Always looking fatigued, nostrils clogged?!


Question: For the past like... 2-3 years i've always looked tired(dark circles, eyes sleepy-looking) and it's been on and off throughout the year. Recently i thought about it and i remembered that last year, i looked normal during summer break and for about the first few months of school until around nov. Maybe it's just coincidence but if it is allergies... why would it come during winter?
Anyways, as for my symptoms... i always look tired (sleeping less makes me look even worse) Even if i sleep good and FEEL really energized, i still look tired. . I cant breath thru both nostrils, only one at a time (the one side i can breath from isn't even fully breathable, still a tiny bit blocked) or when i am able to breath from both nostrils, theyre both 50% blocked on each side. They alternate sides when im sleepin. I dont sneeze or itch anywhere. My eyes do water/burn randomly somedays. No coughing. No post-nasal drip. No clear fluid from my nose. No headaches. Some pressure on the back of head


Answers: For the past like... 2-3 years i've always looked tired(dark circles, eyes sleepy-looking) and it's been on and off throughout the year. Recently i thought about it and i remembered that last year, i looked normal during summer break and for about the first few months of school until around nov. Maybe it's just coincidence but if it is allergies... why would it come during winter?
Anyways, as for my symptoms... i always look tired (sleeping less makes me look even worse) Even if i sleep good and FEEL really energized, i still look tired. . I cant breath thru both nostrils, only one at a time (the one side i can breath from isn't even fully breathable, still a tiny bit blocked) or when i am able to breath from both nostrils, theyre both 50% blocked on each side. They alternate sides when im sleepin. I dont sneeze or itch anywhere. My eyes do water/burn randomly somedays. No coughing. No post-nasal drip. No clear fluid from my nose. No headaches. Some pressure on the back of head

Ask around & do some research to find yourself a really good allergist. Allergists have a really tough job, since the symptoms are as individual as you are. That's why it's really important to find one who keeps up with all the latest news and enjoys a good investigation. They have to be detectives.
You're describing my teens and twenties, except I also had sinus infections and ear infections with numerous perforations of my eardrums, and lots of headaches. I figured it couldn't be allergies because people with allergies are miserable for seasons, like spring and fall, right? I could be miserable year round or have infections any time.
My doc did nothing but treat me for the infections, often 6-7 times per year - that's every couple months! He never said a word or suspected allergies (or maybe he just liked the steady income). Just as I began to suspect them and made an appt with an allergist, I ended up in urgent care on New Year's Day. That doc had never seen me before, he took one look in my sinuses and recommended an allergist - said he could tell by the look of the mucus.
Unfortunately the first allergist was one of the "best" in the area. Ran a regular revolving door of patients without much improvement. He looked at me and saw dollar signs - or braces on his kid's teeth. I was in the process of looking for another doc when I switched to an HMO - had to pick from their allergists. Lucky for me, they employed the best allergist in the world - I'm still with her 20 yrs later.
She educated me. She also said she would train my body to live with allergies, and she did. I had ALWAYS had dark circles, she said "we call those allergy eyes".
She found I was drastically allergic to dust - hence my lack of seasonal symptoms but good explanation for that Nov-Dec (I was always sick for Christmas-NewYear's) slide downhill. That's when you turn the furnace on and circulate all the dust.
I also have numerous allergies to other things, but in much lower sensitivity, explaining why I can be miserable any time of year. I once said to her that I had been sitting outside thinking I had slight alergies to everything except the concrete and she replied "nope, the concrete dust'll get you". Point - the miserable factor is directly related to not only WHAT you are allergic to, but also how deeply allergic you are TO it.
If you are allergic and begin treatment your response to treatment will depend heavily on how involved you are. The doc can't be sucessful unless you're able to answer their questions. Pay close attention to symptoms, what makes you better, what makes you worse. It may be time of day (body rhythms), it may be position (don'tya just love it when you turn over and the congestion slides to the other side!). It may be heat & cold (I do much better in desert dryness or cold weather). And these are all in addition to finding out what your allergens are.
I had years of shots. I haven't needed them for years now. I took my medications religiously. If you work hard, together with a good doc you can go a far distance is eliminating the symptoms (not the allergies).
I'm allergic to dogs (low level) but I owned nine big shaggy ones (Doc feels you tolerate your own because they give you a "shot" each day). I still have symptoms but I'm seldom miserable and I know how to cut them off at the pass.
Hope this helps.

You have a sinus problem,ask your Dr. about a Sub Mucous Resection.





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