a while back i had stuffy sinuses and a headache all the time. i went to the ent and he gave me some allergy meds, and i felt better. now i feel exactly the same. i'm going in for a sinus ct scan and my dr. said she thinks my sinuses might need to be drained. my symptoms are pressure in my temples, under my eyes, above my eyes. stuffy nose but it doesn't run. pains in my head. constant headache that won't go away. the sinuses in my face are swollen. has anyone ever had this, and what did you do? thanks.

Yes, I have it right now. In my case, it appears to be inflammed sinus tissue, but not an infection. Nevertheless, it makes me dizzy and gives me headaches. Basically a constant pressure feeling, like being in an airplane.

This symptom can also be caused by bacterial sinusitis (sinus infection), or even really bad allergies.

Go get a CT scan done, or have an endoscopy done. This should tell the doctors if you are suffering from an infection of some sort.

Try irrigating.

Are you still on the allergy meds and now you're not feeling any better or did you stop taking them...I can't tell from your post.

What medicines are you on now?

I've tried just about everything; Singulair (doesn't seem to do anything), Zyrtec (just makes me tired), and Claratin (nothing). Rhinocort did very little. Flonase irritated my nose.

I took some Alleve Sinus today, that helped a little bit.

The best course of action is irrigation using a machine, guaifensin, and Astelin nasal spray.

Hey there!

can I jump in and ask Chiggins how you deal with the dizziness and pressure all the time!? That's exactly how I feel! I've been to so many doctors about it and almost all of them wanted to diagnose me with anxiety, even though I had the dizziness pretty much all day every day (??). When they finally scanned my sinuses (due to my insistence that the pain was coming from that area the most) they found that I had severely allergic sinuses that were all inflamed (but not infected), Therefore the only thing I could do was go on a course of prednisone and antihistamines to relieve it. The prednisone was amazing but now they can't give me anymore and I don't do well on pseudoephedrine so I basically take Claratyne (that's what it's called in Australia) every day and have no idea whether it's making a difference or not. I guess as I live in Australia our medications may differ but can you suggest anything? I irrigate with salt water every night and use rhinocort which helps but nothing gets rid of the dizziness!!

My sinuses have caused me dizziness for years. When it first started
I went to many doctors who told me they doubted it was my sinuses making
me feel so dizzy. But I was sure it was because I was only dizzy when my
sinuses were irritated and sinus medicine relieved it. A ct scan found some
fluid on my sinuses and that was all. So for years I have just taken a sinus
pill whenever the dizziness starts. In July and August it gets pretty bad and
can be almost every day. Especially in high humidity. Very frustrating. I haven't found a great sinus pill yet and have tried just about all of them.

I was talking to a pharmacist last week and told her about the symptoms.
She was so happy and relieved I told her because she is experiencing exactly the same things and was about to have a scan too. I was also relieved to hear I wasn't alone. Then I found this message board and see there are others of us who get dizzy from sinus pressure. It helps to know you are not alone.

I just started getting dizzy from sinus problems.

I've had almost daily sinus headaches for years, but the dizziness is a new thing. Fortunately, I'm only dizzy when the congestion is really bad and not 24 hours per day.

I'm going to set up an appointment with an ENT as soon as my insurance changes over on September 1st.

I actually posted on here a little while ago about dizziness from sinuses. My ENT and OB, and family doc have all said that it is very unlikely unless my ears are involved. I don't get ear infections and have never noticed my ears bothering me when this does happen. I like other posters only get dizzy when my sinuses are really bad. And it happens even if I am sitting down. This makes me anxious because I begin to wonder if its something more serious causing this. But once I get my sinuses to drain the dizzy spells leave. I also don't get dizzy every time my head is congested. I have actually had sinus surgery.My ENT said I didn't have the disease that a lot have.He cleaned up my turbinate, and sinuses, and fixed a deviated septum. When I am not stuffed up I can breathe great through my nose, but I have headaches at least 20 days out of the month, and now its worse since I am pregnant. My ENT said to take mucinex to thin out secretions, so I have been taking mucinex D just one daily as needed. But it kinda sucks to have had surgery and have to still take something for the problem!!! I also sleep with a vaporizer and use saline nasal spray all day long. I never had these problems until I was 29-30 years old.

:rolleyes: I have severe dizziness in my frontal sinus area and eyes. When I breathe thru my nose, it sets off waves of weird pain from the bridge of my nose all the way back over my head and neck. I can't think, walk straight and can't drive. I live alone. Good thing I have MS too and don't work.

I can't take anything that constricts my blood vessels, and salt burns my sinuses big time. The ENT did a scan and I have a benign polyp that is not an emergency, and my ethnoid sinuses are really dense by nature. The width of my nose at its bridge is microscopic, so no wonder the air stays trapped up there. Some days I can't read or watch TV without the waves. Already took Cephalexin and Amoxycillin but they make me so tired I can't feed myself.

My neuro doesn't want the ENT to do the surgery while I'm so run down, but duh, vicious circle. What do I do?