This guy is hilarious 😂😂😂 I’ve been using nasal spray for like 7 years straight. I swear as soon as I drop that thing in my nose, my nostrils become the ports of heaven.
@@dhaliacarter2855 u guys I got off nose spray went cold turkey a few days and it was horrible but I'm off it. I ordered a kit to help me get off of it but by the time it arrived I had already gone 10 days so I didn't even use it. Look up rhino stat
I cured my nasal spray addiction by using the spray only on 1 side and let the other side get blocked and then it took days for that side to clear. Once the blocked side cleared over 3 days I then stopped using the spray altogether and let the remaining side get blocked. It took a few days and then both sides were clear! Cured!
Lori Beairsto this is exactly what I’m doing rn, breathing w only one nostril till the other one gets fixed on its own, since I became addicted after I broke my nose Nd got a decongestant at the hospital
@@nerysghemor5781very true! I had 2 surgeries on my nose and was dissapointed to find out that even after these surgeries i couldnt use both my nostrils when sleeping, but others around me seem to be able to sleep without a problem!
I was stuck on it for 2-3 weeks and when my nose started bleeding I got scared but kept using it. I was afraid it would take weeks to be normal again. My mother took them all away from me and got me Flonase. First night was terrible. Couldn’t breath at all. Didn’t sleep, snot everywhere. But 48 hours later I was just fine. Now I’m 4 days clean. Never again!
Your nose was probably bleeding because you were pointing it to the septum and not the away towards the corner of the eye. That causes irritation and nose bleeds. I don’t believe it has to do with addiction.
@pm PM Hi there! When using you should put the nozzle in your nose and point it away from the middle of your nose and towards the outer corner of the eye instead. Close the opposite nostril with your finger and squeeze the tube as you inhale. If you do this you should be perfectly fine!
Hey! I have been taking vicks nasal spray for 12 days now and I am stopping cold turkey. Did you stop taking Flonase after the 48 hours you felt better? I am going to get Flonase but was wondering how fast it worked for you and if you continued to use it!
@@ayannagonzalez8230 Hey! Once you spray Flonase up your nose it immediately has clearing effects, of course, it doesn’t last forever, but over time your nose will start to get better! Especially with allergies.
Good for you!! Amazing job. Congratulations on breaking the addiction which is super hard by itself but also for making this video. It will educate people to the risks from those sprays but also really help anyone in your shoes see there is hope 🥰 You are a super star 🌟🌟
this video and comments are amazing I have had an on and off afrin addiction for 10 years. I was always embarassed and never thought so many people had the same problem as me
R u still addicted? My husband was severely addicted to nasal spray. I ended up buying colloidal silver 250ppm off Amazon. He put like 3 to 4 drops in each nostril 3 times a day and he could breathe within minutes. After maximum of 3 days of doing this he no longer uses nasal spray. If ur addicted, please please order it. It has absolutely zero side effects and will not make it any worse. I can guarantee it.
anastasiya matus omg I will definitely check that out ! But I’ve stopped putting nose spray into my right nostril and kept putting it in my left so I can breathe. It’s been about a week and It was definitely opened up but sometimes it gets a stuffy. I’m just waiting until it’s completely cleared so I can stop using it on my left.
I went to the doctor because i had this same problem (but only 4 weeks) and her trick was amazing, i weaned off after 1 week! So basically you just spray into one nostril, so that the other one can adjust, and then once it's healthy and swells to the normal physiological degree, you don't need to spray into the other one! I didn't believe it but it worked so well
Judy Neptune so, you’re saying only use the spray in my right nostril until the left one is healed. Then quit using it entirely- breathing thru my left while the right nostril heals?
Well done you!!! Fantastic! Some will belittle it but addictions is addiction! Takes willpower and complete commitment! So pleased and proud of you x x x
@@beyondthedetails YES 20 years 2x / day (afrin 12 hr) !!!!!! I can't breathe without it. I've HD an MRI of my sinuses about 15 year ago.. normal. I tried steriod nasal spray.. didn't work. Any ideas for me? Any hope?
@@prettypumpkin6891 bro im going thru it rn lol just bear with it use a steroid to help relieve the symptoms (although i dont feel any relief tbh) but itll be worth it, u can do it
Nasal spray addiction is no joke! I'm off and on nasal spray for years! I just ordered Rhinostat thanks to this video.. that's how I found your channel lol looking up nasal remedies. Now I'm a subscriber and love your channel!
Getting off the nasal spray was easy, the healing and waiting for the nose to open was the hard part. Anyone going through this, how long did it take for your nose to open again?
Super work Christian, have been watching and while and DAMMMMMN that's a lot of bottles to have had stashed all over the place. Love the content and keep it up.
Thanks so much for this video. I'm almost 24 hours into going cold turkey after a year long ride on the afrin train. It's encouraging to see some make it to the other side.
Thank you for this video Mister Hull. I have suffered from nasal spray addiction for years and I just ordered the Rhinostat kit a few days ago. I am worried because I have a deviated septum and already having trouble breathing but I hope the Rhinostat treatment can alleviate some of the discomfort I am feeling. Thanks again for this vid.
After seeing this video I was skeptical but ordered the kit anyway....today I finished 1 month using the taper kit. Holy shit it actually worked! I've been using afrin every 3-4 hrs everyday for almost 3 years. To anyone else that stumbles across this, it actually works, not a scam. Edit: thank you Christian!
How long it took for you to fully recover from afrin? It's been two months for me but still my nasal turbinates are enlarged and feel stuffy. I am not sure if it needs longer to be normal again
@@resaleking14 Hi buddy, sorry to hear you are stuck to afrin again 😢. I am still struggling on/off, I think afrin and covid missed up with my nasal mucosa. In the past few days I started to suffer from nasal dryness which is very annoying and let me feel anxious all the time
@@mohammednajimabed9601 thanks for the reply . 👍 . I think I caught colds back to back. I'm not sure. I've been taking antibiotics and claritan. But being stuffy sucks ass. Hard to sleep. I started dilute my afrin with water. So I can kick it slowly instead of cold turkey. But anxiety and racing heart is kicking my ass.
@@resaleking14 Hope you get better soon. Yes it happens with me when I use afrin it causes fast heart beats and makes me anxious. This spray should be removed from OTC list or be banned
My grandfather was a nose drop junkie. He worked in a sawmill and became dependent on the old-fashioned Neosynephrine drops, using them for 50+ years. These used to contain pseudoephedrine, which is a chemical precursor to methamphetamine. Addictive much! Pop could get quite aggressive in his demands for people to get his drops for him. He went through a couple of bottles a day. It was pretty hideous, really.
Vicki Parslow Stafford A couple bottles a DAY?! Oh my gosh! I wish a doc had given him a nasal steroid, oral steroid, or showed him how to do the saline and/or steroid taper. (Basically adding a little bit of saline each day until there’s no active addictive substance left and you’re left using mostly if not all just saline). My dad used it from the 80’s until like 2009. He did the saline taper and occasionally used generic Flonase, mostly when he went to bed. Crazy thing is, he had gotten really sick one day. His friend brought him some medicine. Afrin if I remember correctly. And from that day, he never went a single day without using it. Not a single day. I’d liked to have known exactly how many bottles he went through. It’s a terrible thing, really. I wish people knew what they were getting themselves into.
R u still addicted to nasal spray? I got my husband off of nasal spray within 3 days and in those 3 days he wasn't weaning off of spray and could breathe. I bought colloidal silver 250ppm off Amazon. He used 3 to 4 drops on each side for 3 days and he could breathe after just a few minutes everytime. It basically gets rid of the inflammation and u can breathe. I has zero side effects. Like non but it works. My husband used it also when he has nasal infections and it helped within days.
I'm happy you are working hard to get over this addiction. It's called rebound congestion bc your body physically relies on it to not be congested. Sinus surgery does suck a loy
2010 my Boyfriend introduced me to dimatap nasal spray, six months later I was needing a hit every 30 minutes! Went cold turkey...worst week of my life! Relapsed about 5 times in the last 9 years. 😂
Good for you for getting off Afrin! My addiction got so bad, I was using the no-drip kind like 5 times a day, and maybe 14 sprays at night just to barely be able to breathe horribly? I was a mess. I got surgery exactly a year ago and finally quit Afrin, but my poor sinuses are still recovering from all that abuse. I was on Afrin for over a decade. Sinus rinsed and two snore strips at night don’t even clear my nose, I did so much damage. Flonase doesn’t help much either. This isn’t to scare anyone about recovery but rather to share my experience and caution against letting it get as bad as I did! Also the surgery really isn’t bad so if that scares you, know it’s not the end of the world.
these videos cured the heck out of me last year. literally could not breathe without it i tried going cold turkey and it was so just congested and clogged i couldnt get the spray into my nose to help and ended up in hospital! i ended up having immediate success with tapering my afrin with the saline method
Came across your video.. looked up rhino stat, spent $70/£50 on it.. delivered.. on day 6 of using it and feel great already noticing a different.. thank god! Cheers mate
I laughed out loud when you showed all of the nasal spray bottles. Yep! That’s me! I’ve tried to get off of it, but it is very hard. I have managed to limit my use to just once at bedtime now. I’m glad you’re not using it anymore. But have you been able to get through a head old without it?
Thank you so much for this video! I’ve been addicted to afrin no drip for a little over a year now, and I’m starting to have loads of blood randomly come out of my nose as well. That’s what started my UA-cam searches, and thankfully you helped! I’m super excited to start the new medicine to get off!
How I did it was to keep spraying one side (must remember which side) so I can breathe while letting the second side stay congested and weaning off the nasal spray. It takes a couple days but eventually it will clear up. Now, you stop spraying the first side and let it wean off the spray, again it will take some days. Since the second side has already gone off the spray and cleared up, you should be able live without the nasal spray from this point on.
@@thatstheteasis3861 Glad it worked out! It was a miserable existence. At one time, I thought about sticking empty ballpoint pen ink tubes down my nostrils just to keep the airways open. Scary addiction!!
Rhinostat is fantastic! I get addicted to the decongestion sprays regularly whenever I have a cold, this has been going on for most of my life. I have very narrow nasal passages, so can't breath at all when I have a blocked nose. Since coming across Rhinostat I have learnt how to wean myself of it whenever it happens, so worth it. Also when you get to the end of weaning yourself off it and the nose is a bit stuffy at night, I find that an allergy spray work well.
I have the same issue. My doctor said not even surgery could correct the issue because there just isn't enough room which sucks. I'm going to attempt to taper off again and try that tip with the allergy spray toward the end. Thanks for sharing!
Came back to find this video that helped me kick the nasal spray after being addicted for over 10 years. Now 3 years nasal spray free. I still sound a bit nasally but I can breathe! No GP or ENT were able to help but you did! Thank you
Thank you for making this video. I’ve had issues with my sinuses since childhood but never used nasal sprays until I got Covid. I’ve been trying to quit for over a year now but it just keeps getting worse. It’s crazy to see so many people have this problem. I was embarrassed and thought I was alone.
@@Stoneheadass Oh god that is the worst feeling. Being in tears because of the pressure, knowing crying will just make it worse but you just can't help it. Thank you for your comment and the reminder that I'm not alone. Wishing you luck and good health!
How do you go off and on it's either on or off if I could stop I'd never ever go back on that's just insane I've been on for five years and it's destroyed my health
Thanks so much for sharing, I’ve been addicted to nasal spray for so many years now, have done the same thing of trying to wean by diluting my spray but never worked. I think I need to give this ago, as I have the same thing as you with chunks of blood. I already use a sinus washout, look forward to a day where I only need to do a sinus wash and not carry around nasal spray with me every where.... one day hopefully.
I'm sadly addicted to nasal spray I use a netti pot too but be careful with the water you use because there have been reports on people using tap water and getting an amoeba and get sick and other things. I'm very proud of you I hope to kick the habit too one day
Kristina Pescinski Here’s a breakdown of really the only effective methods, for anyone interested. Switching immediately to a steroid based spray, and using it as normal. This works for many, does not work for some. Most people with long term addictions will need 2 sprays in each nostril, 3-4 times a day the first week, opposed to the 2 sprays, once daily like normal. It is VERY IMPORTANT that when you use the steroid spray, you’d don’t sniff in too much after spraying into your nose, as this can cause the spray to go down the back of your throat. You want to get the spray in your nose, open your mouth, and leave it there for ten minutes. No blowing your nose. No sniffing in to much. Try not to swallow a lot. You want it to stay in place. Saline and/or steroid tapering. This is when you slowly add more saline and/or steroid spray to your addictive spray until there’s no addictive spray and you’re left with just saline and/or steroid spray. This seems more effective for those people who have been using it for very long periods, like 20-30 years, etc. While it takes some time, it offers a valuable method for those with severe, very long term addictions and/or those individuals that just don’t find relief from steroid sprays. Cold turkey. Honestly, I wouldn’t recommend this and I don’t think most doctors would either. The person is going to be miserable and the way our brains work, when our breathing is disrupted, we will become hyper focused on it. When this happens, we feel like we can’t breath even more. I know of some people who went cold turkey and used steroid sprays just at night for the first week, as going cold turkey will very much be extremely uncomfortable at night. That being said, you all know yourselves. If you know this is the right method for you, doctors should respect that. I do think it’d be wise for you to have steroid spray (can be purchased as Flonase or Nasacort in the US, over the counter) on hand just in case, and for nighttime. If you’re going to go cold turkey I do suggest utilizing saline, neti pots (please do this safely. Never use tap water or unpurified water), manual methods of forcing your sinuses to drain (though this won’t stop congestion entirely since it’s not caused by mucus, it may clear just enough mucus to help a little bit). This can be done by pushing the tip of your tongue against the indents in the roof of your mouth for 20-30 seconds each, pushing on certain spots on either side of your face, and pushing on a spot above the nose near between the eyes. Also, you can utilize spicy foods, horseradish, ginger, cayenne, etc. cayenne is often effective because it clears your sinuses AND helps inflammation. Which inflammation is what’s causing your nose to be stuffy, NOT mucus. I hope this helps someone.
My addiction 👁👄👁 has caused sooooo many side effects like nausea, dizziness, high blood pressure, lack of sleep, and concious foggy ness. And I have suffered from all of them so I think it’s time to stop
I can’t use dimetapp for this reason. The pressure weening yourself off it is unbearable! I got to the point where the dimetapp just wasn’t even taking the edge off of. Glad you found something that works!
Wow. I never knew there were so many other people with the same problem. I was dependent on it for basically 7 years. I was going thru a $10-12 bottle of Otrivin a week. I knew it wasn’t good but I could not live without it. And working in AC made it even worse. To quit it, I started using only the tiniest squirt (less than a quarter) in only one nostril (always the same one) and I also started flixonase to reduce the mucosal lining swelling and reactivity to allergies. I suffered for a few days the and only used it when I felt like I was going to die but I made it thru. Everything you are saying I can relate to (flipping tables when you can’t find your spray and the happy dance from getting off it). And I can use it every now and then but I can also stop within 3 days. This is really interesting content that not many people talk about but I know there are plenty of people suffering. Oh and I forgot the bit about alternating then chemists I went to so they don’t catch on that I have a problem.
Never use nasal decongestants for more than a couple of days because it causes that rebound effect that will leave you with a stuffy nose constantly, if you find yourself often having a stuffy nose it could be caused by allergies e.g. dust. Nasonex and I think Rhinocourt, are safe to use all the time (but every couple of days usually), and they prevent the stuffy nose from happening in the first place. Glad you have found a solution Christian! Just want to prevent people from getting addicted to it in the first place 😬 Also beware of certain eye drops like allergy and redness ones, some of those do the same thing to your eyes and can cause rebound effects too! Really should have better warnings
@@YAOG I understand what you mean. 26 years addicted to this shit is horrible, I can't even fathom that. I was addicted for 14 years to this and 10 years ago I got completely rid of it.
Lee Here’s a breakdown of really the only effective methods, for anyone interested. Switching immediately to a steroid based spray, and using it as normal. This works for many, does not work for some. Most people with long term addictions will need 2 sprays in each nostril, 3-4 times a day the first week, opposed to the 2 sprays, once daily like normal. It is VERY IMPORTANT that when you use the steroid spray, you’d don’t sniff in too much after spraying into your nose, as this can cause the spray to go down the back of your throat. You want to get the spray in your nose, open your mouth, and leave it there for ten minutes. No blowing your nose. No sniffing in to much. Try not to swallow a lot. You want it to stay in place. Saline and/or steroid tapering. This is when you slowly add more saline and/or steroid spray to your addictive spray until there’s no addictive spray and you’re left with just saline and/or steroid spray. This seems more effective for those people who have been using it for very long periods, like 20-30 years, etc. While it takes some time, it offers a valuable method for those with severe, very long term addictions and/or those individuals that just don’t find relief from steroid sprays. Cold turkey. Honestly, I wouldn’t recommend this and I don’t think most doctors would either. The person is going to be miserable and the way our brains work, when our breathing is disrupted, we will become hyper focused on it. When this happens, we feel like we can’t breath even more. I know of some people who went cold turkey and used steroid sprays just at night for the first week, as going cold turkey will very much be extremely uncomfortable at night. That being said, you all know yourselves. If you know this is the right method for you, doctors should respect that. I do think it’d be wise for you to have steroid spray (can be purchased as Flonase or Nasacort in the US, over the counter) on hand just in case, and for nighttime. If you’re going to go cold turkey I do suggest utilizing saline, neti pots (please do this safely. Never use tap water or unpurified water), manual methods of forcing your sinuses to drain (though this won’t stop congestion entirely since it’s not caused by mucus, it may clear just enough mucus to help a little bit). This can be done by pushing the tip of your tongue against the indents in the roof of your mouth for 20-30 seconds each, pushing on certain spots on either side of your face, and pushing on a spot above the nose near between the eyes. Also, you can utilize spicy foods, horseradish, ginger, cayenne, etc. cayenne is often effective because it clears your sinuses AND helps inflammation. Which inflammation is what’s causing your nose to be stuffy, NOT mucus. I hope this helps someone.
@@matt2522 what doctor do you see to get your nose checked? My nose gets stuffy but all i’ve gotten for medication is pills from my doctor. Is there a specific doctor for nasal stuff?
@@aatone4530 call your clinic and ask to be transferred to ENT, then set up an appointment with an ENT doc. They’ll look to see if you have obstruction/enlarged turbinates or just allergies. Also go to cvs and get Flonase; it works like magic after about two weeks.
Thank you for this video!!! I’ve talked to so many doctors and they just keep recommending other sprays. And because of Covid I can’t even go visit a doctor right now. This finally gives me an option
Sea water cured it for me..I’ve been addicted to nasal spray (oxymetazoline) for around 15 years and had never gone a full day without using it until a few years ago I was involved in an incident where I very nearly drowned. I took in so much sea water that when I eventually got to the surface I was throwing up water from my mouth and pink foam was coming from my nose. Something to do with blood from the lungs mixing with salt water. Anyway, the next day I was released from hospital and realised that I hadn’t needed to use my nasal spray. It was about 6 months later that I then felt the need to use the spray again after getting a cold. Before I knew it I was using it every day and have since. I believe the sea water definitely somehow cured my nasal congestion. I have been considering using actual sea water with some sort of (less aggressive) nasal irrigation system but believe it would still need to be quite forceful or maybe the main key is the sea water?..
I have the same issue! I work at RCH in Melb, spoke to some ENT specialist. They recommend me this Flo bottle. You can buy it at chemist warehouse for like $12. You get these sachets to put in the bottle with warm water. You mix it, and literally squirt the water mixture up your noise whilst tilting your head on side. All the crap comes out of your noise, it feels weird but it works. Hope this helps you!
Elizabeth Cusack I only use it mine with the water warm enough to take the chill off it. If I flushed with cold water, it would take days before the pain eased off.
Hi thank u for the review and glad u have cured . I'm in same boat as u we're. I've been using afrin for 2 weeks and would love to get off of it. Im waiting on my own kit .in mean Time how do you deal w the dry and crusty stuff? I keep getting blood clothes and picking my nose . Every morning I blow chunks out of huge blood chunks
I was addicted too for years. I just could not breath. Inside my nose was burning and bleeding too. I then used a spray with cortisone. That did not burn took longer to work. But now I am off my addictio
@@mohammednajimabed9601 guess what? I am back to the nasal spay again, after a while it comes back, this is cronic we will never get rid of it for good
Addiction is probably not the best word to describe it. The reason it says not to use it for 3-5 days is because your body becomes adapted and used to the dilated (opened up) blood vessels. So if you stop or don't use it, it causes rebound congestion which is like withdrawal congestion so you want to use it again. Sorry my inner pharmacist came out. Nasal sprays often cause nose bleeds too because they dry up the area and the vessels are fragile so you're meant to give them a break for that reason too. Glad to know you found something that works for you :)
But, the thing is it does turn into an addiction. I mean on top of the rebound effects. But, the whole rebound effect thing.. is that not exactly one of the reasons why drug addicts become addicted to drugs? Because the come down is so hard that they just keep using to avoid that feeling and so it becomes a cycle? I know, its a weird comparison and not nearly as serious as some addictions. But, nevertheless it can become an addiction just like anything else done in high enough quantity and frequency.
@@Lokiidoll I understand where you're coming from. Without going into it too much it's probably a personal preference that I don't like using the word "addiction" to describe all drug misuse. Just because of the social stigma associated with the word where people tend to assume that if someone becomes drug dependent that it's always psychological and physical dependence where that isn't always the case. Of course for most drugs people commonly associate with "addiction" it is a combination of both but I just don't like to assume. :)
@@exo_thermic I understand where you're coming from too, thats totally fair enough. I guess I was looking at things too literal and perhaps not as the complex issue it is. Thank you. :)
Can't believe it took me a year to find this and it's so good to know I'm not alone! I'm allergic to my cat and grass along with usual hayfever. Been using decongestants 5 times a day for over a year....
I can’t help with anyone with nasalsprat addiction but I can give you all a tip on sleeping easier. I had surgery on my nose back in 2011 due to continuous sinus infections. I didn’t use nasal sprays as the nose bleeds where really bad so I went off them after like a week. Anyway, while I waited for surgery I took to sleeping on an incline. It helped to keep the sinuses open at night. So anyone else out there trying to get off nasal spray who’s having trouble sleeping at night my top is to get a few extra pillows or a wedge pillow and prop yourself up a bit at night. You want to make sure your back and neck are supported while sleeping. Then once you’ve kicked the addiction just remove the extra pillows and go back to sleeping as normal
I know this video is old but I used a combination of Navage and Night Time Nose Strips to go cold turkey. Glad to see you got off it tho! I also went years with headaches and sinus problems before making the connection.
I've been using nasal spray nearly all my adult life. I have a deviated septum so makes it even more congested for me. I use Oxymetazoline. Emptied my bedside draw and there were 9 empty bottles in there! I can't fall asleep when I have a blocked nose either. It's a vicious circle, you use it for rhinitis and in response it creates rebound rhinitis that's worse than it was originally. I've gone from having one bottle at all times, to one in my car and one in my living room and bedroom.
I was hooked on Afrin for 14 years. I know how this rolls. It's a really serious problem and people do need help when it comes to quitting this shit. Afrin should be permanently removed from the market. It does so much damage to people. When I quit (10 years ago was the last time I used this shit) I went cold turkey. Something funny happened back then though, I could breathe from one of my nostrils (I didn't do the one nostril at a time thing), so that made it way easier for me. If you are addicted to this shit, find a way to STOP USING IT, at all costs. It raises your blood pressure constantly and it will drill a hole in your septum, this was said to me by a doctor that told me that I had to quit this ASAP.
It shouldn't be removed just because people dont read the instructions. It says very clearly not to use it more than 3 days. It helps to read the instructions for medication you're using. Not trying to sound like an ass but you could save your own life by just reading a label for less than a minute. Wowza
@@RenatinhoLicioniFilho I've used those sprays and yeah if you overuse them it makes your congestion worse. That was enough for me to stop using. You gotta be a little slow or something when its obvious the spray is making your nose worse and you keep using it for temporary relief. I understand addiction believe me I'm a strung out piece of shit but damn.
1st day of cold turkey it is 353 am left nose blocked right isnt blocked but a little clogged, definitly wont be able to sleep to night, been addicted to afrin for 6-9 months. HELP
max spencer did you go back to normal? I started to have palpitations and anxiety and borderline claustrophobic episodes while using the sprays regularly. I’ve been on it like 3 months I’m just hoping after using this kit my airway is still functioning normally. How did you feel after stopping?
So far I haven't been able to get off of it but partly because I work with kids who always seem to be sick with snoty noses so everytime I get close to being off then I get a cold or something. Maybe one day I'll be free from it
@@tammyrobison2670 Best way to do it is to NOT use it during the day and ONLY use it on one nostril per night. You can switch nostrils each night so that you are only using it on each nostril once every 48 hours. It is the easiest way to recover, I think. I no longer get rebound congestion.
I know I'm a day late and a dollar short here but thanks for putting this video out. I stumbled on it when I was trying to find info about getting off of a 15 year Afrin (Oxymetazoline) nightly use addiction. I ended up ordering the Rhinostat kit and after 26 days, I was off Afrin. My experience was so damn close to yours, even including the insomnia, etc. i opted to use the Neilmed Sinus rinse instead of the Neti pot, but its the same thing really. I still have breathing issues off and on and getting checked out by an ENT doctor to make sure I didn't get myself into the trouble you were worried about. I never had any bleeding really so I'm pretty sure I'm ok and just need more time for shiz to go back to normal.
This guy is hilarious 😂😂😂 I’ve been using nasal spray for like 7 years straight. I swear as soon as I drop that thing in my nose, my nostrils become the ports of heaven.
Bro. Do u feel. Any thing
In your heart. While using it because I do?
I do, I can actually hear my heart beating when I use it.
I get such a good feeling when I spray my Afrin , knowing that I'm not going to have that suffocating or drowning feeling
Jay M me too!
@@dhaliacarter2855 u guys I got off nose spray went cold turkey a few days and it was horrible but I'm off it. I ordered a kit to help me get off of it but by the time it arrived I had already gone 10 days so I didn't even use it. Look up rhino stat
Drug dealer: Ay man whatever you need, i've got it.
Addict: Nasal spray
DD: what?
A: Nasal spray damn it!!
Big pharma the ultimate dealers
Pretty damn much haha
Damn right!! 🤣🤣
Imagine how much money drug dealers would make if Nasal sprays were made illegal.
😂😂
I have done a large variety of recreational drugs,never got addicted to any of them, but nasal spray got me!
no drugs ever! I suffer from allergies
Same here
How long would you say the weening would take for someone who has been using it for several years
Lol
I can't breathe without the nasal spray... its so annoying I wish I could get off it and breathe normal
Proud of you Christian- good job kicking that addiction to the curb👌🏻
I cured my nasal spray addiction by using the spray only on 1 side and let the other side get blocked and then it took days for that side to clear. Once the blocked side cleared over 3 days I then stopped using the spray altogether and let the remaining side get blocked. It took a few days and then both sides were clear! Cured!
Lori Beairsto thank you for this beautiful idea
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Lori Beairsto this is exactly what I’m doing rn, breathing w only one nostril till the other one gets fixed on its own, since I became addicted after I broke my nose Nd got a decongestant at the hospital
@@stevie6319 The funny thing is that your body tends to favor one nostril at a time even under normal operating conditions.
@@nerysghemor5781very true! I had 2 surgeries on my nose and was dissapointed to find out that even after these surgeries i couldnt use both my nostrils when sleeping, but others around me seem to be able to sleep without a problem!
I was stuck on it for 2-3 weeks and when my nose started bleeding I got scared but kept using it. I was afraid it would take weeks to be normal again. My mother took them all away from me and got me Flonase. First night was terrible. Couldn’t breath at all. Didn’t sleep, snot everywhere. But 48 hours later I was just fine. Now I’m 4 days clean. Never again!
Your nose was probably bleeding because you were pointing it to the septum and not the away towards the corner of the eye. That causes irritation and nose bleeds. I don’t believe it has to do with addiction.
Hey so should I use flonase
@pm PM Hi there! When using you should put the nozzle in your nose and point it away from the middle of your nose and towards the outer corner of the eye instead. Close the opposite nostril with your finger and squeeze the tube as you inhale. If you do this you should be perfectly fine!
Hey! I have been taking vicks nasal spray for 12 days now and I am stopping cold turkey. Did you stop taking Flonase after the 48 hours you felt better? I am going to get Flonase but was wondering how fast it worked for you and if you continued to use it!
@@ayannagonzalez8230 Hey! Once you spray Flonase up your nose it immediately has clearing effects, of course, it doesn’t last forever, but over time your nose will start to get better! Especially with allergies.
Been binging Complete Drivel all afternoon, then I come on UA-cam just as a new video is posted! Win! 😄😄😄
This is literally the best video I've seen in so long! And so applicable to my life. Every bit of it.
Omg you May have just saved my life. If I don’t have nose spray it feels like I have cement in my sinuses!!! It’s hell
any update ?
Good for you!! Amazing job.
Congratulations on breaking the addiction which is super hard by itself but also for making this video. It will educate people to the risks from those sprays but also really help anyone in your shoes see there is hope 🥰 You are a super star 🌟🌟
I am so happy you've found something!!! So proud of you!!
Extraordinarily happy for you Christian. So inspiring.
this video and comments are amazing I have had an on and off afrin addiction for 10 years. I was always embarassed and never thought so many people had the same problem as me
Yess same I thought I was the only one
R u still addicted? My husband was severely addicted to nasal spray. I ended up buying colloidal silver 250ppm off Amazon. He put like 3 to 4 drops in each nostril 3 times a day and he could breathe within minutes. After maximum of 3 days of doing this he no longer uses nasal spray. If ur addicted, please please order it. It has absolutely zero side effects and will not make it any worse. I can guarantee it.
anastasiya matus omg I will definitely check that out ! But I’ve stopped putting nose spray into my right nostril and kept putting it in my left so I can breathe. It’s been about a week and It was definitely opened up but sometimes it gets a stuffy. I’m just waiting until it’s completely cleared so I can stop using it on my left.
@@anastasiyaMATUS which one exactly did you get off of amazon? I want to try this!
@@marienicole2554 How has it been, i've been doing this for a month and a half and it still got stuffy.
I went to the doctor because i had this same problem (but only 4 weeks) and her trick was amazing, i weaned off after 1 week! So basically you just spray into one nostril, so that the other one can adjust, and then once it's healthy and swells to the normal physiological degree, you don't need to spray into the other one! I didn't believe it but it worked so well
I'm going to try that, thank you lol
Judy Neptune so, you’re saying only use the spray in my right nostril until the left one is healed. Then quit using it entirely- breathing thru my left while the right nostril heals?
Kendall Rae how did this work for you??
@@RamblinRekt yes!
Daniel Gilbert it didn't..but I've got one side that gets way worse than the other so that's probably why
Well done you!!! Fantastic! Some will belittle it but addictions is addiction! Takes willpower and complete commitment! So pleased and proud of you x x x
🤗 I'm so happy for you & thankyou for sharing your experience, I am sure that this may help many people
Anyone else freak out during a rebound when you can't breath through the nose???? (20+ years happily addicted).
You have been on Afrin for 20 years?!
@@beyondthedetails YES 20 years 2x / day (afrin 12 hr) !!!!!! I can't breathe without it. I've HD an MRI of my sinuses about 15 year ago.. normal. I tried steriod nasal spray.. didn't work. Any ideas for me? Any hope?
@@prettypumpkin6891 I am on day 4 of quitting. Prednisone/Flonase is King. Also, I did the one Nostril Method. It WORKS!
@@prettypumpkin6891 bro im going thru it rn lol just bear with it use a steroid to help relieve the symptoms (although i dont feel any relief tbh) but itll be worth it, u can do it
@@prettypumpkin6891 you should feel better after a week of no afrin
You are just gorgeous. I love everything you post!!!
Well done Christian! You should be super proud of yourself.
So happy for you! Can’t wait to see you at the Canberra show x
Nasal spray addiction is no joke! I'm off and on nasal spray for years! I just ordered Rhinostat thanks to this video.. that's how I found your channel lol looking up nasal remedies. Now I'm a subscriber and love your channel!
What one did you buy? I've went 9nto the Website & there's a selection & I'm totally lost?? Please help 🙏
Did it end up working?
Getting off the nasal spray was easy, the healing and waiting for the nose to open was the hard part. Anyone going through this, how long did it take for your nose to open again?
takes mine like 2 days
Hello, is your nose open now? How long did it take?
@Pretty Barb how about now?
@Pretty Barb I’m gonna be day 3 tmw
3 days
Super work Christian, have been watching and while and DAMMMMMN that's a lot of bottles to have had stashed all over the place. Love the content and keep it up.
Thanks so much for this video. I'm almost 24 hours into going cold turkey after a year long ride on the afrin train. It's encouraging to see some make it to the other side.
Thank you for this video Mister Hull. I have suffered from nasal spray addiction for years and I just ordered the Rhinostat kit a few days ago. I am worried because I have a deviated septum and already having trouble breathing but I hope the Rhinostat treatment can alleviate some of the discomfort I am feeling. Thanks again for this vid.
Surge Alvez, how did the Rhinostat work?
If u have the insurance just get ur septum fixed...but do not I repeat do not let them touch you're turbinates...
After seeing this video I was skeptical but ordered the kit anyway....today I finished 1 month using the taper kit. Holy shit it actually worked! I've been using afrin every 3-4 hrs everyday for almost 3 years. To anyone else that stumbles across this, it actually works, not a scam. Edit: thank you Christian!
How long it took for you to fully recover from afrin? It's been two months for me but still my nasal turbinates are enlarged and feel stuffy. I am not sure if it needs longer to be normal again
@@mohammednajimabed9601 hey buddy. How's it going. ? I've been stuffy for weeks since I've talk to you . It sucks. Cause I'm using afrin again.
@@resaleking14 Hi buddy, sorry to hear you are stuck to afrin again 😢.
I am still struggling on/off, I think afrin and covid missed up with my nasal mucosa. In the past few days I started to suffer from nasal dryness which is very annoying and let me feel anxious all the time
@@mohammednajimabed9601 thanks for the reply . 👍 . I think I caught colds back to back. I'm not sure. I've been taking antibiotics and claritan. But being stuffy sucks ass. Hard to sleep. I started dilute my afrin with water. So I can kick it slowly instead of cold turkey. But anxiety and racing heart is kicking my ass.
@@resaleking14 Hope you get better soon. Yes it happens with me when I use afrin it causes fast heart beats and makes me anxious. This spray should be removed from OTC list or be banned
Glad you are feeling better. When Diamatap came out, as a child they Rx'd me for years. I was so happy to get away from it!
Well Done! Christian ⭐️
My grandfather was a nose drop junkie. He worked in a sawmill and became dependent on the old-fashioned Neosynephrine drops, using them for 50+ years. These used to contain pseudoephedrine, which is a chemical precursor to methamphetamine. Addictive much! Pop could get quite aggressive in his demands for people to get his drops for him. He went through a couple of bottles a day. It was pretty hideous, really.
Vicki Parslow Stafford A couple bottles a DAY?! Oh my gosh! I wish a doc had given him a nasal steroid, oral steroid, or showed him how to do the saline and/or steroid taper. (Basically adding a little bit of saline each day until there’s no active addictive substance left and you’re left using mostly if not all just saline).
My dad used it from the 80’s until like 2009. He did the saline taper and occasionally used generic Flonase, mostly when he went to bed. Crazy thing is, he had gotten really sick one day. His friend brought him some medicine. Afrin if I remember correctly. And from that day, he never went a single day without using it. Not a single day. I’d liked to have known exactly how many bottles he went through. It’s a terrible thing, really. I wish people knew what they were getting themselves into.
Ommgg how am i just finding this vid !! Yesss been stuck on chemists own one for years
R u still addicted to nasal spray? I got my husband off of nasal spray within 3 days and in those 3 days he wasn't weaning off of spray and could breathe. I bought colloidal silver 250ppm off Amazon. He used 3 to 4 drops on each side for 3 days and he could breathe after just a few minutes everytime. It basically gets rid of the inflammation and u can breathe. I has zero side effects. Like non but it works. My husband used it also when he has nasal infections and it helped within days.
I'm happy you are working hard to get over this addiction. It's called rebound congestion bc your body physically relies on it to not be congested. Sinus surgery does suck a loy
This is so good! I will be recommending this to everyone!
I got this stuff because of your video.. so far I’m loving it. I’m on day 6 and never going back to afrin again.
How’d you quit the afrin
2010 my Boyfriend introduced me to dimatap nasal spray, six months later I was needing a hit every 30 minutes! Went cold turkey...worst week of my life! Relapsed about 5 times in the last 9 years. 😂
Steph BOYD I went cold turkey too but I feel so much better
@@beamng929eeee7 How long it took for you to be fully ok? It's been two months for me off afrin but still feel stuffy most of time
@@mohammednajimabed9601 how long were you hooked to it ?
@@Javiiss I just used it for two weeks. It took me five months off afrin to feel a bit better
Thanks for this amazing video and giving hope and solutions!! Stay blessed and congrats
Awesome well done. Happy for you.
omg!! I have the same problem!! Thanks for sharing.. I felt like nobody understood how it feelsss but you explained it well.. 100% relatable.
Oh and I’ve been addicted for nearly like 7 years. Using daily.
did you get off of it? If so how?
@@julianolinsky780 just stop using it for 1-2 weeks
@@haxxah but my nose gets super bloked and after like 3-4 days of breathing from my mouth I get throat infection ....
@@julianolinsky780 just go through it for a few days, keep drinking lots of water to prevent a dry throat
Im like 2 years in, I was off it for years then started again
Thank you so much for this video!!! I’ve been addicted to nose spray for 15 yrs, I think. I’m getting this! Bless you 🙏🏻🙌🏻💙
Good for you for getting off Afrin! My addiction got so bad, I was using the no-drip kind like 5 times a day, and maybe 14 sprays at night just to barely be able to breathe horribly? I was a mess. I got surgery exactly a year ago and finally quit Afrin, but my poor sinuses are still recovering from all that abuse. I was on Afrin for over a decade. Sinus rinsed and two snore strips at night don’t even clear my nose, I did so much damage. Flonase doesn’t help much either. This isn’t to scare anyone about recovery but rather to share my experience and caution against letting it get as bad as I did! Also the surgery really isn’t bad so if that scares you, know it’s not the end of the world.
these videos cured the heck out of me last year. literally could not breathe without it i tried going cold turkey and it was so just congested and clogged i couldnt get the spray into my nose to help and ended up in hospital! i ended up having immediate success with tapering my afrin with the saline method
What did they do for you?
Came across your video.. looked up rhino stat, spent $70/£50 on it.. delivered.. on day 6 of using it and feel great already noticing a different.. thank god! Cheers mate
That's really good to hear! I hope you are doing good now Kyle. I also hope to have the same results as you soon =D
well done i hope you feel a lot better
I appreciate the video, I ordered the product immediately after watching your video. Wish me luck
Thanks for sharing your experience. I will do the same as I have been addicted to nasal spray for a long long time and it’s pretty scary.
I laughed out loud when you showed all of the nasal spray bottles. Yep! That’s me!
I’ve tried to get off of it, but it is very hard. I have managed to limit my use to just once at bedtime now. I’m glad you’re not using it anymore. But have you been able to get through a head old without it?
I have done the same and only use once at night but think I might try this stuff. Long term Nasel spray can cause heart problems
Thank you so much for this video! I’ve been addicted to afrin no drip for a little over a year now, and I’m starting to have loads of blood randomly come out of my nose as well. That’s what started my UA-cam searches, and thankfully you helped! I’m super excited to start the new medicine to get off!
Did it work ?
go you, glad you stuck it out. xo where did you get the board on your wall? I need one of those.
How I did it was to keep spraying one side (must remember which side) so I can breathe while letting the second side stay congested and weaning off the nasal spray. It takes a couple days but eventually it will clear up. Now, you stop spraying the first side and let it wean off the spray, again it will take some days. Since the second side has already gone off the spray and cleared up, you should be able live without the nasal spray from this point on.
omg i have to try this!
Omg it totally worked! thank you so much..
@@thatstheteasis3861 Glad it worked out! It was a miserable existence. At one time, I thought about sticking empty ballpoint pen ink tubes down my nostrils just to keep the airways open. Scary addiction!!
I’m gonna try and do this, been addicted for five years, I’m pretty sure it should work.
Boopiny it will! i was addicted for 5 years as well. just be patient, and good luck!
Rhinostat is fantastic! I get addicted to the decongestion sprays regularly whenever I have a cold, this has been going on for most of my life. I have very narrow nasal passages, so can't breath at all when I have a blocked nose. Since coming across Rhinostat I have learnt how to wean myself of it whenever it happens, so worth it.
Also when you get to the end of weaning yourself off it and the nose is a bit stuffy at night, I find that an allergy spray work well.
That is great news Sabine, thank you for leaving this comment. It gives me hope. I ordered Rhinostat a week ago and it should be here any day now.
I have the same issue. My doctor said not even surgery could correct the issue because there just isn't enough room which sucks. I'm going to attempt to taper off again and try that tip with the allergy spray toward the end. Thanks for sharing!
Came back to find this video that helped me kick the nasal spray after being addicted for over 10 years. Now 3 years nasal spray free. I still sound a bit nasally but I can breathe! No GP or ENT were able to help but you did! Thank you
You cracked me up over the cheese 🧀 ha ha ha. Well done on the nasal spray
Thank you for making this video. I’ve had issues with my sinuses since childhood but never used nasal sprays until I got Covid. I’ve been trying to quit for over a year now but it just keeps getting worse. It’s crazy to see so many people have this problem. I was embarrassed and thought I was alone.
You aren’t alone. I’m currently in tears over the pressure
@@Stoneheadass Oh god that is the worst feeling. Being in tears because of the pressure, knowing crying will just make it worse but you just can't help it. Thank you for your comment and the reminder that I'm not alone. Wishing you luck and good health!
@@officersonic3014did it get better
I'm here! I feel for you. I'm getting ready to try and kick this habit.
Yo man great job I'm addicted right now and have been off and on for the past 5 years
It's so hard and I get sick so easy
How do you go off and on it's either on or off if I could stop I'd never ever go back on that's just insane I've been on for five years and it's destroyed my health
Billy Olsen just wondering how. Destroyed you health? Cheers
Great job Christian for getting off nasal spray and documenting the process! Tbh I'm also addicted to cheese and would love to see your take on that
cheese good
Wiser words have never been spoken
Good going love. Congrats
Thanks so much for sharing, I’ve been addicted to nasal spray for so many years now, have done the same thing of trying to wean by diluting my spray but never worked. I think I need to give this ago, as I have the same thing as you with chunks of blood. I already use a sinus washout, look forward to a day where I only need to do a sinus wash and not carry around nasal spray with me every where.... one day hopefully.
What has worked for you? Are you still having the issue?
I was actually thinking about your addiction the other day.
Thank you so much this video honestly helps but how do you know which rinostat to get or are they the same??
been addicted to nasal spray for 18 years.no lie. wish i was lying. really its been such a nightmare glad i found this.
I did NOT know this was a thing Christian pleASE.
Good Job Christian!
Try using a humidifier at night! It helps me a lot !!
Thanks for this video! It was informative and entertaining!
I'm sadly addicted to nasal spray I use a netti pot too but be careful with the water you use because there have been reports on people using tap water and getting an amoeba and get sick and other things. I'm very proud of you I hope to kick the habit too one day
Kristina Pescinski Here’s a breakdown of really the only effective methods, for anyone interested.
Switching immediately to a steroid based spray, and using it as normal. This works for many, does not work for some. Most people with long term addictions will need 2 sprays in each nostril, 3-4 times a day the first week, opposed to the 2 sprays, once daily like normal. It is VERY IMPORTANT that when you use the steroid spray, you’d don’t sniff in too much after spraying into your nose, as this can cause the spray to go down the back of your throat. You want to get the spray in your nose, open your mouth, and leave it there for ten minutes. No blowing your nose. No sniffing in to much. Try not to swallow a lot. You want it to stay in place.
Saline and/or steroid tapering. This is when you slowly add more saline and/or steroid spray to your addictive spray until there’s no addictive spray and you’re left with just saline and/or steroid spray. This seems more effective for those people who have been using it for very long periods, like 20-30 years, etc. While it takes some time, it offers a valuable method for those with severe, very long term addictions and/or those individuals that just don’t find relief from steroid sprays.
Cold turkey. Honestly, I wouldn’t recommend this and I don’t think most doctors would either. The person is going to be miserable and the way our brains work, when our breathing is disrupted, we will become hyper focused on it. When this happens, we feel like we can’t breath even more. I know of some people who went cold turkey and used steroid sprays just at night for the first week, as going cold turkey will very much be extremely uncomfortable at night. That being said, you all know yourselves. If you know this is the right method for you, doctors should respect that. I do think it’d be wise for you to have steroid spray (can be purchased as Flonase or Nasacort in the US, over the counter) on hand just in case, and for nighttime. If you’re going to go cold turkey I do suggest utilizing saline, neti pots (please do this safely. Never use tap water or unpurified water), manual methods of forcing your sinuses to drain (though this won’t stop congestion entirely since it’s not caused by mucus, it may clear just enough mucus to help a little bit). This can be done by pushing the tip of your tongue against the indents in the roof of your mouth for 20-30 seconds each, pushing on certain spots on either side of your face, and pushing on a spot above the nose near between the eyes. Also, you can utilize spicy foods, horseradish, ginger, cayenne, etc. cayenne is often effective because it clears your sinuses AND helps inflammation. Which inflammation is what’s causing your nose to be stuffy, NOT mucus.
I hope this helps someone.
My addiction 👁👄👁 has caused sooooo many side effects like nausea, dizziness, high blood pressure, lack of sleep, and concious foggy ness. And I have suffered from all of them so I think it’s time to stop
I can’t use dimetapp for this reason. The pressure weening yourself off it is unbearable! I got to the point where the dimetapp just wasn’t even taking the edge off of. Glad you found something that works!
Hi Christian. What’s the latest update. Have you cut the nasal spray? Curious is this rhinostat works?
Wow. I never knew there were so many other people with the same problem. I was dependent on it for basically 7 years. I was going thru a $10-12 bottle of Otrivin a week. I knew it wasn’t good but I could not live without it. And working in AC made it even worse. To quit it, I started using only the tiniest squirt (less than a quarter) in only one nostril (always the same one) and I also started flixonase to reduce the mucosal lining swelling and reactivity to allergies. I suffered for a few days the and only used it when I felt like I was going to die but I made it thru. Everything you are saying I can relate to (flipping tables when you can’t find your spray and the happy dance from getting off it). And I can use it every now and then but I can also stop within 3 days. This is really interesting content that not many people talk about but I know there are plenty of people suffering. Oh and I forgot the bit about alternating then chemists I went to so they don’t catch on that I have a problem.
Carly P god damn Otrivin... I’m going cold turkey tonight... this is gonna suck
How long do you think my nose will clear up ? I’ve been using nose spray for 3 years. And I’m in 10th grade
Never use nasal decongestants for more than a couple of days because it causes that rebound effect that will leave you with a stuffy nose constantly, if you find yourself often having a stuffy nose it could be caused by allergies e.g. dust. Nasonex and I think Rhinocourt, are safe to use all the time (but every couple of days usually), and they prevent the stuffy nose from happening in the first place.
Glad you have found a solution Christian! Just want to prevent people from getting addicted to it in the first place 😬 Also beware of certain eye drops like allergy and redness ones, some of those do the same thing to your eyes and can cause rebound effects too! Really should have better warnings
26 years addicted to Oxymetazoline. Wish I could go back in time and do something differently.
@@YAOG I understand what you mean. 26 years addicted to this shit is horrible, I can't even fathom that. I was addicted for 14 years to this and 10 years ago I got completely rid of it.
Not better warnings, this product (any oxymetazoline sprays) should be removed from the market. It's very very damaging.
@@jashcroft1 it is very damaging if you use it incorrectly. That is your fault
How often should you use it? I have fluticasone propionate (xhance)
Yay! So happy for you! You are funny 😂 I have been on the Afrin nosespray and I need to get off it too.
using a spray for a couple of years has raised my blood pressure. I am stopping from now. My question is will my BP return to normal?
four years .....try 30.... I will try anything.
im 10 years and im with you! Doctors look at me like i have 10 heads
I’ve been on it for ten years too.
11yrs here😭 did you guys find anything that helped? Did this stuff/kit work for you?
Lee Here’s a breakdown of really the only effective methods, for anyone interested.
Switching immediately to a steroid based spray, and using it as normal. This works for many, does not work for some. Most people with long term addictions will need 2 sprays in each nostril, 3-4 times a day the first week, opposed to the 2 sprays, once daily like normal. It is VERY IMPORTANT that when you use the steroid spray, you’d don’t sniff in too much after spraying into your nose, as this can cause the spray to go down the back of your throat. You want to get the spray in your nose, open your mouth, and leave it there for ten minutes. No blowing your nose. No sniffing in to much. Try not to swallow a lot. You want it to stay in place.
Saline and/or steroid tapering. This is when you slowly add more saline and/or steroid spray to your addictive spray until there’s no addictive spray and you’re left with just saline and/or steroid spray. This seems more effective for those people who have been using it for very long periods, like 20-30 years, etc. While it takes some time, it offers a valuable method for those with severe, very long term addictions and/or those individuals that just don’t find relief from steroid sprays.
Cold turkey. Honestly, I wouldn’t recommend this and I don’t think most doctors would either. The person is going to be miserable and the way our brains work, when our breathing is disrupted, we will become hyper focused on it. When this happens, we feel like we can’t breath even more. I know of some people who went cold turkey and used steroid sprays just at night for the first week, as going cold turkey will very much be extremely uncomfortable at night. That being said, you all know yourselves. If you know this is the right method for you, doctors should respect that. I do think it’d be wise for you to have steroid spray (can be purchased as Flonase or Nasacort in the US, over the counter) on hand just in case, and for nighttime. If you’re going to go cold turkey I do suggest utilizing saline, neti pots (please do this safely. Never use tap water or unpurified water), manual methods of forcing your sinuses to drain (though this won’t stop congestion entirely since it’s not caused by mucus, it may clear just enough mucus to help a little bit). This can be done by pushing the tip of your tongue against the indents in the roof of your mouth for 20-30 seconds each, pushing on certain spots on either side of your face, and pushing on a spot above the nose near between the eyes. Also, you can utilize spicy foods, horseradish, ginger, cayenne, etc. cayenne is often effective because it clears your sinuses AND helps inflammation. Which inflammation is what’s causing your nose to be stuffy, NOT mucus.
I hope this helps someone.
Have you been tested for sleep apnea? You may need a CPAP.
Apnea and plugged nostrils are different you know..
@@SweSimone Obstructed nasal breathing can cause sleep apnea. However, you can’t fix that with a CPAP.
@@matt2522 what doctor do you see to get your nose checked? My nose gets stuffy but all i’ve gotten for medication is pills from my doctor. Is there a specific doctor for nasal stuff?
@@aatone4530 call your clinic and ask to be transferred to ENT, then set up an appointment with an ENT doc. They’ll look to see if you have obstruction/enlarged turbinates or just allergies. Also go to cvs and get Flonase; it works like magic after about two weeks.
@@matt2522 really appreciate it!
How is your sinuses now?, ive used sudafed sprays for years too so this may be super helpful to me
Thank you for this video!!! I’ve talked to so many doctors and they just keep recommending other sprays. And because of Covid I can’t even go visit a doctor right now. This finally gives me an option
Sea water cured it for me..I’ve been addicted to nasal spray (oxymetazoline) for around 15 years and had never gone a full day without using it until a few years ago I was involved in an incident where I very nearly drowned. I took in so much sea water that when I eventually got to the surface I was throwing up water from my mouth and pink foam was coming from my nose. Something to do with blood from the lungs mixing with salt water. Anyway, the next day I was released from hospital and realised that I hadn’t needed to use my nasal spray. It was about 6 months later that I then felt the need to use the spray again after getting a cold. Before I knew it I was using it every day and have since. I believe the sea water definitely somehow cured my nasal congestion. I have been considering using actual sea water with some sort of (less aggressive) nasal irrigation system but believe it would still need to be quite forceful or maybe the main key is the sea water?..
Just use a nettipot with organic sea salt
I have the same issue!
I work at RCH in Melb, spoke to some ENT specialist. They recommend me this Flo bottle. You can buy it at chemist warehouse for like $12. You get these sachets to put in the bottle with warm water. You mix it, and literally squirt the water mixture up your noise whilst tilting your head on side. All the crap comes out of your noise, it feels weird but it works. Hope this helps you!
That’s the only thing that gives me relief these days. I love it with a passion. It’s gross as hell, but it really does work.
Ditto! It's the only thing that has worked for me and my daughter. Properly cleans out your nose! 😂
Dont do room temp water. I did ENT nursing and it does burn
Elizabeth Cusack I only use it mine with the water warm enough to take the chill off it. If I flushed with cold water, it would take days before the pain eased off.
I do it when I’m in the shower.
Hi thank u for the review and glad u have cured . I'm in same boat as u we're. I've been using afrin for 2 weeks and would love to get off of it. Im waiting on my own kit .in mean Time how do you deal w the dry and crusty stuff? I keep getting blood clothes and picking my nose . Every morning I blow chunks out of huge blood chunks
Hey are u alright,
I know exactly how awful this addiction is so hats off to kicking the habit!
I had to go to severe congestion for a year straight. Couldn’t leave my house without. Currently on day 3 of cold turkey and it’s miserable
Isn’t it the worst. How are you going?
Did you do it?
@@leifhatlestadiii5152 I did for a couple weeks and then got sick. Starting the process over again. Going well though
@@MrSiah007 ima try clearing one nostril at a time. Goodluck man this shit sucks
How it's going with you?
I am still suffering after 40 days of quitting it
I can recommend a Netti Pot. Many will advise stopping dairy.
Also Collodial Silver is available in a spray bottle. 💚
Oh wow, I know how hard it is to get away from those sprays... I'm going to have to buy this next pay!!!
You are so entertaining. So funny and sweet! I appreciate this video so much much. Trying to break the addiction cold turkey right now unfortunately.
I was addicted too for years. I just could not breath. Inside my nose was burning and bleeding too. I then used a spray with cortisone. That did not burn took longer to work. But now I am off my addictio
cortisone has its own addiction and horrific withdrawal. Which is hell on earth. Google Topical steroid withdrawal
@@tswhouse2707 does this include Flonase?
@@ayannagonzalez8230 Flonase is a steroid it seems so yes
How long it takes for full recovery? I am two months completely off afrin but still my nose is stuffy most of time at least from one side
@@mohammednajimabed9601 guess what? I am back to the nasal spay again, after a while it comes back, this is cronic we will never get rid of it for good
Addiction is probably not the best word to describe it. The reason it says not to use it for 3-5 days is because your body becomes adapted and used to the dilated (opened up) blood vessels. So if you stop or don't use it, it causes rebound congestion which is like withdrawal congestion so you want to use it again. Sorry my inner pharmacist came out.
Nasal sprays often cause nose bleeds too because they dry up the area and the vessels are fragile so you're meant to give them a break for that reason too.
Glad to know you found something that works for you :)
But, the thing is it does turn into an addiction. I mean on top of the rebound effects. But, the whole rebound effect thing.. is that not exactly one of the reasons why drug addicts become addicted to drugs? Because the come down is so hard that they just keep using to avoid that feeling and so it becomes a cycle? I know, its a weird comparison and not nearly as serious as some addictions. But, nevertheless it can become an addiction just like anything else done in high enough quantity and frequency.
@@Lokiidoll I understand where you're coming from. Without going into it too much it's probably a personal preference that I don't like using the word "addiction" to describe all drug misuse. Just because of the social stigma associated with the word where people tend to assume that if someone becomes drug dependent that it's always psychological and physical dependence where that isn't always the case. Of course for most drugs people commonly associate with "addiction" it is a combination of both but I just don't like to assume. :)
@@exo_thermic I understand where you're coming from too, thats totally fair enough. I guess I was looking at things too literal and perhaps not as the complex issue it is. Thank you. :)
Dependency instead?
Thanx for the video, you provided a actual method to kick this dependency.🏅
Can't believe it took me a year to find this and it's so good to know I'm not alone! I'm allergic to my cat and grass along with usual hayfever. Been using decongestants 5 times a day for over a year....
I can’t help with anyone with nasalsprat addiction but I can give you all a tip on sleeping easier.
I had surgery on my nose back in 2011 due to continuous sinus infections. I didn’t use nasal sprays as the nose bleeds where really bad so I went off them after like a week. Anyway, while I waited for surgery I took to sleeping on an incline. It helped to keep the sinuses open at night.
So anyone else out there trying to get off nasal spray who’s having trouble sleeping at night my top is to get a few extra pillows or a wedge pillow and prop yourself up a bit at night. You want to make sure your back and neck are supported while sleeping. Then once you’ve kicked the addiction just remove the extra pillows and go back to sleeping as normal
Omg. Your dymatap collection looks like my sudafed collection.
idespise guugleplus lol same I’m a Sudafed girl hahah
@@katefitzpatrick9710 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂
Afrin with menthol is my choice
Did you deal with any post nasal drip while coming off of nasal spray? If so how did you get through it?
Thank you for this awesome video!
I was wondering the same thing , but no answers.
I know this video is old but I used a combination of Navage and Night Time Nose Strips to go cold turkey. Glad to see you got off it tho! I also went years with headaches and sinus problems before making the connection.
I've been using nasal spray nearly all my adult life. I have a deviated septum so makes it even more congested for me.
I use Oxymetazoline. Emptied my bedside draw and there were 9 empty bottles in there!
I can't fall asleep when I have a blocked nose either.
It's a vicious circle, you use it for rhinitis and in response it creates rebound rhinitis that's worse than it was originally.
I've gone from having one bottle at all times, to one in my car and one in my living room and bedroom.
Same man shit sucks
I was hooked on Afrin for 14 years. I know how this rolls. It's a really serious problem and people do need help when it comes to quitting this shit. Afrin should be permanently removed from the market. It does so much damage to people. When I quit (10 years ago was the last time I used this shit) I went cold turkey. Something funny happened back then though, I could breathe from one of my nostrils (I didn't do the one nostril at a time thing), so that made it way easier for me.
If you are addicted to this shit, find a way to STOP USING IT, at all costs. It raises your blood pressure constantly and it will drill a hole in your septum, this was said to me by a doctor that told me that I had to quit this ASAP.
The day I got pregnant with my son my nose closed up and I became addicted. He is 2 now! I used it so often I had severe chemical burns in my nose.
how did you quit using it ????????
It shouldn't be removed just because people dont read the instructions. It says very clearly not to use it more than 3 days. It helps to read the instructions for medication you're using. Not trying to sound like an ass but you could save your own life by just reading a label for less than a minute. Wowza
AssNasty this freaking thing gets you ADDICTED for the very first time you use!!!! that’s why is not that simple to use it only for "3 days"
@@RenatinhoLicioniFilho I've used those sprays and yeah if you overuse them it makes your congestion worse. That was enough for me to stop using. You gotta be a little slow or something when its obvious the spray is making your nose worse and you keep using it for temporary relief. I understand addiction believe me I'm a strung out piece of shit but damn.
1st day of cold turkey it is 353 am left nose blocked right isnt blocked but a little clogged, definitly wont be able to sleep to night, been addicted to afrin for 6-9 months. HELP
What substance you were adiated to? I read you had to use the appropriate kit to match the substance?
I can't sleep either without my spray. I only use it at night though. It's hell without it.
Same, but I suffer most of the day without it.
I had the addiction but I went cold turkey and stopped
max spencer did you go back to normal? I started to have palpitations and anxiety and borderline claustrophobic episodes while using the sprays regularly. I’ve been on it like 3 months I’m just hoping after using this kit my airway is still functioning normally. How did you feel after stopping?
@@beamng929eeee7 whats cold turkey?
Hilarious, been addicted to nose spray for 27 years, gonna try this.
How’d it go? I was addicted for a year but got off it quickly.
So far I haven't been able to get off of it but partly because I work with kids who always seem to be sick with snoty noses so everytime I get close to being off then I get a cold or something. Maybe one day I'll be free from it
@@tammyrobison2670 Best way to do it is to NOT use it during the day and ONLY use it on one nostril per night. You can switch nostrils each night so that you are only using it on each nostril once every 48 hours. It is the easiest way to recover, I think. I no longer get rebound congestion.
I know I'm a day late and a dollar short here but thanks for putting this video out. I stumbled on it when I was trying to find info about getting off of a 15 year Afrin (Oxymetazoline) nightly use addiction. I ended up ordering the Rhinostat kit and after 26 days, I was off Afrin. My experience was so damn close to yours, even including the insomnia, etc. i opted to use the Neilmed Sinus rinse instead of the Neti pot, but its the same thing really. I still have breathing issues off and on and getting checked out by an ENT doctor to make sure I didn't get myself into the trouble you were worried about. I never had any bleeding really so I'm pretty sure I'm ok and just need more time for shiz to go back to normal.
Thank you so much for this. I was planning to go cold turkey over the Australia Day weekend and I was not looking forward to it.
Congratulations!!
Get checked out 4 sleep apnea
No I've seen the ent and sleep apnea is not the problem it's rebound congestion and it's a fucking disease