2 years of throat clearing, thick mucus and post nasal drip sensation (allergy/reflux/nerve?)

I have a similar problem. Becomes a problem at night time. When sleeping on my side I wake up almost every night/early morning around 3:00am coughing and trying to clear my throat. It seem that the dependent side of my face .. sinuses get totally blocked and I feel that my throat is obstructed. I clear my throat incessantly and try to swallow with little relief. At that point my wife has woken up and I am effecting her sleep. It is creating marital discord. Either I or her go to the guest room to sleep the rest of the night.

I use saline mist followed by Fluticasone Propionate 50mcg spray and Oxymetazoline Hcl 0.05%. This provides some temporary relief. 

This has become a nightly routine and is effecting my sleep,  causing tiredness during the day.   

I know mine isint related to anxiety, I’m not anxious or stressed about anything that I know of, but just to rule it out, I got some GABA and took it for a while with no change. As for the yeast infection, that is just a way to restrictive way to live, that’s not even living.  I could do it for a short while, but for the rest of my life?  No way!  For now, I have cut back on sugar, and am trying Tums after eating.  Some days are better than others, but honestly sometimes it just doesn’t seem to matter WHAT I eat, or even if I DONT eat, I still get the phlegm even on an empty stomach.  Some days, I feel like I have a sore throat from so much clearing.😫

Hi my son is 15 has had this same sorta thing for about 2 years the ENT want to remove his adenoids on Monday do you think that would help

Hi my son is 15 has had this same sorta thing for about 2 years the ENT want to remove his adenoids on Monday do you think that would help

I also have this thick glue like snot continuous BUT I also have other symptoms(ears get clogged when I swallow or blow nose every day all day it’s driving me crazy I think the doctors  dismissing me is the worst you always Believe we live in a country where if you get a sick go the doctor the hospital and they’ll help you not for me I think that’s the worst part of this whole thing ,. have you had your teeth checked ? if you’ve had root canal‘s you could have infection under the crown and it has nowhere to go so It will draininto the  sinuses  do you have dry eyes or fluid like stuff coming out of eyes ,bad smell or taste.  I wet   Gause  at night and roll it and put it up my dry nose actually keeps the sinuses open so you can breathe a little bit and not have such a dry mouth if you have any treatments that you do or something that works for you please let us now hopefully you found some relief by now I really hope so it is so very  aggravating to be chronically ill .

It's amazing to me how many people will run to a surgeon or put drugs in your body, rather than look at their diet. SUGAR and FRUCTOSE is the culprit, and worth going without for a week and see if your condition improves. IT DID FOR ME. A congested liver will scream for help, are you listening?

Cut desserts, snacks, breakfast cereals, sugar in your coffee, honey in your tea, sweets of all types, alchohol (especially beer), and all carbohydrates like pasta, potatoes, corn and rice. No processed snacks like chips or crisps. No fruits.

DO eat eggs, meat, fish and vegetables ONLY. No sweetened sauces. NO salad dressings.

You will see a huge difference! Otherwise, hack-a-way!

Hey All,

Again sounds all similar to experiences, I had severe deviated septum where I could not actually breathe through my nose so was mouth breathing for over 25 years. Finally had to have operation couple of years ago as it really affected me so much that I constantly felt like I had a cold which would not disappear and having sinus issues.

Finally after op (8 months later after full recovery) I noticed the difference breathing through nose was amazing. But soon after started to notice the post nasal drip which at first I did not know what it was a put it down to being run down, cold and the post op recovery as I was advised by consultant post op recovery it could take between 6-18 months to fully recover. Not sure if it’s a coincidence but after having the OP I noticed post nasal drip.

As it did not clear I went to see GP and described to them my problem who said it sounds like Post nasal drip this is the first time I had heard of this and was prescribed avamist to see if it would relieve the symptoms. Have been to the GP numerous times since then and have been referred to consultant. When I saw consultant and described my problem I was prescribed with avimist and another stronger nasal steroid only to take for 8 weeks, which has made no difference, now waiting to see consultant again as it has made no change.

I hate this constant throat and back of palate clearing, night time coughing, bad taste and smelly mouth. Have also noticed that I tend to get colds and coughs more frequently. My throat provides me with a pre warning to tell me that I am going to get a cold as when I wake up I have a severe ache in my throat and is very dry and by the next day have a fully blown cold. I still sleep with mouth open even though I make a conscious effort to close my mouth - habit for 25 years since I could not breath through nose, not sure how to break this habit as during the night nose starts feeling dry and makes it uncomfortable to breathe.

Waiting on next appointment and shall see what the next steps are.