this allergy season particularly bad for anyone else?
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this allergy season particularly bad for anyone else?
i usually have pretty bad allergies, but a zyrtec in the morning usually gets me through the day without a problem.
for example, today: all day out in the world, no problem. then i go for two laps around central park on my bike, and my head & eyes felt like they were going to explode. i had to stop twice for tissues, and when i got home my eyes were on fire.
anyone else feeling like this? tips on how to cope?
for example, today: all day out in the world, no problem. then i go for two laps around central park on my bike, and my head & eyes felt like they were going to explode. i had to stop twice for tissues, and when i got home my eyes were on fire.
anyone else feeling like this? tips on how to cope?
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i usually have pretty bad allergies, but a zyrtec in the morning usually gets me through the day without a problem.
for example, today: all day out in the world, no problem. then i go for two laps around central park on my bike, and my head & eyes felt like they were going to explode. i had to stop twice for tissues, and when i got home my eyes were on fire.
anyone else feeling like this? tips on how to cope?
for example, today: all day out in the world, no problem. then i go for two laps around central park on my bike, and my head & eyes felt like they were going to explode. i had to stop twice for tissues, and when i got home my eyes were on fire.
anyone else feeling like this? tips on how to cope?
The "normal" decongestants don't do anything for me. I pretty much live on Claritin-D (ranitidine/pseudoephedrine) from March through June.
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Yesterday when the wife and I went for a ride, there was so much cotton wood fluff floating around it was like it was snowing. By the time I got home, my eyes were burning and the nose was running. I use the plain Claritin since I can't use the Decongestant due to my eyes. It is exceptionally bad for me this year, as I stopped smoking a year ago April.
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Well this is interesting because I've never been bothered by allergies and wow, the Wednesday before the Labor Day weekend, I noticed that my throat was getting scratchy when I got near my cat. I didn't pay attention to it and then I got really sick. I was counting on having a really fun holiday weekend, but instead I was on the sofa tending to my head, eyes and nose. I've been taking zyrtec every day and it has worked, but I still have the sniffles.
I notice when I take in a lot of dairy that it gets worse. I'm hoping to make a trip to a vitamin shop this coming weekend and maybe I can find something that'll work better than the zrytec.
I notice when I take in a lot of dairy that it gets worse. I'm hoping to make a trip to a vitamin shop this coming weekend and maybe I can find something that'll work better than the zrytec.
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yeah, this season is affecting me a little bit more than others, and I know others who are feeling the same way. Singulair usually works, but i find myself having to use benedryl on top of it too.
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I take the occasional loratadine tab for high-pollen days in Indiana.
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Yes. I've been on allergy shots for years, and it's done a lot to deaden the springtime red eye, asthma, sneezing, coughing, dizziness, and nausea - and I still feel like crap.
I'm debating whether to go for a Darth Vader style respirator or move to some sun-blasted desert.
Forget the vitamins - they're placebos.
Fexofenadine (allegra) is terrific stuff. It's perscription-only, but you can get it cheaply as a generic.
I'm debating whether to go for a Darth Vader style respirator or move to some sun-blasted desert.
Fexofenadine (allegra) is terrific stuff. It's perscription-only, but you can get it cheaply as a generic.
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I developed hay fever later in life - around age 40 and had a helluva time each early spring until I consulted my doctor. I now take loratadine tabs and two different nasal sprays (much to my surprise, the names escape me now). It bothers me to be taking so much medication for 3 months out of the year, but it beats the hell out of having a running faucet in my head.
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i don't want to jinx myself, but this is the first time in years, i've had none of the usual allergy symptoms yet.
normally i've been all over itchy & sneezing + running nose for the next 6 months...
it used to start late march all the way to late fall (november-ish)
normally i've been all over itchy & sneezing + running nose for the next 6 months...
it used to start late march all the way to late fall (november-ish)
i usually have pretty bad allergies, but a zyrtec in the morning usually gets me through the day without a problem.
for example, today: all day out in the world, no problem. then i go for two laps around central park on my bike, and my head & eyes felt like they were going to explode. i had to stop twice for tissues, and when i got home my eyes were on fire.
anyone else feeling like this? tips on how to cope?
for example, today: all day out in the world, no problem. then i go for two laps around central park on my bike, and my head & eyes felt like they were going to explode. i had to stop twice for tissues, and when i got home my eyes were on fire.
anyone else feeling like this? tips on how to cope?
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It is bad this year. I don't have asthma but I have been finding myself having asthma symptoms after my rides, where I can't seem to get a deep enough breath in and I feel sort of like I am suffocating I have also had nights where I feel like that, too, usually when the windows are open. i know it is allergy induced because I feel the same exact way after I am around rodents, too (I'm a vet tech) and I know I am extremely allergic to them.
I take a Zyrtec and within the hour I am feeling better.
I take a Zyrtec and within the hour I am feeling better.
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I have struggled with this most of my life and it seems that this year and last were the worst. I can't use zyrtec as it makes me sleepy for days, so I have been combining claritin with something else at night. So far so good, I can at least cope.
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Actually, my allergies have gotten a little better each year since I started drinking Smart Water exclusively. It is free of mold spores, which were keeping everything activated, all the time. Pollen season just pushed it all over the top. bk
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When I was a kid I used to have to get shots, but then I "grew out of them" as my doctor at the time put it. For some reason last fall, nearly 25 years later, they came back with a vengeance and now I take an Allegra everyday, but by 3-4pm I am back to sneezing and sometimes have to take a benedryl or something similar.