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| Staring back from the abyss  |
When needed, it's the greatest invention ever made by mankind. Problem is, one squirt and I'm hooked on the shit for two weeks or better before I can kick it. I love/hate this stuff!  ________________________________________________________ "Great danger lies in the notion that we can reason with evil." Doug Patton. | ||
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Chilihead and Barbeque Aficionado |
That stuff is nasty! Look up the term “rebound effect.” _________________________ 2nd Amendment Defender The Second Amendment is not about hunting or sport shooting. | |||
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Drill Here, Drill Now |
I have to limit myself to 3 days or less so I don't get rebound. Ego is the anesthesia that deadens the pain of stupidity DISCLAIMER: These are the author's own personal views and do not represent the views of the author's employer. | |||
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This right here. Rebound congestion...the more you use it, the more congested you get. If you need to use it, limit yourself to 3 days. | |||
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I use to be he same way. Almost hooked on it when my nose plugged up. Then the bloody noses happen trying to off it when I dried up. Now I do not touch the stuff, I suffer and try not to use anything. | |||
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Delusions of Adequacy |
But it'll work when nothing else does. I have my own style of humor. I call it Snarkasm. | |||
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Membership has its privileges |
I got hooked probably 25 years ago. I had no idea that you could become addicted to Afrin. I just wanted to breathe. After about two weeks, someone said,"Have you read the directions and warnings"? Why no I have not. It took another two weeks to break the addiction. Again, I just wanted to breathe, and this stuff helped tremendously. Since then I have never used it for more than three days in a row. Niech Zyje P-220 Steve | |||
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| Do No Harm, Do Know Harm |
I try not to use it unless I absolutely have to--and then it really is the only thing that works. When that happens I try to live on sudafed during the day and take my squirts of afrin at bed time. Not sure if my theory is right, but I like to think I can avoid the rebound effect for longer doing it that way. But I prefer the threat of that to the sinus infection that would come if I didn't use it. Knowing what one is talking about is widely admired but not strictly required here. Although sometimes distracting, there is often a certain entertainment value to this easy standard. -JALLEN "All I need is a WAR ON DRUGS reference and I got myself a police thread BINGO." -jljones | |||
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Afrin scares me. If you spritz it into the air, the molecules are so long and complex they'll get caught in your teeth.  Set the controls for the heart of the Sun. | |||
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I had a friend who used to get hooked on afrin pretty regular, we would go on a 3 day fishing trip, steal all his afrin so by the end of the trip he was unhooked ! | |||
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| Ol' Jack always says... what the hell. |
I had no idea about this stuff until my ENT prescribed it after I had a septoplasty and sinus surgery. Had I known about this stuff prior to the surgery I probably would've been hooked too LOL I now use it on occasion but no more than 2 days in a row. | |||
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Try Nasacort AQ, I have always suffered from allergies, almost totally destroyed one sinus cavity and have a horribly deviated septum. Nasacort AQ works well and has very little rebound. Or, if you need to use Afrin to really unplug, use Nasacort when you are coming down off the Afrin to ease the rebound. | |||
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Mensch |
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Yidn, shreibt un fershreibt" "The Nazis entered this war under the rather childish delusion that they were going to bomb everyone else, and nobody was going to bomb them. At Rotterdam, London, Warsaw and half a hundred other places, they put their rather naive theory into operation. They sowed the wind, and now they are going to reap the whirlwind." -Bomber Harris | |||
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| Thank you Very little  |
Afrin is addictive, and the rebound is real, I've moved to Xicams pump products, the gel versions, I use less, generally only a squirt at bedtime when needed, but it doesn't give you the Afrin burn, or beat up your nostrils inside, for me, it works. https://www.zicam.com/our-prod...ongestion-relief.php | |||
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neighbor in Mesa , AZ swore up and down that his two bottle a week habit was not near addictive consumption Safety, Situational Awareness and proficiency. Neck Ties, Hats and ammo brass, Never ,ever touch'em w/o asking first | |||
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| Staring back from the abyss |
Two bottles a week? Pffft... Amateur.  ________________________________________________________ "Great danger lies in the notion that we can reason with evil." Doug Patton. | |||
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Truth Seeker |
Yeah the stuff works great, but you definitely do not want to use it more than 2-3 days. NRA Benefactor Life Member | |||
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אַרְיֵה |
Quote from somebody I know: "I'm not addicted. I can quit any time that I want to." הרחפת שלי מלאה בצלופחים | |||
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Jokes aside, what is the nature of Afrin addiction? It's literally been decades since I used it. It was extremely effective but in all seriousness, it did scare me. I don't know why but it just seemed too complex, it felt more bad for me than good. Do overusers get a high or what? There's withdrawal and how does that manifest itself? Set the controls for the heart of the Sun. | |||
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| Do No Harm, Do Know Harm |
Nothing like a high, it's a physical dependence (I guess that's what you'd call it). The body gets used to the Afrin until it requires Afrin to keep the vessels constricted. Then when you try to stop using it, your vessels swell and your nose/sinuses are horribly stopped up. Knowing what one is talking about is widely admired but not strictly required here. Although sometimes distracting, there is often a certain entertainment value to this easy standard. -JALLEN "All I need is a WAR ON DRUGS reference and I got myself a police thread BINGO." -jljones | |||
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