weaker after every use and you need to use it more frequently otherwise you're going to have a stuffy nose 24/7
I've tried steroids and they don't help.
An addiction 😂 Nah… I’m just trying to breathe.
You try living with congested nose for 24 hours a day.
blog.fauquierent.net/2024/10/do-not-use-decongestant-nasal-sprays.html
Try using Neil med sinus rinse bottle and the saline rinse packets or make your own nasal rinse solution 1/2 teaspoon non iodized salt or pink Himalayan salt and 1/2 teaspoon baking soda and 1/4 non iodized salt or pink Himalayan salt and 1/4 baking soda use bottled water or filtered or just buy the Navage
I love it
I’ve been hooked on this thing for 8 years. I can’t sleep without it my worst nightmare is finding out I have no spray. Right now it is 4am and I forgot to buy spray after a night out every thing is closed. So I’m here drinking gin straight outta the bottle hoping it will get me drunk enough to endure this horrible blocked nose so I can sleep. I’m gonna see my doctor tomorrow to get me the steroids because this is no way to live.
😂 I know this feeling all too well! I have mine on repeat order from Amazon now, I’m always stocked up with at least 4
@@Rich_TN7419 Mad that you can even get it from repeat order really considering it's addictive haha
Shits terrribje. Bring out somewhere and realizing you forgot to bring some if the absolute worst
This happened to me traveled 8 KM to a store that Google showed was open but it was not. Started watching a movie while breathing from my mouth. I was the first one to show up at my nearby store that day.
Just so you know alcohol makes congestion worse lmao.
I just want to breathe like everyone else. 😢
Addiction? Really? Dependency maybe. Dependency is not addiction.
Well you can say that your body is addicted
Is not that I have a breathing problem but sadly I’m a addict so stupid Ik but I truly wanna get clean n yk with Gods strength n my strength I’ll get clean off this drugs Amen soon n when I mean soon is soon so my nose gets clogged up and I use this everyday
N helps me breath & since my nose be clogged that makes u feel like u don’t even get enough oxygen threw the nose n like it gets to a point where is so uncomfortable feeling like u can’t catch oxygen just from ur nose n not be able to breath from ur nose
我有鼻窦炎，鼻子呼吸困难，很难受😢
Guess I’m a drug addict.
Since it’s addictive I think it shouldn’t be sold. Your body becomes too reliant on it. More times than not it just makes things worse than the were to begin with.
Eliza Valley
I use it once in the morning and once at night but only one spray I’m each nostril
رائع🥰
im sorry, I love afrin
Well shit. Was gonna try it for working out and sleeping. Guess I'll just be a degenerate mouth breather. 😢
Just try to get surgery to open up the airways
Watching Nate Bargatze on SNL brought me here.
I got addicted to nose spray and i've been using it for 4 years and now i kinda have a bad smell and taste,,, please tell me is bad smell caused by nose spray FIXABLE?
I don't know about the bad smell and taste. Could be a sinus infection? not sure. But I am currently addicted to Afrin again. I successfully) weaned myself off of it back in 2016...but here I am again (long story). Anyway, the way I broke my first addiction to this stuff was that I used Afrin in only one nostril at a time. The other one stayed clogged. It took about 3-5 days and it was back to normal and then I started on the other nostril. It was miserable to go through but I did it. Now I have to do it again and I loathe even thinking about it.
I was addicted for 6 years, but I weaned myself by starting with a full bottle of decongestant spray and every night topping the bottle up with saline. By the end, your bottle will have 0 decongestant spray and only saline. It took around a month to fully wean off, but I haven't touched it in over a year.
well shit
Pharmacy grade 😅Sudafed will cure this.
Ok