Hi everyone,

well, at least the temple pressure has gotten better these days.! but the darn problem is that sinus stuff! OK, for some unknown reason, (this started last night) I started to feel very "detached", I felt like I was in a dream, like I was watching everything on a movie screen, I've had that before and I hate it! I couldn't, and still can't get myself out of that, it's weird! I try to splash cold water on my face, but it doens't help. So, to top it off, my sinus thing is acting up again,...yeah, with the pressure sort of on the left side of then nose, and pressure/pain up on the top of the head again! DARN! THIS WAS OK FOR A FEW DAYS! so....when I woke up this morning, THERE IT WAS AGAIN, and that detached feeling was WORSE! I could feel that "sinus feeling', in my face and head, but this weirdo detached feeling is bad! Plus, as usual, I feel slightly off balance with this today, and I feel as though my LEFT eye is weird too, hard to explain....just a strange feeling in that eye, I can see fine, just as if it's HEAVIER than the other eye....come to really think of it MY HEAD, ON THE LEFT SIDE (the sinus side) FEELS HEAVY! UGH!!!!!!!!!! I took benedryl, as usual, but it's not helping today all that much! I need togo to the store, and I feel nervous about driving like this. I mean, I'm not so spaced out that I can't drive, but I DO feel weird....I don't know, maybe everyone can order a pizza!!! LOL....

does anyone ever get any of this? I wonder if hormonal changes can affect how bad your sinus thing gets, or perhaps, if it gives you worse symptoms because of the hormonal change? I've had sinus stuff all my life, on and off......but this is weird! I mean, I said to my husband today, that I was panicking (again..lol) because of it, because my head feels very heavy, and I feel very very detached and sometimes I get this woozie feeling as well, also, somewhat nauseas........he said to me that he thinks it's the hormonal thing making this worse......could be.....WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK?

thanks everyone Sincerely, MyDarling

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Welcome to the 'sinus' club, yes i suffer from this as well and it's definately hormonal. I currently cycle bioidentical estrogen and prometrium 25 days per month. On the 5 days I am NOT taking the hormones I have all these sinus symptoms, (heavy head pressure, tingling, vertigo, migraines and spaced out fog.) It's almost like magic because when I cycle back ON the Estradiol and Promerium each month all the awful sinus issues disappear. No more detached brain fog, I have loads of energy and no more headaches or those 'tilted' feelings. I'm 54 & I've been in peri for several years now. I started bios a little over a year ago and they have absolutely saved me. There's no doubt in my mind that sinus issues during peri are affected by declining hormones.

Hi mydarling,

I am right up there with you with the sinus and head feelings, and this happened to me late near to my recent "no period for just over 3 months"...in fact, for me, it seemed like it was one symptom that heralded the end phase for me.

My Doc said that all muscous membranes are very affected by our hormones and that eventually this will setttle, but may take some time. I also mean about the weird feeling in the head too....spacey and detatched; almost like not part of the world feeling. It is a really nasty feeling.

There is one thing I have noticed that makes this worse......."sulphites" in foods at the moment really bring this on badly. If you are eating dried fruits etc, these things contain sulphites, and mucous membranes in some people are very sensitive to the sulphites....I used to be able to eat them as much as I liked, but not anymore...so checking your diet for new allergens may help. Mine eased up when stopping eating my dried dates.....and I so miss them

Benadryl doesn't help me either...in fact I just feel more spaced out......so, I am sorry to read you are going through this too....this, and all the eye thing....you and I are getting the same symptoms with no explanations......so it has to be the hormones....

I still think to look at the foods as well......it certainly helped me "a little".

Hugs,
Flushing L

Ladies, consider yourselves blessed that you don't live in Southeast Texas, particularly in Houston where I am. You really can't be sure it's peri-related because EVERYBODY has sinus problems here. I'm beginning to think it's part of the city's charter or something. I actually feel strange (although better) if I'm NOT stopped up and sneezing. I don't know if it's all the trees -- Houston, unlike other parts of Texas, is covered up in trees, shrubs, etc. -- or the smog, but I've rarely had a day in my whole life where I didn't have at least minimal symptoms. I feel much empathy for you because I know how miserable it can be, but it's kinda like people who live in war zones -- you're just so used to the misery that you either don't notice it or just accept it.

Mydarling,

I definitely think the sinus stuff is hormone related. I've always had sinus trouble but since entering Peri, they are HORRIBLE and TERRIBLE! I get so stuffed up and decongestants make me feel even more disconnected and floating. Then I go through the sneezes about mid morning - I think from my nose trying to get clear. I can sneeze 10 times in a row sometimes. Then the runny nose starts... If I take Benadryl during the day I am lying on the desk. Even just one pill knocks me out. I have tried the Sinus/Allergy medication for day time and it helps a little. Tylenol has a newer one out that doesn't make me feel flakey. I thought I was turning into a big baby about my sinus trouble - I'm almost glad to hear that others are suffering with me. I hate feeling like some kind of a freak.

Hugs,
Rlsmarty

It is well documented that sinuses act up during hormonal changes- pregnancy is mentioned alot, but they seem to ignore
meno/peri.

I have been suffering with terrible ear/sinus/eustachian tube problems for past half year- just gets worse and worse.
In my endless online googling. I discovered that one of the medically approved remedies for a eustachian tube that is open too much (called patulouse eustachian tube) is premarin drops (yes, estrogen). What does that tell you? The surges of hormones must mess with our sinuses too. I sympathize- it can become absolute torture and the doctors are utterly clueless.

Hi everyone.....yes, the dr.'s seem utterly clueless!!! Which really amazes me, I mean, this is 2007! You're right, Ive noticed that everytime they talk about hormonal changes on the internet, it's ALMOST ALWAYS referring to pregnancy, NOT meno! It's still being ignored, and not dealt with. It's frustrating to sit there with your GYN, and have him (or her) not really know what to tell you, or that he has no clue to what is my prob. "it could be anything" I've been told,,,,oh, well, thank you! I thought he went to school for this!!!!!!! I mean, this is his specialty is it not? WOMENS PROBLEMS! geez! They don't seem to well educated on the subject of peri, and what it can do, and I've been the one to sit there and EDUCATE HIM! LOL

Now, last night it was bad, the sinus pain/pressure was by the bridge of my nose and left eyebrown and top of head on the left side. PLUS THE TEMPLE PRESSURE! I took two benedryl, and 2 hrs. later a xanax, and fell asleep. When I woke up today, I didnt feel any temple pressure or sinus pain.....UNTIL I GOT UP! WHAT IS THAT?! It hasn't been that bad today, thank God.
I've only had to take one round of benedryl, and no xanax. I don't even know if this is a sinus INFECTION or not.....when I saw my dr. on Mar. 5th, he said no, but then again, he only listened to me explain thehead symptoms, and the temple pressure/squeezing,...I mean, he didn't even bother to look at my temple...or whatever! When I mentioned hormones, he brushed me off.! No, I've gotten much more info. here and doing my own research. This temple thing is truly weird, it seems to change places, it shifts from the literal temple area (the soft area), or it goes to the jaw bone, the bone right outside your ear, where you get the TMJ thingy. It feels like it's squeezing, or pressing. I remember telling him that, and he shruggd his shoulders, and basically kept writing on my file. He said..could be anything! GREAT.

What does that sound like to you guys? I would really really appreciate it if anyone could elaborate on this, if it sounds sinus connected.....or TMJ....or some horrible serious thing! Oh man, this health anxiety is bad!

thank you ladies!!!! Sincerely, MyDarling

add me to the mix...I have also had sinus trouble in the past, but it was maybe because i caught a cold or the flu or maybe there was something in the air. I have been stuffed up for 6 or7 months now. I feel like someone shoved cotton in my nose and my ears. I am spacey and get vertigo. Spent a small fortune at the ENT last week(no doubt) to have him tell me "I don't see anything how is your family life? You know anxiety causes dizzines and spaciness" Went to an allergist a few mo. back and found I was allergic to dust, dogs and cats. Allergies ...I never had them before. I had a cleaning business for years cleaning up after these very things, until peri hit like a ton of bricks which caused me to have to leave my job for awhile.

I have been having this feeling of losing my breath when I get this stuffed up...almost like an asthma problem...don't have asthma either though at least don't think I do.

the joy's of it all. HUGS Mikki

Add me too. I've always had a drip, but recently had an upper respiratory infection that is either impossible to clear up, or I have allergies, or just the drip. I cough a lot from it, and sometimes my throat gets sore. Did anyone else have this awful virus?

Ladies-

I wish I knew the answer. We may have some things in common, some not. Some of this hormones, some not.
But my gosh, I have seen 5 or 6 ENTs (I'm not kidding) because this has gotten so bad. Went to the clinic yesterday
and was told I have ear infections in both ears,but the ENTs just sit and twiddle. I am going to yet another Monday.
My ears are totally plugged and painful and one feels like its about to burst from fluid yet these ENTs say, well the tympanogram
is normal- no fluid HELLO THAN HOW ABOUT FIGURING IT OUT!!

I just picked up my records from an ENT I first saw in November -yes its going on since Sept.! If I were him I'd be embarassed
to release it. Essentially it is just him transcribing (with many inaccuracies) what my symptoms were. All he did was send me for sinus CT scan. He gave me tons of antibiotics, though the record doesn't even indicate that he saw infection! Then when it
didn't work, he says "suggested patient see another ENT"

Oh the best part for me- Under General Appearance- Dr. Do Nothing writes-

"Well developed, well nourished and groomed." Thank you Dr. Dummy- spend more time looking at my ears and nose
and less commenting on my grooming!!

Months of suffering, no help, no wonder- These guys are mostly lazy boobs who will not or are incapable of diagnosing
anything other than the common cold. What they call specialists these days is laughable.

Truman Capote once said of Jackie Susann- she doesn't write, she types. This can be said of these so-called doctors.
You have to go through 50 to find one decent one. I'll let you know if I hit the jackpot.



P.S. - I don't think hormones are the whole problem for us, but I think meno weakens our immune system.

Meryl- re the virus- you may be right. I have a pimple on the ear that is bad. I'm afraid I may have eustachian tube problem
from undiagnosed virus leading to ear problems. No one can tell me - they are too lazy or stupid to do the work.

Add me to the 'sinus club'. I NEVER had problems like this, allergies, or ANYTHING to do w/the nose & bronchial tubes. Now it seems like it's a never-ending

(I hit the dumb ADD REPLY key before I was through writing! JEESH?) to finish: Now it seems like it's a never-ending thing with me. I am NEVER able to breathe through both nasal passages at the same time, ALWAYS using saline spray, clear my throat CONSTANTLY, my voice is constantly hoarse, sinus head pressure, and you name it. And NOW that Spring has sprung here in Maine BANG! Allergies are joining in. LOTS of people are complaining of the same thing/symptoms. My Mom takes Alavert for her allergies because there is no sudafed in it (sudafed SENDS me into a tail spin!) so I'm going to try that. This has to be a common thing during menopause because it seems like everyone my age is whining about it! (Glad I'm not alone! ) I feel like I need an antibiotic but I REFUSE to get one because it seems like at LEAST twice a year now I'm taking something and I don't want my system to get immune to it! *sigh*