Chronic Sneezing and Sinus Drainage

Hi everyone! I am new to this forum. I was diagnosed with Sjogren's 5 years ago. For those five years I have been taking Plaquenil and had been doing well although my rheumatologist had increased my dose to the maximum. In Dec. last year I had one of the longest and worst flares I have had so far and he changed my med to Methotrexate and stopped the Plaq. Now I have been on the Mtx for 3 months and my lab work came back better, but my sinuses and my eyes have gone crazy! The dr. put me back on 200 mg. Plaq. again, and I feel like there are little signs of progress--all except my sinuses. I wake up all hours of the night sneezing and sneeze all day sometimes. My eyes are dual waterfalls during the day and at night they are Sahara Deserts. I have an eye dr. appt. in 2 days, but he probably wont address the sinus issue. Ever since I was dx with this disease my nose has been drip, drip, drip and my skin, well, I could cry over how my skin feels. I have shaken hands with commercial fishermen whose hands were smoother and softer than mine. So, does anyone else sneeze like this? It feels like needles or crawly things inside my sinus and then it starts.

Thanks Chartreux. I know it will take time to sort this all out, but it's so miserable waiting for dr. visits, etc. It's very embarrassing to sneeze and sneeze and blow and blow, especially at meal times. Plus my whole face seems to feel itchy under the skin and all around my eyes. There is nothing else to do but live with it until I find an answer. Today I saw my eye dr. and next I will be seeing an ENT. Nothing is simple anymore. Thank you for taking the time to answer and the suggestions for hand skin repair. I will try them.

Have a great day.