For a couple months out of the year, every year for the past decade or so, I get these insane sinus headaches. They come on all of a sudden and take me to my knees. It feels like someone is literally pounding a 6" spike into my eye. I haven't found a cure. Sometimes a boiling hot shower with lots of steam works, I use pressure points to drain my sinuses, nette pots, laying my head back beyond what was ever intended, just about anything I can think of. Some of these things work sometimes but nothing always works. I'm just getting over one as I type but usually I get them about an hour after I go to bed. I believe the cause is the change in weather and the switch from humid air in the summer to dry heat in the winter from various heaters. Yes, I have tried humidifiers with varying success. So now that I have told my tale of woe, any suggestions or does anyone else suffer?

Try snorting some skunk quill.

Grandma used to shove a finger full of Vicks up our nose whenever we complained with it. Don't remember for sure if it worked or not but we quit complaining.

I'm desperate enough to try it. Still not desperate enough for a doctor yet. I'll give it another decade of suffrage.

...cut down to 1 bottle of wild turkey a night....2 is just asking for trouble

Good Lord, what a bunch of jack wagons.

Lay off the cocaine, too.

or start lol

I suffer from them often. Certain foods like eggs and dairy are inflammatory agents. I've learned to limit myself on those foods. For me Cheddar cheese brings them on within minutes while mozzarella does not affect me. For about a year I suffered trying to figure out what the cause was.

Also use a saline rinse while you shower, which is different from a netty pot. You mix either distilled water or bottled water into a small bottle dump in a pack of saline squeeze in the nose. Buy it in the pharmacy section

Vicks and hot showers for me when my sinuses start nothing me. Thinking I'm finally though about a seven bout of sinus issues myself. Don't think mine are quite as bad as yours though.

I've had a sinus headache most of this year, finally went to the Dr's and had a mri said I got a pansinutitis. I got alot of the same symptoms but my eyesight is jacked up too from it. Got some antibiotics now, guess I'll see if it goes away.

Allergy med might help.

I get basically the same thing, but not a constant headache … it come and goes and seems to be located several inches behind my left eye. I drink extra water and coat the inside of my nose with Vicks. If they are at night when going to bed … I put Vicks on forehead, around my eyes and under my nose and place a paper hanky so it sticks to forehead and covers my nose and I breath in Vicks. I seems to work … but it doesn't cure what ever it is the causes it. I guess it has something to do with the dry heat and atmospheric pressure.


Garry-

quit using that nut pick for cleanin your nostrils.

I get something similar. I think they are brought on by allergy to pollens and dust. Allergy pills help me, but the best thing I have found is application of ice to the temple, usually both sides, for as long as I can stand it. Once in a while if I get the ice on early, the pain goes away. Usually though, the ice reduces the pain enough to get thru the day. The other thing I have found is I have them less frequently if I eat regularly - I commonly skipped lunch in the past. Can't do that or I get a really bad headache the next day.

Good luck.

Well, I tried the vicks trick with a dab up the nose last night and I was able to get 6 hours or so of sleep so at least that's something. Hopefully this goes away in a few weeks and doesn't last months like last year.

amputate

Man if I were hacking and snorting all night my wife would "lovingly" apply a turniquette around my neck.
Jim

Are you certain your adenoids left you as a young adult?

Pain or discomfort in the body means there is a "battle" going on. If you still have your adenoids your sinuses would be the battleground.