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I dread this time of year. This is the time of year when sinus pain and pressure rear their ugly heads and start to make me feel like my head might explode! Sinus congestion is no fun, and it seems to want to hang around in the fall and winter months.
It can make an otherwise normal day seem like a draining life experience. Phone calls seem amplified to where it’s painful to listen to the caller on the other end. Leaning over to pick something up can result in a tiny drip drop of snot at the most inconvenient time. Instead of laughing and smiling, it can make me wince in pain and scowl all day. Ugh!!
What does congestion feel like for me?
There’s the sinus headache:
The squeezing nasal pressure and sinus pain, combined with a leaky faucet nose:
Don’t forget the intense head pressure, which can lead to earaches:
Sweet Relief
When the going gets tough, I tend to reach for SUDAFED® to find relief. What does relief feel like? Like the heavens have opened up! You can almost hear the angels singing. Ha! Really, though, relief feels great. It makes me feel normal again.
I can laugh, and play, and talk, and experience my normal every day without the uncomfortable or painful feelings. If you’ve tried SUDAFED® for relief from sinus pain, I’m sure you know how welcome normal is.
Win $25 to stock up on SUDAFED®
One lucky JennsRAQ reader is going to win a $25 gift card (one of those that can be used just like a credit card) to spend as you please. I highly recommend using it to stock up on some SUDAFED® so you’ll be ready when sinus pressure hits!
Good luck to you, and I can’t wait to hear what you come up with!
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i watched jessicas video and i get bad sinus in the back of my head
I watched Lorenzo , I have been dealing with sinus pain for a few years and it’s awful.
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I watched Jessica’s video. For me, sinus pain is like a big clamp around my head.
I watched Jessica’s video. Sinus pressure of me feels like my head is going to explode.
I watched Jessica tell her story and my sinus pain is usually only on one side of my face and it makes my jaw and eye hurt so much it’s like I’m in a vice!
I watched the first video. My sinus issues cause me to get extreme pressure on either side of my nose near the apples of my cheeks, horrible!
I watched Jessica’s video. I feel like my head has an ice pick being driven into it!
I watched Jessica’s story and mine feels like a clogged sink.
I watched Jessica’s video. When I’ve had sinus pressure, it feels like my head is in a vice grip!
I watched the first video. Sinus pressure and pain is the worst! I’ve found the only thing that helps is to dose up and try to sleep it off!
Sinus pressure equals major headache for me!
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I watched Jessica’s video. My sinus headaches feel like my head is being squeezed by a vise.
I watched both videos and I feel more like Lorenzo described. Crushing, plus suffocation. Yup, I hate being sick.
I watched Jessica’s Video. Sinus pain for me is the worse pain, it shuts me down, and I deal with chronic pain daily, but sinus pain, UGH!
I watched Jessica’s video! So true…feels like you are under water in the deep end of the pool! My ears always hurt too!
I watched Jessica’s video. For me sinus pressure feels like someone punched me in my face
I have awful sinus pain and pressure during the spring and fall, as the seasons change. It hurts to open my eyes at times.
I watched Jessica’s video.
I watched Lorenzo’s video. My sinus pain feels like a mass of cotton trying to push itelf out of my head.
I watched Jessica’s video. Sinus pain feels like I’m wearing a clothespin on the bridge of my nose.
I watched Jessica’s video. I hate sinus pain! The pressure builds up in my head and feels like someone is squeezing it!
I watched Jessica’s video. I agree with her that it’s like being underwater at 1,000 feet and all that pressure builds up.
Thanks for the contest.
I watched Lorezno’s video. Every fall and spring my sinuses cause me so much trouble. I get horrible headaches and facial pain.
My sinus pain is like Jessica’s in the video. It’s like I’m underwater it’s heard to breathe!
I WATCHED JESSICA’S VIDEO AND SINUS PAIN FEELS LIKE A HAMMER TO MY HEAD.
I watched Jessicas video, and sinus pain feels real stuffy to me.
I watched Jessica’s video and my sinus pressure can feel similar to flying an airplane, the pressure you feel on your ears
I watched Jessica’s story. For me sinus pressure is like someone keeps inflating my head until it feels like its going to burst!
Jessica, it feels like she’s under water and unable to breathe. Mine’s feel like a ton of bricks on my head
jessica’s video – i get pain and pressure in my forehead
I watched Jessica explain her sinus pain is like being underwater. I feel like my head is like an overinflated balloon that I can’t pop.
I watched the video, and I see that everyone has the same problem as me pain and pressure.
I watched Lorenzo’s video sinus pain makes my head feel heavy.
I am right there with you about this time of year. Sudafed has always been able to work it’s magic with me. Thanks for the tips.
Your photographs say a lot. The head tension, leaky nose, and other symptoms sound like more than enough reasons to get the proper solution in place.