Comments on: I Have a Nose Spray Addiction – I’m Addicted to Afrin

By: Valery

Valery — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:21:06 +0000

Hi Ray, it seems like you are looking for some quick relief and you may not get it unfortunately. Usually the only thing that provides immediate relief is nasal spray. The only thing i can suggest tonite is a cold medicine that is either an antihistamine or decongestant depending on whether your nose is blocked or runny and make sure it has something in it to help put you to sleep. If you are tired of being addicted to the nose spray (who isnt) than you may want to try what I did and purchase a kind of nasal wash that is natural or saline spray which should be just salt and water and gradually dilute your nasal spray. By your third bottle you should be using all saline spray and at that point your just using it like a placebo. You can stop using it altogether because the rebound congestion is gone and you’ll be used to using the spray less and less. I tried this method myself after being addicted for about 10 years and i haven’t used in about 8 months. I dont think i will ever either because i have lost the need to have a clear nose 24-7. My nose is fine most of the time but when it does get stuffy its not a big deal and that makes me feel great. Good luck.

By: raymond nantz

raymond nantz — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:47:32 +0000

im not to good with my spelling .but it was nice to see you tell them off like that .

By: raymond nantz

raymond nantz — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:46:00 +0000

i am a 40 year old male i have been useing nose spray for almost 25 years i am in such pain right now the spray is not working right im up at 215 am because i cant sleep its driveing me crazy i dont know what to do ive tried everything i feel like im haveing a pannic attack because my spray wont work god what am i going to do?

By: raymond nantz

raymond nantz — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:43:11 +0000

By: Ann

Ann — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:38:31 +0000

Just thought I’d give a follow up if anyone is interested. It’s been 4 1/2 weeks since I last used the spray. It hasn’t been a picnic but I’ve stuck with it (even found where I tossed the bottle in the closet and went with the more permanent of emptying it down the drain this week). The only really…setback, I guess you cold say, is that I now have a cold. At first I just thought it was ’cause of not using the spray but when the rest of the yuckiness set in, I figured it out. Sad that I didn’t immediately realize I had a cold.

Anyway, my point is that if you’re persistent, you can, eventually get rid of the stuff. I’m looking forward to getting rid of this cold now.

By: Evelyn J. Kern

Evelyn J. Kern — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 02:53:49 +0000

Well I’m going to try a netting pot (look it up) and Claratan D, and that will work. I know someone else that tried it and it worked for them.

By: Jody

Jody — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:23:07 +0000

Actually I tried dilluting the spray and it seemed to help but I always went back to full strength. I have been free of it all for about 11 days now. It gets really good and I think its over then it hits again. Its very strange. Usually the worst of it is when I lay down to sleep. I wont give up but its really a pain.

By: Sally

Sally — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:44:20 +0000

I received a magazine yesterday with an article about “Balloon Sinuplasty.” The procedure sounds promising. I’m going to find out if my insurance covers it and I’ll certainly post again if I get it!

By: Ken Savage

Ken Savage — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:22:06 +0000

Jody, did you trying stopping the nasal spray only in 1 nostril for a while?

By: Jody

Jody — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:00:26 +0000

So I have been hooked on the nasal spray for…ready…20 years. No kidding. 20 years. My blood pressure went up of course, my heart rate is a resting-100 bpm and I freak out when I dont have a full bottle of the stuff. Enough was enough so I went to the doc. He gave me a shot of steroid, gradual decreasing dosage of oral steroid and nasonex. Its been six days since I have used any of the spray at all. It totally sucks. Honestly. There are times when everything is clear and I can breathe, then it swells again. It is slowly getting better and I can actually see a light at the end of the tunnel but seriously-whoever made this crap to begin with needs to be punched in the nose. This is the most God awful junk on the market. I will never use it again. I have tried the sinus buster pepper spray stuff and it doesnt help at all. Just burns like hell. I will do this and be free of this crap forever.