dizzy,panicky from rhinocort nasal spray?

hollister · 06-07-2006, 09:24 PM

Does anyone use Rhinocort (a perscription nasal spray) for seasonal allergies? When i first used it i felt dizzy for a little while and kind of panicky. It went away after 20 minutes, what was that all about?

Titchou · 06-08-2006, 08:37 AM

Possibly from the leaning over to use it? You do lean over, don't you? That keeps it from running back down your throat.

sammi2 · 06-08-2006, 08:47 AM

Does it have steroids in it or epinephrine? Either could make you dizzy. I can't use nasal sprays I always get dizzy & have fainted. I only use salt & soda.

Yikes777 · 06-08-2006, 10:13 AM

I have felt similar from some of the sprays. One theory is that the medicine is changing the way your sinuses act, so you will have changes in the pressure in them as well as the pressure they cause in your inner ear. The panicy feeling is probably caused by the dizziness.

I suffered from vertigo, which was blieved to have been caused by this sinus issue (allergies?). My sinuses and ears are bothering me quite a bit the past few weeks and the vertigo is back, but not as bad as in the past.. Anyway, last year I went to a Neurologist in Chicago who specialises in vertigo and since I had also developed anxiety he told me that the panicky feeling I had was caused by the dizziness. It's not normal for us to feel off balance and the result is anxiety.

Good luck!

Jack

laurie16637 · 08-09-2006, 08:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Yikes777

I have felt similar from some of the sprays. One theory is that the medicine is changing the way your sinuses act, so you will have changes in the pressure in them as well as the pressure they cause in your inner ear. The panicy feeling is probably caused by the dizziness.

I suffered from vertigo, which was blieved to have been caused by this sinus issue (allergies?). My sinuses and ears are bothering me quite a bit the past few weeks and the vertigo is back, but not as bad as in the past.. Anyway, last year I went to a Neurologist in Chicago who specialises in vertigo and since I had also developed anxiety he told me that the panicky feeling I had was caused by the dizziness. It's not normal for us to feel off balance and the result is anxiety.

Good luck!

Jack

i was wondering are your ears clogged when the vertigo occurs i have clogged ears and have been suffering from anxiety and just pace the floors and cant lay down and makes me feel like i am going crazy