Comments on Profile Post by Shelbylynn

Hope you feel better soon, Shelby.

I used Sudafed for months one summer in 2015 when I was suffering severe nasal congestion (basically unable to breathe through my nose 95% of the time), and it had zero effect on my tinnitus.

I'd recommend steaming with decongestant oils, alongside, or in lieu of, Sudafed though (esp. if you have a bad reaction to it), as this is my favourite (and most effective, imo) method of decongestion (for both the ears and nose).

Welp i am never using Sudafed again, it gave me tachycardia, I should have known since I have high bp. Bleh. But good news is my sinuses are clear as ever

My heart beat is finally starting to go down and get close to 100x it was like 130+ way over 100

Thanks @OnceUponaTime <3 I have chronic allergies so I’m always dealing with some sinus stuff. I just have to stay really on top of it. :)

@Damocles what oils do u suggest? I just had my first bad reaction actually lol. Usually it just gives me anxiety. But not today I guess. So I’m gonna not use anymore and just stick to sinus rinse and Flonase

@Shelbylynn, I'll link you the conversation I had with @ZFire on this. Most of my suggestions for Nasal/Eustachian Tube decongestion are there, and the advice is pretty much identical in both cases.

https://www.tinnitustalk.com/members/zfire.45982/#profile-post-28528

One thing I'll add that I forgot to mention to @ZFire, was cardiovascular exercise.

While I still have some problems with nasal congestion, I managed to cut it in half in the long term by taking up regular exercise each day.

That would explain why I’m having issues with Eustachian tubes lately. I’m not jogging as much as I use to.

Cardiovascular exercise is one of those things where there's really nothing it can't improve; except for viral illnesses (which you should really be resting during) and, I guess, heart attacks... (both during and after).

But yeah, in 2015 I went through a period of never-ending ear infections, and subsequently dropped all my regular cardio-exercise. That was when I noticed I could hardly breathe through my nose anymore.

So blood-flow clearly plays a massive role here.

@Damocles thats interesting, I’m taking up roller skating and I’ve been exercising more so I’ll let you know if it helps, my congestion is mainly allergy so idk how much it’ll help. But I was planning on exercising again anyways. Thanks again