You have my sympathy!!! I seem to have caught one after the other this winter (Thank God it is spring here now!)
I can't take cold medications either, only advice I can offer is try adding some Vicks to boiling water & see if the steam clears your sinuses a bit?
Hope you get some relief soon :)

Why shouldn't people with Fibro take OTC cold remedies?

I take Guifenisen...which is a cough/ mucus expectorant, yet I take it for Fibro....it helps with my fatigue.

I'm sorry hun your sick.....it just seems to get more and more nasty as we get each cold. I hope you feel better soon!

I take benadryl dye free It is for allergies but it helps with colds. I also take Guaifenesin an expectorant it loosens up the crap in the chest and also thins the mucus in the sinus and throat. I also take phenylephrine a decongestant. None of these have bothered my fibro. I buy each one seperate and only use the ones for the symptons I am having. I also wait an hour between meds example I take a decongestant at 1 at 2 I take the guaifenesin. I don't know if this makes any difference but it doesn't bother my fibro.

Everyone is different so I don't know.

Hope you feel better.

Hugs and Prayers

Oh man I feel for you. On Monday I had the worst sinus pain. My head/face felt like it was gonna explode and it felt like every tooth in my mouth was aching. I just took Tylenol PM along with my regular melatonin, 5HTP and Lyrica at bedtime and when I woke up the next morning my headache was gone.

If you are having headaches one thing that seems to help for me is soaking in a tub of hot water with my head underneath the water.

Also, my MIL is real big into supplements and she told me that Eyebright helps with sinuses so I got some and my sinuses seemed to have cleared up for the most part. If you decide to get some eyebright I would recommend the pills. They have drops that you mix with water but I have a really weak stomach and the awful taste made me vomit. I was able to take the pills much easier.

I hope you get to feeling better!

I just thought of a couple more things. If your stomach can tolerate it and you're not taking it already is take Vitamin C. Also, there is Zicam that you can get and use and it's supposed to shorten the duration of a cold.

I want to thank you ALL for your wonderful suggestions. I am grateful that you took the time out to help me.

Last nite I rubbed Bengay (the smelly one) on my chest. It helped the chest muscle pain from coughing and opened up my sinuses....Just a note: Don't put this on your nose if it's raw from blowing......ouch!!! LOL

Thanks Again, Debbie

I'm off today (and was off yesterday) for a cold/flu thingy. Son had it all week and was coughing on me and my computer! grrr. He's better so now I know he passed it on to me! LOL

Today, I took liquid vitamin B, D, calcium, magnesium with a dissolvable vitamin C thing (and water) It was disgusting! ugh along with 5-HTP, milk thistle, thyrosense, fish oil and white oak. I'm ready to go back to bed and get some more rest.

I had some cinnamon toast and an orange for breakfast. Cinnamon is supposed to be good for you.

I never heard that you should not take over the counter cold meds if you have fibro!

You can take Echinacea. You can find it in the vitamin aisle at your local drug store or walmart. It doesn't treat the symptoms, but it shortens the length of a cold. If you start taking it when you first feel a cold coming on, it will shorten the life of the cold.. It works on me.

OOPS, i just read the end of your post saying you cannot take Echinacea. SORRY..I should have read the entire post first!!! I skim due to eye pain and brain fog...