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Hey you snot nosed nerds....

rudeguy

rudeguy

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Anyone else have allergies that are going nuts?

I'm going through the full blown, head pounding, eyes crusting, no energy allergy fits. Even overdosing on Zyrtec D isn't helping right now. I might have to add Dayquil to the mix, though I doubt I would be able to stay awake long enough to know if it worked.

Any other snot nosed nerds having allergy fun?
 
Netti Pot. For reals. I moved to one of the worst allergy areas in the country (Central Kentucky) and it's been a lifesaver for me.
 
I was sick through Friday night with a pretty bad cold, only symptoms were fever and body aches.

The rest of the weekend my head and sinuses were congested from allergies. Now, it's just a scratchy throat with some congestion. I haven't taken any allergy medicine yet this season, but I've still got some Allegra-D.

I would recommend trying Allegra-D, if you haven't. It's the only thing that works for me. Consistently, at least.

Also, I've used Simply Saline (or some other similar product/method) a couple of times over the week. You could try that if it gets bad.
 
I would think about trying different combinations of Gen1/Gen2 antihistamines and avoid "overdosing" on anything that has pseudoephedrine in it, such as what you are taking.

Benadryl and other Gen1 antihistamines will initially cause drowsiness, but the tolerance to such effects build very rapidly.
 
Cetirizine (Zyrtec) + Visine during the day, plus some generic Sam's Club allergy pills

Diphenhydramine (Benadryl) at night

Backup Albuterol inhaler for my asthma if it starts to kick up during the day (but it helps in general if my airways start to block up from mucous)
 
OCGuy said:
I would think about trying different combinations of Gen1/Gen2 antihistamines and avoid "overdosing" on anything that has pseudoephedrine in it, such as what you are taking.

Benadryl and other Gen1 antihistamines will initially cause drowsiness, but the tolerance to such effects build very rapidly.
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That is my problem. I have had bad allergies all my life and have taken every cold/allergy medicine you can think of. I've built up a pretty good tolerance to most meds. Benny used to do wonders, now it doesn't do anything. Pseudo is the only thing that actually works and Zyrtec D is the only thing that doesn't make me sleepy. Well...more sleepy.

I used to take Tussen and that would help a ton. But now I can't find the stuff that works without alcohol in it.
 
hasn't been too bad lately. knock on wood...

one year i took several days off work because it was so bad, could barely breathe or function.
 
Up till age 28~ I didn't even know what allergies were, every year since has gotten worse and worse. Now some days it feels like my eyes are on fire. Aging sucks.
 
I had bad allergies for years that even nasal spray wouldn't help. It would knock me out of work several times a year. So I finally went last year to see a allergy specialist. I took the allergy skin test and they where able to identify what my major allergies are. I then started a series of shots and now I go once a month and get 4 shots. I have been on them for a little over a year and so far it has been great. I still do get some allergies but not nearly as bad and it never gets close to the point where I have to stay home from work.
 
Loratadine (Claritin) every night before bed, Ketotifen ("Zaditor" or "Alaway") eyedrops at night and when I wake up, plus Cromolyn Sodium ("NasalCrom") spray as needed (roughly every 4 hours). Manages things extremely well for me.

The nasal spray takes a few days to reach peak effectiveness, but can be used indefinitely without side-effects (as opposed to many other nasal sprays that should not be used for more than three days in a row) and is basically epically safe (you'd have to drink several hundred bottles of it at once to have any problems).

Cromolyn sodium is a really popular anti-allergen outside of the US, but for some reason not a lot of people in the US seem to know about it. It's also widely used in eyedrops around the world and was used in the US for eyedrops before being supplanted by Ketotifen. Either way, it's stunningly effective once you've been on it for a few days.

ZV
 
Zenmervolt said:
Loratadine (Claritin) every night before bed, Ketotifen ("Zaditor" or "Alaway") eyedrops at night and when I wake up, plus Cromolyn Sodium ("NasalCrom") spray as needed (roughly every 4 hours). Manages things extremely well for me.

The nasal spray takes a few days to reach peak effectiveness, but can be used indefinitely without side-effects (as opposed to many other nasal sprays that should not be used for more than three days in a row) and is basically epically safe (you'd have to drink several hundred bottles of it at once to have any problems).

Cromolyn sodium is a really popular anti-allergen outside of the US, but for some reason not a lot of people in the US seem to know about it. It's also widely used in eyedrops around the world and was used in the US for eyedrops before being supplanted by Ketotifen. Either way, it's stunningly effective once you've been on it for a few days.

ZV
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I second Claritin. Very cheap and effective.

For nasal sprays, I use Nasonex. Requires a prescription and is relatively expensive, but that stuff works miracles.
 
How is your diet? Are you eating daily helpings of vegetables? Steam or hopefully raw? I find that a diet of raw vegetables (broccoli) has helped my allergies and sinusitis very much.
 
My housemate has pretty bad seasonal allergies.

They survive on a combination of Zyrtec, Sudafed, coffee, exercise, and neti pots. And breathing the filtered air from the A/C unit instead of open windows. (Hooray for 3M!!!)

We got a Roomba to try and keep the dust and cat hair out of the carpets, too.

I more or less grew out of that stuff in my late teens / early twenties. I don't remember it being a lot of fun. Of course, if it had been that bad to begin with, the desensitization process for my cat allergy probably wouldn't have been "1) get a cat. 2) inhale."
 
I thought I had outgrown mine until I was at my mom's house the other weekend. Luckily they haven't been bothering me at home.

However, mine have never been that bad.
 
Bill Brasky said:
I second Claritin. Very cheap and effective.

For nasal sprays, I use Nasonex. Requires a prescription and is relatively expensive, but that stuff works miracles.
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Claritin messes with me. I don't know what it is, but my brain does not like that stuff. If I take it during the day, I am dead dog tired. Like literally dragging the whole day. If I take it at night, I can barely sleep and have really messed up weird dreams.
 
I used to get allergies really bad for month and months and months on end. As an adult it then lasted about 2 months a year and was horrible where I didn't want to leave the house.

Now it barely bothers me. I use a hepa filter while in the house and leave it on all the time. Those work amazing. But I'm also eating better now and by also raising my body PH I think it made a huge difference. When your body is acidic your whole system goes to hell. Plus I don't get acne anymore when I raised my PH. (simply drinking water with lemon squeezed in for every drink is enough, and/or tiny bit of baking soda).

I can actually go outside and do things now. And aren't a total mess. Just a few minutes here and there I'll get an attack but then it goes away.
 
Allergy meds are utterly useless for me. Neti pots 'work' in that they clean out my sinuses, but it only seems to aggravate allergies. I've always hypothesized that clearing all the crap out merely serves to expose more mucus membrane and increase the sensitivity to allergens. Like poking a big mucus bear with a saltwater stick.

Luckily, I only have minor issues when I do nothing. Some sneezing, occasional runny nose.

Only thing that really suck is if I try to do heavy exercising outdoors. I can't run...when I get back inside after a simple 30 minute jog, I get all kinds of weird numbness and tingling that I can feel from, like, between my eyes down into my front teeth. Really weird. And there is about 2-3 hours of runny nose and sneezing.
 
nickbits said:
I thought I had outgrown mine until I was at my mom's house the other weekend. Luckily they haven't been bothering me at home.

However, mine have never been that bad.
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Is your mom old enough that she's starting to "miss" housekeeping things?

My grandparents probably should have replaced their wall-to-wall carpeting a decade ago. You can definitely smell if when you walk into the house. But they probably don't notice it anymore. Don't tell them I said that.
 
Surprisingly I haven't been having allergy symptoms lately.

(knock on wood)

When I do though, I have to use the prescription eye drops/nasal sprays. None of the OTC meds (oral, drops, sprays) work anymore. :\
 
Bill Brasky said:
I second Claritin. Very cheap and effective.

For nasal sprays, I use Nasonex. Requires a prescription and is relatively expensive, but that stuff works miracles.
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I used a steroid nasal spray like Nasonex when I was a kid ("Beconase AQ") but I've had better luck with the NasalCrom.

For whatever reason, my body reacts really, really well to mast cell stabilizers like Cromolyn and Ketotifen so I've stuck with them.

ZV
 
Bill Brasky said:
I second Claritin. Very cheap and effective.

For nasal sprays, I use Nasonex. Requires a prescription and is relatively expensive, but that stuff works miracles.
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Yeah, Nasonex is fantastic. Muscinex is great too, but it's expensive. I've been pretty fortunate in that as I've lost weight, my sinuses seem to be doing much better.

I feel your pain though, OP.
 
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