How to get off nasal spray addiction

Posted By Tamra (Central Point, Oregon) on 11/13/2011

I was wondering if anyone has any ideas on how to get off a nasal spray addiction. I have been addicted for 15 plus years and I believe it is now affecting my smell and taste. I have tried going cold turkey, zyrtic, antihistimines and prescribed nasal sprays with no avail. As of now I am doing half saline an half spray mixture that I found on another site but it seems that I have to use it more often now so I don't think it's working. I have found a lot of great useful info from this site and hope someone out there can help me with this problem. thank you.
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Replied by Blanche (Iberia Parish, Louisiana) on 11/14/2011

I was once addicted to nasal sprays too. I had to have one in my purse, car, and just about every room in the house. What got me over the hump was that I only used it in one nostril at a time, letting the other one heal and just enough that I could breathe at night. Also made myself wait to take the dose until I couldn't stand it. Then after a couple of days, I switched to the other nostril. If I had known about neti pots in those days, I would probably have used that too.
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