Well, I want to breathe easily, I guess.
this post was submitted on 04 May 2024
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You tried drinking a lot of water before sleeping? Humidity alone doesn't help.
i'll try that. watch, i pee the bed and have a whole different problem haha.
I wake up and frequently find one of my ears blocked. Does that count?
My parents do but I do not. I'm guessing we all have sleep apnea though. Definitely allergies. But, I do have a small air purifier in my room
I think it's this one:
cool. i'll try using the air purifier again. mine is pretty loud though. is that one pretty quiet?
It is unless you use the high setting, then it's pretty loud. But I keep it on medium or even low
Iβve been living with this for 20 years and only now seriously seeing an ENT to figure it out. One thing doc has me doing is a twice a day sinus rinse with a NeilMed sinus bottle. It has def improved things a lot.
I say see an ENT and they will probably take a swab to check for an infection. I had one and pill antibiotics didnβt help so he has me doing this rinse with an added antibiotic powder.
i have that bottle. i'll try doing it as you have been and see how it helps. thanks!
So, I actually had this because of my humidifier. I was using an ultrasonic humidifier with tap water - I know distilled is recommended, but with how dry it is here, that would mean an insane amount of bottled water. But I noticed a film of white dust appearing around the room from the dispersed salts and whatnot. Turning off the humidifier (and later replacing it with an evaporative style) cleared up my daily stuffiness instantly.
Thanks! I use distilled water, but maybe Iβll try evaporative style.
The problem for me using my evaporative dehumidifier is cleaning off the minerals every week.
Yeah agreed. But I guess Iβd rather do that than clean it off my walls (and lungs apparently?). Definitely recommend getting a bigger one than you need, though, so you can run the fan lower and the media takes a little longer to get crusty.
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