shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit ,

I've found cleaning my nose before bed has helped - remove the day's snot and boogers rather than sleep with it!

venusaur OP ,
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Haha that makes sense. I don’t usually have anything in there to clean at the end of the day. Maybe I can do a nasal rinse though and see if that helps.

Greg ,
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Maybe someone is sneaking into your room while you're sleeping and stuffing dryer lint up your nose ¯_(ツ)_/¯

venusaur OP ,
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I’d believe it. I’ll set up some cameras. Thanks!

jeffw ,

In addition to other suggestions here (all good ones so far), maybe an allergy? Could be something about your pillow

venusaur OP ,
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Yeah I definitely have allergies. I have a foam pillow and cotton case. Maybe I need to do some deep cleaning in the room or start using an air filter.

d3Xt3r ,

Check out bamboo pillows and pillow cases, they have natural hypoallergenic properties and it might suit you better. Or you could just get a bamboo pillow protector + pillow case, in case you don't want to change your whole pillow out.

venusaur OP ,
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Thanks. I’ll look into it.

jeffw ,

Do you take an antihistamine? I live on Zyrtec and would be miserable if I didn’t take it daily

venusaur OP ,
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I do a spray sometimes but I don’t wanna take meds every day.

jeffw ,

Why? Meds are great

venusaur OP ,
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I’d prefer to fix the problem instead of blocking my body’s response to the stimuli.

jeffw ,

If your body produces too much histamine in response to cotton or something else super common like dust mites, you aren’t going to remove all of that stuff from your environment

venusaur OP ,
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maybe i gotta to back to my allergist for something more permanent.

jeffw ,

There’s no permanent solution? If you mean the shots, you still need to get those regularly…. And that’s just medication anyway lol

venusaur OP ,
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But after time your allergies go away. Pills you take indefinitely.

jeffw ,

No? They don’t go away. The shots are literally just injected meds

venusaur OP ,
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They’re not. Do a quick google search.

athos77 ,

In addition to those, consider getting a hypoallergenic mattress cover and hypoallergenic pillow covers. And wash your bed linens more frequently.

venusaur OP ,
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i'll look into the hypoallergenic stuff. thanks!

Gordito ,

I've had the same thing for years. You should get checked for sleep apnea... I have it but unfortunately the CPAP machines don't let me sleep. I cannot get used to it.

But I sneeze at least 50 times and blow my nose as much for one or two hours after waking up.

The rest of the day my sinuses are clear. I've asked Doctors and haven't gotten any real solutions.

venusaur OP ,
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Damn. That would suck. I hope that’s not the case. I’ll ask my doctor about it. Would I be snoring a lot if I had it?

Gordito ,

Yes, snoring and waking up from a dream where you were suffocating or couldn't breathe for one reason or another. My girlfriend sometimes wakes me up because she thinks I'm choking. It's also worse if you happened to drink that night.

venusaur OP ,
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Damn that sucks. Sorry! I don’t have any snoring or breathing issues like that tho

Kmcb182 ,

Have you looked into a dust mite allergy at all?

Do you have a mattress cover that you wash and replace your pillows often?

qooqie ,

The classic advice is to go see a doctor and with what you’ve described I’d recommend it.

To answer your question, yes I do. However, I have an autoimmune disorder that makes me have a constant runny nose unless I’m on some meds.

venusaur OP ,
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I have and nothing serious. It’s only in the morning. I have allergies but infrequently. Wondering if living in a different environment would make sense.

qooqie , (edited )

Okay cool, then yeah maybe the dry air. Dry, stale, dusty air fucks with my sinuses too, but idk if that’s my autoimmune or a normal thing people get. So I usually keep my house filter clean and run a fan and that seems to help me

venusaur OP ,
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Yeah I gotta use the air purifier in conjunction with the humidifier and see if that helps. Thanks. What’s the autoimmune you have, if you don’t mind my asking, so I can do a little research about it.

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