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Suggest Treatment For Blocked Nose And Post Nasal Drip

I feel sleep deprived all day even after sleeping for eight hours. I am not obese, age 29, height 5 10 , weight 150 pounds, South Asian male. I do not smoke and drink. I was told that I have mild sleep apnea, for which I tried CPAP and it did not help. I consulted several doctors and I do not see any improvement. I had several basic tests done and doctors found all are normal. Finally I do not know if my issue is related to a mental condition like Insomnia or due to physical condition that’s causing breathing difficulties. Following are my symptoms. 1.     Feel sleep deprived and tired all day long. I also feel hunger frequently than a normal person. 2.     I wake up 1 to 2 times in the night for urination or stool (I feel in my sleep I am putting more pressure on some parts of my body unintentionally due to insufficient oxygen, which in turn causing this). Once I wake up in night, sometimes I do not sleep immediately, I feel like not getting enough oxygen. 3.     I observe one of my nostrils blocked when I wake up in middle or in morning. ENT doctor observed that I have septum deviation, had Septoplasty, even after Septoplasty, my condition not improved. 4.     In nights I get mucus in throat and I found this is called Postnasal drip. 5.     I do not get cough and headaches. 6.     Lot of times before sleep I feel pressure around throat and it gets relived after multiple burps. 7.     I get dreams all my sleep and I am not sure if dreams are affecting quality of my sleep. 8.     One doctor thought it might be because I have depression and prescribed some anti-depression medications, with which I observed side effects and I stopped taking them. 9.     I got my lungs checked by a pulmonologist and found lungs normal, but doctor told I have VCD and asked me to try a breathing exercise. 10.     Have low vitamin D ( I found this is very common for many people) 11.     Having no known allergies, but allergist thinks I may have non-allergic rhinitis. 12.     ENT doctor checked my throat and found that there are signs of GERD, but I do not have heartburn. 13.     I had sleep test done, sleep doctor told I have mild sleep apnea, I tried CPAP for 6 months, but I did not see any improvement. Based on above symptoms, please suggest what I need to do and which specialist I need to consult.
Thu, 11 Sep 2014
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ENT Specialist 's  Response
hello, thanks for your query, ent/ chest physician/ psychiatrist/ consultations revealed you have mild sleep apnea, post nasal drip( chronic sinusitis), gastric reflux. only suggestion from my side is waight reduction- it can clear your sleep apnea, gastric reflux, basic exercizes relives and drain your sinuses and clears your post nasal drip. finally you will get good sleep. mean time you can do steam inhalation. hope I have answerd your query. all the best. take care.
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Suggest Treatment For Blocked Nose And Post Nasal Drip

hello, thanks for your query, ent/ chest physician/ psychiatrist/ consultations revealed you have mild sleep apnea, post nasal drip( chronic sinusitis), gastric reflux. only suggestion from my side is waight reduction- it can clear your sleep apnea, gastric reflux, basic exercizes relives and drain your sinuses and clears your post nasal drip. finally you will get good sleep. mean time you can do steam inhalation. hope I have answerd your query. all the best. take care.