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

I HAVE THE SAME THING!!!! I literally feel like its killing me. I know its been 2 years did you ever get any relief? I feel completely hopeless its been here for 2 years now and I cant even swallow my daily medications now! Have seen an ENT, a GI, my PCP, taken every allergy med and PPI and had every test known to man and NOTHING! I cant do this much longer.

Hello NurseandMom, I've had my post nasal drip for over 30 years and nothing has cured it as there isn't a cure as such. I also have periods where I am at the end of my tether and find it difficult to live with it., sleepless nights and on occasions vomiting because of the sensation in my throat. I've been under my ENT consultant for about 20 years and had surgery, allergy tests, nasal sprays, antihistamines, you name it I've tried it. The steroid nasal spray made it worse! So the ENT consultant has now taken me off antihistamines and the steroid nasal spray and perscribed a non-steroid nasal spray called Rinatec. This thickens up the mucus which in turn stops it from dripping down the back of the throat. Up to now I've had some relief, but my drip comes in phases, it will be bad for a few months then suddenly goes away for a few months, but never goes away permanently. The ENT guy said it is an allergy, but what he doesn't know. Its bad at night, so I sleep propped up on three pillows, sucking a peppermint. Chewing gum also helps. I've heard on the internet that there's a new procedure called Clarifix which is something to do with cauterising a nerve to stop it producing as much mucus, but I think its in its early stages and I've not heard what the results are. Don't despair, I know its terrible to live with, but you will find ways around it, like me, chewing gum, sucking sweets, using Rinatec and sleeping on 3 pillows! I've recently had an endoscope and amazingly my throat has not been damaged with all the coughing and throat clearing which is incredible. I do think though that the post nasal drip has caused me to have more chest infections lately, although my GP doesn't agree with me.

After 4 long years of suffering I finally think I know what cause the phlegm. My body was rejecting a medication for High Blood Pressure. Went to a Cardiologist and he change my medicine to something new. The symptoms has slowly cleared up. To think I suffered for 4 years is unimagineable.I tried to tell my PCP back then that I thought the prescription he gave my body was rejecting it. But he insisted that the medicine wouldn't cause such a reaction.

My doc took me off what we thought was causing it, a HBP med, but it didn't help.