Serious question, is she addicted? Because it can be difficult to breathe without it when you get to relying on it
placidtrash on
You’re not supposed to use that stuff more than a couple days at a time or it can cause further issues
funkaria on
Tell her that a good way to quit is by starting with only one nostril, then you can still use it on the other one and breathe normally through it.
doltishDuke on
Ow, that’s a tough addiction. Stuff is the absolute worst. Can you talk with her about it? I know a lot of people do this ‘drug’ in secret and really don’t want to talk about it or find help. Quitting on your own is hard because you can’t breathe without once you’re hooked.
Good luck!
phatdinkgenie on
Was it in the heroin drawer beside the whippets?
jenny6522 on
Cold turkey is best….for about 2 weeks life is hell! Use happy nose to get through it and then your passages deflate and your nose is normal again
happyfuckincakeday on
That shit is addictive.
LostinQuiddity on
I hate to be the one to tell ya this, but your wife has a problem…
dobbbie on
I was addicted to this for years. Multiple sprays a day. Worse drug I’ve been hooked on.
I can help wean her off it.
Buy saline spray, use the oxymetazoline hydrochloride (decongestant such as Afrin) on only one nostril and saline spray on the other. Have her sleep on the saline spray nostril side down towards the pillow. Suffer through it for a while. Wean that one nostril off the decongestant.
Swap nostrils but only use the Saline spray and suffer for another week.
It sucks but works.
non7top on
One nostril, then mix the drug with water.
schofield101 on
Yeah she needs to suffer from not using this stuff for a while…
I do recreational drugs on weekends which causes blocked noses the next day… I got onto using this stuff and it got to the point where I needed it a LOT daily. Thankfully it was easy enough to wean off of. Go from multiple squirts to once a day unitl you can finally get through without any at all. Sleeping is the worst initially.
EyyyyyyMacarena on
I used Olynth or similar for 15 years. Nightly. I couldn’t fall asleep without it. Sometimes used it during the day too.
I started getting constant headaches and lost 50% of my hearing in one ear because of it. Something to do with blood vessels constricting too much and straight-up atrophying.
Anyway, long story short – I went on a weight loss diet and to my incredible surprise, I found that I went to bed, didn’t do the nose spray – and only realized it the next morning.
I tested it again the next day and hey – I can breathe without it. So I didn’t use it. It was still a little blocked, but only a little – it didn’t take much motivation to just not do it. Somehow calorie restriction had an effect of unblocking my nose without the nasal spray.
I’m happy to say that I don’t need it anymore. Somehow, I solved two problems with one stone: sugar and nasal spray addiction!
First few months I wasn’t so sure any of them would take, but it’s been a while and they stuck.
roz303 on
I thought this was going to be a King of Queens joke…
tman37 on
I literally had to ban Dristan from my house. Now, she is only allowed saline or something prescribed by a Dr. It was that bad of an addiction, and it was damaging her nasal cavities.
MJR_Poltergeist on
If that stuff is anything like Aspirin that stuff is addicted. I had to buy some for my dad once and they wouldn’t let me take more than 3 at once
samaramatisse on
I am in my early 40s and have been addicted to nasal spray on and off (mostly on) since elementary school. I’ve never had a stash like that. I’ve only ever had about 12 bottles at once. I used to have nose spray everywhere I sat (work, TV, home desk, bedroom) but I later moved to just one spray and kept it in my pocket instead of sitting it out where I could see it. I really cut down on my use (though haven’t quit).
other_half_of_elvis on
It’s a problem I didn’t know I had until my allergy doctor leveled with me. Then I started thinking about it and realized often when I’m out having drinks I will stop in a drug store to pick up a bottle because I forgot mine. He was great, gave me Predisone for the rebound swelling, and some less addictive alternatives, like Flonase.
arteitle on
Steroid allergy sprays work well and don’t have the rebound aftereffects that vasoconstrictor sprays do.
OlyGator on
I remember watching a story about a guy addicted to these. He, too, had a stash.
philnolan3d on
Seems she may have a problem.
Peltonimo on
There is a King of Queens episode about this
KrackSmellin on
Arthur Spooner would like to have a word with her
Main-Emphasis-2692 on
My ex Kader used to use these. Kader if u see this take this as a sign to quit if you haven’t lol
Brian_K9 on
yea u cant use these alpha 1 agonist nasal sprays for more than 3 days. She has an addiction my friend
Important-Outcome-74 on
My mom was addicted to that shit for years.
Grouchy-Ad-9284 on
This is a blast from the past! I”m a SAHM now, but prior to that I was a Medical Secretary in ENT. I’ve typed a lot of letters about rhinitis medicamentosa and your partner definitely has this. I hope they manage to kick the habit! Seek out a good ENT doc for a plan to get them off the decongestants x
Shobed on
That’s not normal, not at all.
klippDagga on
I used this stuff for too long in high school and developed an absolutely brutal sinus infection and headache.
When I finally quit and started blowing the stuff out of my nose, it was bright orange and smelled like death. I have no desire to repeat that mistake regardless of how good it works.
CMDR_omnicognate on
Is that her age or number of bottles?
xAmygdala on
Swap them with salt water spray
canriver on
I’m not addicted to nasal spray!
I’ve been using them 10 times a day, for the past 17 years!
I’m pretty sure i would realize by now, if i was an addict?
nicenyeezy on
Omg there’s an episode of this mid tier 90s sitcom called “yes dear” where the husband gets super addicted to nasal spray, it’s legitimately habit forming.
Hope she can stop soon
ItaDapiza on
Can someone explain to me what’s going on? I don’t understand whynso many, and people are talking about addiction?? Lol I can’t tell if they’re joking or what’s going on! Someone help me.😩
Standardisiert on
She is an addict.
EnvironmentalOil3711 on
She may be addicted.
soooperdecent on
TIL you can get addicted to this stuff
forevercurmudgeon on
Sinus turbibate surgery is a life changer. Have her evaluated and if a candidate she will no longer need
trixiewutang on
OP, your wife should see if she has nasal polyps through a CT scan if she is this reliant on nasal sprays
beskone on
Ugg afrin, works so good, but it’s a steroid so you get into a cycle of blasting that shit every hour. I used to be so addicted to that stuff. Blergh.
Ancient-Cockroach-17 on
I’m a coke addict dry 3 years….my house was alsol stuffed with these sprays!
flat_four_whore22 on
As someone that used this daily for like 15 years straight… do not recommend, your sinuses feel like they’re closing if you don’t use it every few hours. Once you step into Afrin menthol territory, you literally feel like you’re dying without it. A lengthy hospital stay due to something completely unrelated made in impossible to use it, so after some shitty withdrawals, I haven’t looked back since, and feel fine besides being annoyed during allergy season.
uncre8tv on
Are you married to Nate Bargatze’s dad?
KRed75 on
My FIL is addicted to Afrin (oxymetazoline). I tried explaining to him rebound congestion and how the body becomes dependent upon it. He’s also addicted to lip balm which is also habit forming. I found out recently that he has been drinking a bottle of nyquil a night to sleep. I tried explaining to him that the active ingredient in nyquil that makes you sleepy is Doxylamine succinate which can be purchased as a sleep aid in pill form which would save him thousands a year. Better yet, try melatonin 30 minutes before bed or a time release melatonin. Will he listen? Nope.
Dude’s a narcissist so you’re just an idiot in his eyes. I’ve actually seen him brainwash himself into believing something. It’s just bizarre. He only reads certain news sources and if that news source says that sticking a candle in ones ass before bed will reverse heart disease, he’ll stick a candle up his ass every night until the day he dies…of heart disease.
fadedv1 on
I was addicted for 3 years it was to a point I would panick if I was to travel somewhere without my spray bc I hate breathing trough my mouth , really weird shit and
I was addicted to nose spray for about 5 years. It’s fucking horrible.
keIIzzz on
That looks like she’s addicted to it
FrozenVikings on
Good thing is, it’s an easy addiction to overcome. I was glued to those for two years before seeing my doctor. A nose ear throat specialist saw me right away, prescribed *another* spray, this was a steroid something or other, and within a week my nose was back to normal and I didn’t need those fucking nose sprays any more.
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I think she may be addicted.
Serious question, is she addicted? Because it can be difficult to breathe without it when you get to relying on it
You’re not supposed to use that stuff more than a couple days at a time or it can cause further issues
Tell her that a good way to quit is by starting with only one nostril, then you can still use it on the other one and breathe normally through it.
Ow, that’s a tough addiction. Stuff is the absolute worst. Can you talk with her about it? I know a lot of people do this ‘drug’ in secret and really don’t want to talk about it or find help. Quitting on your own is hard because you can’t breathe without once you’re hooked.
Good luck!
Was it in the heroin drawer beside the whippets?
Cold turkey is best….for about 2 weeks life is hell! Use happy nose to get through it and then your passages deflate and your nose is normal again
That shit is addictive.
I hate to be the one to tell ya this, but your wife has a problem…
I was addicted to this for years. Multiple sprays a day. Worse drug I’ve been hooked on.
I can help wean her off it.
Buy saline spray, use the oxymetazoline hydrochloride (decongestant such as Afrin) on only one nostril and saline spray on the other. Have her sleep on the saline spray nostril side down towards the pillow. Suffer through it for a while. Wean that one nostril off the decongestant.
Swap nostrils but only use the Saline spray and suffer for another week.
It sucks but works.
One nostril, then mix the drug with water.
Yeah she needs to suffer from not using this stuff for a while…
I do recreational drugs on weekends which causes blocked noses the next day… I got onto using this stuff and it got to the point where I needed it a LOT daily. Thankfully it was easy enough to wean off of. Go from multiple squirts to once a day unitl you can finally get through without any at all. Sleeping is the worst initially.
I used Olynth or similar for 15 years. Nightly. I couldn’t fall asleep without it. Sometimes used it during the day too.
I started getting constant headaches and lost 50% of my hearing in one ear because of it. Something to do with blood vessels constricting too much and straight-up atrophying.
Anyway, long story short – I went on a weight loss diet and to my incredible surprise, I found that I went to bed, didn’t do the nose spray – and only realized it the next morning.
I tested it again the next day and hey – I can breathe without it. So I didn’t use it. It was still a little blocked, but only a little – it didn’t take much motivation to just not do it. Somehow calorie restriction had an effect of unblocking my nose without the nasal spray.
I’m happy to say that I don’t need it anymore. Somehow, I solved two problems with one stone: sugar and nasal spray addiction!
First few months I wasn’t so sure any of them would take, but it’s been a while and they stuck.
I thought this was going to be a King of Queens joke…
I literally had to ban Dristan from my house. Now, she is only allowed saline or something prescribed by a Dr. It was that bad of an addiction, and it was damaging her nasal cavities.
If that stuff is anything like Aspirin that stuff is addicted. I had to buy some for my dad once and they wouldn’t let me take more than 3 at once
I am in my early 40s and have been addicted to nasal spray on and off (mostly on) since elementary school. I’ve never had a stash like that. I’ve only ever had about 12 bottles at once. I used to have nose spray everywhere I sat (work, TV, home desk, bedroom) but I later moved to just one spray and kept it in my pocket instead of sitting it out where I could see it. I really cut down on my use (though haven’t quit).
It’s a problem I didn’t know I had until my allergy doctor leveled with me. Then I started thinking about it and realized often when I’m out having drinks I will stop in a drug store to pick up a bottle because I forgot mine. He was great, gave me Predisone for the rebound swelling, and some less addictive alternatives, like Flonase.
Steroid allergy sprays work well and don’t have the rebound aftereffects that vasoconstrictor sprays do.
I remember watching a story about a guy addicted to these. He, too, had a stash.
Seems she may have a problem.
There is a King of Queens episode about this
Arthur Spooner would like to have a word with her
My ex Kader used to use these. Kader if u see this take this as a sign to quit if you haven’t lol
yea u cant use these alpha 1 agonist nasal sprays for more than 3 days. She has an addiction my friend
My mom was addicted to that shit for years.
This is a blast from the past! I”m a SAHM now, but prior to that I was a Medical Secretary in ENT. I’ve typed a lot of letters about rhinitis medicamentosa and your partner definitely has this. I hope they manage to kick the habit! Seek out a good ENT doc for a plan to get them off the decongestants x
That’s not normal, not at all.
I used this stuff for too long in high school and developed an absolutely brutal sinus infection and headache.
When I finally quit and started blowing the stuff out of my nose, it was bright orange and smelled like death. I have no desire to repeat that mistake regardless of how good it works.
Is that her age or number of bottles?
Swap them with salt water spray
I’m not addicted to nasal spray!
I’ve been using them 10 times a day, for the past 17 years!
I’m pretty sure i would realize by now, if i was an addict?
Omg there’s an episode of this mid tier 90s sitcom called “yes dear” where the husband gets super addicted to nasal spray, it’s legitimately habit forming.
Hope she can stop soon
Can someone explain to me what’s going on? I don’t understand whynso many, and people are talking about addiction?? Lol I can’t tell if they’re joking or what’s going on! Someone help me.😩
She is an addict.
She may be addicted.
TIL you can get addicted to this stuff
Sinus turbibate surgery is a life changer. Have her evaluated and if a candidate she will no longer need
OP, your wife should see if she has nasal polyps through a CT scan if she is this reliant on nasal sprays
Ugg afrin, works so good, but it’s a steroid so you get into a cycle of blasting that shit every hour. I used to be so addicted to that stuff. Blergh.
I’m a coke addict dry 3 years….my house was alsol stuffed with these sprays!
As someone that used this daily for like 15 years straight… do not recommend, your sinuses feel like they’re closing if you don’t use it every few hours. Once you step into Afrin menthol territory, you literally feel like you’re dying without it. A lengthy hospital stay due to something completely unrelated made in impossible to use it, so after some shitty withdrawals, I haven’t looked back since, and feel fine besides being annoyed during allergy season.
Are you married to Nate Bargatze’s dad?
My FIL is addicted to Afrin (oxymetazoline). I tried explaining to him rebound congestion and how the body becomes dependent upon it. He’s also addicted to lip balm which is also habit forming. I found out recently that he has been drinking a bottle of nyquil a night to sleep. I tried explaining to him that the active ingredient in nyquil that makes you sleepy is Doxylamine succinate which can be purchased as a sleep aid in pill form which would save him thousands a year. Better yet, try melatonin 30 minutes before bed or a time release melatonin. Will he listen? Nope.
Dude’s a narcissist so you’re just an idiot in his eyes. I’ve actually seen him brainwash himself into believing something. It’s just bizarre. He only reads certain news sources and if that news source says that sticking a candle in ones ass before bed will reverse heart disease, he’ll stick a candle up his ass every night until the day he dies…of heart disease.
I was addicted for 3 years it was to a point I would panick if I was to travel somewhere without my spray bc I hate breathing trough my mouth , really weird shit and
[Nate’s dad](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8yt4o6bSyIQ)
I was addicted to nose spray for about 5 years. It’s fucking horrible.
That looks like she’s addicted to it
Good thing is, it’s an easy addiction to overcome. I was glued to those for two years before seeing my doctor. A nose ear throat specialist saw me right away, prescribed *another* spray, this was a steroid something or other, and within a week my nose was back to normal and I didn’t need those fucking nose sprays any more.