Allergies. What has worked for you guys?

[OVerLoRDI]

Allergies have turned me into a mouth breathing, sniffling, fool recently. My sinuses are basically just swollen shut constantly. I never had this bad of allergies my whole life until I moved to San Francisco and the last two years I have lived here it has only gotten worse. Ironically, super dry climates like LA and San Diego cause me no issues.

Loratadine tablets worked for a while, now I'm on to Cetirizine Hydrochloride tablets and those have stopped working these last few weeks.

Considering getting a HEPA air filter to help while I sleep, because I believe I'm allergic to old building mold (my allergies improve when I get to work and are at their worst when I'm trying to sleep). Already changed laundry detergents, removed my feather comforter and pillows and I'm still a mouth breather. Only thing that helps is an overdose of NyQuil.

Help.

 

[Kaido]

Local honey. Worked for me this year, but not my friend. Sometime to try, I guess.

 

[mple]

Have you tried an inhaled corticosteroid yet. Nasacort is now OTC if you don't want to see a PCP for the slightly more potent ones.

 

[highland145]

Local honey. Worked for me this year, but not my friend. Sometime to try, I guess.

I hear that you need honey harvested for the time of year that your allergies are bad. Spring = spring harvested honey. So you fall harvested honey might not do crap for spring allergies. YMMV.


Get rid of the carpet if you can. I'd walk into the bedroom with the old carpet and I'd have a reaction. Hardwood floors, no pets for me.

 

[Brovane]

I had really bad allergies. I went to allergist specialist and have been doing allergy shots for a over a new year now and my allergies are not nearly as bad now.

 

[jana519]

If your allergies aren't seasonal, it's probably the building. Get the HEPA air filter in that case. Make sure to keep the apartment well ventilated.

 

[Kaido]

I hear that you need honey harvested for the time of year that your allergies are bad. Spring = spring harvested honey. So you fall harvested honey might not do crap for spring allergies. YMMV.

It all sounds like baloney to me. However, this is also my first year with no seasonal allergies AND my first year regularly taking local honey, so...I dunno. Everything I've read scientifically says zero effect, but a bunch of my coworkers said to try it because it worked for them.

 

[highland145]

It all sounds like baloney to me. However, this is also my first year with no seasonal allergies AND my first year regularly taking local honey, so...I dunno. Everything I've read scientifically says zero effect, but a bunch of my coworkers said to try it because it worked for them.

Don't disagree considering the 1st section below. Maybe it's because of the 2nd.

Honey and Allergies

Some laboratory studies suggest honey has the potential to clear up stuffy noses and ease allergies triggered by pollen. But it's a bit of a stretch to apply that to patients, says New Jersey allergist Corinna Bowser, MD.
Bowser says she doesn't consider the studies on honey and congestion to be adequate, for a few reasons: most allergy sufferers are sensitive to wind-carried pollens like grass and ragweed -- the kind not carried by bees and transformed into honey.
"If you want to treat someone for common allergies, it's not commonly found in bee honey," Bowser says.
"Even if there are allergens in the honey, it wouldn't make a difference, because it gets broken down by stomach acids and doesn't trigger an immunological response," Bowser says. In contrast, "The pills we take for allergies are coated so they don't get broken down," she says.
Honey and the Common Cold

Maryland family doctor Ariane Cometa, MD, who describes herself as a holistic practitioner, likes to use a buckwheat honey-based syrup to ease early symptoms of a cold. She says it calms inflamed membranes and eases a cough -- the latter claim supported by a few studies.
In a study that involved 139 children, honey beat out dextromethorphan (a cough suppressant) and diphenhydramine (an antihistamine) in easing nighttime cough in children and improving their sleep.
Another study involving 105 children found that buckwheat honey trumped dextromethorphan in suppressing nighttime coughs.
"If you're suffering from a cold or something going on in the throat or upper airways, getting on board with honey syrup will help fight infection and soothe membranes," says Cometa, who also recommends a buckwheat honey-based allergy medicine.

 

[magomago]

If there is mold growing in the apartment, isn't it up to the land lord to clean that and ensure that there is no mold?

 

[smackababy]

I am pretty much 50/50 odds I have to take some Diphenhydramine when I wake up for the day. And this is year round. I've thought about trying some of the nasal sprays, but haven't really gotten around to it.

 

[iluvdeal]

It's not a cure all by itself, but using a neti pot has helped as part of the battle against allergies.

 

[AntonioHG]

It's not a cure all by itself, but using a neti pot has helped as part of the battle against allergies.

Just make sure that that water is pure so you don't get a brain eating amoeba in there. Cause allergies would be the least of your worries.

/worrywort

 

[Kyle]

My allergies have been bad this year for the first time in a few years- luckily Loratadine work pretty well for me.