Yes. People with anxiety are sooo intuned to every bodily sensation. Accept that and tell yourself it is only that. Tell yourself yea I am anxious with this sinus problem but it is no big deal. I will take care of myself/ Take a hot shower. Put warm compresses on. Vicks to the forehead. A menthol cough drop, Eat spicy food. Instead of worrying about, take care of it. Be proactive.

I do the same thing. Any pain I start having or a simple cold makes my anxiety spike, because all my rational of thinking it's just simply that goes out the window. I always think it might be something worse. Just try to stay calm and you'll be able to get better sooner.

I started paxel a month ago, and it said I cannot take sinus meds. I feel my sinus's are worse now too, and I too freak when I have a headache, and catasrophize things too. My therapist said instead to think, oh, the paxil is making my sinus's bad, not my old thinking, Oh, I'm having a anourism cuz I have a headache. I'm trying this thinking, and it has helped....sorry bout the spelling on this, there's no spell check!

I have chronic sinus problems and I think that is why I started having panic attacks in the first place. That feeling of being lightheaded and dizzy. It is such a trigger for me. Also, sinus problems can last a long time and that can be an anxiety trigger too. My pdoc says there is a big link between the two because a lot of the symptoms are similar and/or are triggers for people. Especially the dizziness. I understand completely!

Thank you all! I get these headaches on and off...and when I tell you I freaked out today...i REALLY freaked out. I was so close to taking my butt to the emergency room! I try to tell myself that it will all be ok!

About 2 weeks ago I started to feel funny, like you do when you start to have an anxiety attack. I immediately called my doctor to tell him that my medication was not working anymore. The next day I woke up feeling awful physically, heavy head, congestion, dizziness, some confusion. I went to my pc and she said I had a bad sinus infection. I was relieved! I thought I was gong to have to change my medication yet again! My psychiatrist told me that a sinus infection can mimic the beginning stages of an anxiety attack. After about 3 days on antibiotics, I was feeling better. I still can't hear out of one ear, but at least I didn't have an anxiety attack. Hope that helps! Love and peace...

For me, i think it is like tiny nerve impulses in the brain, that create a sensitive read, so i slow down and then i become my genius self again..how do i do it...its amazing!!!!

Auggh you guys! I am feeling so miserable...now I am nauseated!

Interesting thread.

I started having sinus headaches with nausea last January. (2010) I eventually wound up seeking medical help, and a doctor put me on a cocktail of meds (Singular/Steroid nose spray.) The first night I took them, I had my first panic attack in my life. (41 years at the time.) Since that night, I've struggled with anxiety. I never had it prior.

I do notice that when my sinus headache comes on, it seems to come with increased anxiety, no matter how hard I try to accept it. I'm convinced that this is an allergy of some sort, because allergies can make your body sort of speed up.

That said, I do find that if I relax into the symptoms... I recover much more quickly.

In fact, I had it happen today. Felt fine most of the afternoon, then a pain started in my upper nose.... and I knew what was coming. Quickly, the pain spread to my head... then the mild nausea and slightly increased anxiety came along for the ride.

It's been a year, and I've yet to be able to figure out what is causing this. I've had CAT scans, (some) allergy testing, tried cutting out Gluten, changed my diet, you name it. It happens mostly at work, but can happen at home, too. I'm at a loss... and still searching.

In any case, I definitely feel like there's a correlation between the two... even though my true anxiety disorder did start as the result of a drug reaction.

The biggest problem is when the sinus infection affects your ear because that is where your sense of balance comes from.

It always makes us a feel a little "off" when that happens, which leads us to analyze why we feel that way and then the anxiety starts.

I agree with shemp about the spicy food. Get a good bucket of hot wings! All that crap will be running out of your nose in no time! lol

Ive got sinusitus at the moment and my anxiety is through the roof :O( i dont like it and its scaring me i gettin dizzy and evetything seems loud :o/

Im suffering with sinusistus at the moment and am on anti biotics for it but my anxiety is through the roof - im sure its related :o/

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I too have the sinus and anxiety. I posted similiar discussion a few days ago and the response, much like here, was similiar. I think maybe we need to start a discussion group - Sunus/Anxiety/Panic as we all seem to have this in common. Hope everyome feels better today!

i frequently get congestion and sinus problems and get that dizzy fuzzy feeling and my first thought, especially when I'm doing something like driving, is that I feel dizzy because I am passing out or can't breathe and that gives me a lot of anxiety. It sucks but try keeping a decongestant with you like sudafed. That seems to relieve me of the floating head feeling.