Waking up with a blocked nose and headache every morning help!

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I don’t know if it’s because we have to keep the windows shut as we live on a road or because we live in an exceptionally dusty house but it’s driving me insane.

I was up at 5.30 this morning because I woke up with a blocked stuffy nose and couldn’t get back to sleep.

Has anyone else had this?

Hayfever? Allergies to something? Have you tried taking an antihistamine at night?
I wake up like that if I've forgotten my antihistamine, I have hayfever.

Do you really have to keep the windows shut at night? I'd wake up with a headache if I did that - our bedroom window is open all year round.

If the noise is a problem, ear plugs are an absolute lifesaver. I've slept 100% better since I started using them. Whereas before every little noise would wake me during the night.

@DaxtheDestroyer no I haven’t, I do have hayfever but thought because it’s night time and the windows are closed it couldn’t be that

@BlibBlabBlob yes unfortunately as we have a fun late night motorbike circuit 😐 god knows why they choose a residential road, and it remains busy overnight. I can’t wear earplugs as otherwise I don’t hear DS on the monitor sadly

I have this and it's because I grind my teeth.

Do you have a dust mite allergy? It's quite common and the symptoms are similar to hay fever.

I'm a year-round open window fan too. I can't bear sleeping in a hotel room when the window doesn't open. I put up with the noise for the fresh air.
Could you be allergic to your bedding? Dust mites, or feathers?

It could be dust, my house is the dustiest I
Have ever come across I don’t know why! No matter how many times I clean it, dust everywhere!
I do grind my teeth as well… I didn’t realise that could do it

I developed this out of nowhere. Eventually, and it took me ages to even consider it, I realized I had become allergic to feather pillows. A sad day but switching immediately resolved the issue.

I have this whenever I leave the heating on overnight by accident. During summer I’d guess you just need some ventilation.

Use a netipot at night before bed and clear out your sinuses. Drink plenty of water. Have an air purifier in your room and dust regularly.

And I would definitely try and have the window open. But I know the sound of the motorbikes would be awful.

Do you hang your bed sheets outside to dry?

I have hayfever and had to stop doing that because pollen gets on the pillowcases and then my face goes on the pillowcases... it doesnt end well.

Hay fever.

If your symptoms are throughout the whole year, it's likely house dust mite allergy (Google search the exhaustive solutions for this, but key is regular - weekly - washing of bedding at 60 degrees Celsius, using anti-noise dust mite bedding covers (pillow, mattress, and duvet)). If they're only during the pollen season it's likely hay fever.
To confirm/discount, have a RAST blood test and then have skin prick testing if RAST positive.

I have hay fever and the season is long due to different types of pollen. I have to take an antihistamine at night especially when sleeping with windows open and symptoms are as you described.

what kind of bedding do you have?
and when have you last washed the duvet and pillow?
how often do you hoover the bedroom?

I have a dust mite allergy and cannot sleep in feather/down or wool for that reason. if I do I wake up with a puffy face and snot nose.
I wash pillow and duvet once or twice a year.

Could you try an air purifier?

I also think allergies. I have a dust allergy so need to registry move furniture to dust under it or I feel like you do. I would wash your duvet and if possible buy bed pillows. Purchase zipper pillow protectors meaning that they can be regularly washed