Allergies.. just shoot me!

[Firefyter-Emt]

Good Grief!! I am soooo misreable here. I have flu like symptomes, sore throat, sinus pain & blockage, ear blockage, achy cough, runny nose, itchy eyes, very tired(according to my dear loving wife, a mite bit grumpy, well in more or less those words) I know I have at least 2-4 weeks of this to go. I just got some Clarinex and Prednosone to try to give it a kick in the pants..

Ok, That is my rant for this evening.. Just thought I would stop in a say Hi!

[B-flat]

Been there, done that recently with two round of antibiotics.  The first round of 10 days did not get the bugs.  The 2nd seems to have gotten me almost cured.  I know the miserable feeling and the sore, sore throat.  It does take a while to get to feeling better and meanwhile, you just don't feel like doing anything.  Take care of it or the ear stuff can lead to very bad dizziness.

[birol]

I always thought I had mild to medium allergies, sneezing a lot, runny eyes, runny nose, years and years. After starting to take the the BP medicine all the symptomps disappearead, and I said that is weird ......but it is true .....


I hope your symptomps are under control FF-EMT .... it always made me miserable every fall and every spring ...

[angelsmom10]

Think of how I feel, I have year round allergies both indoor and outdoor.  DD was suffering about 2 weeks ago and I just said welcome to the world of allergies.
 
I do feel sorry for those who suffer.  

[B-flat]

I have learned to eliminate certain things:  no air fresheners in the house, no being around smokers, stay indoors when the oak trees are blooming, stay away from moldy and mildewed stuff, avoid folks wearing heavy frangrances.  It's impossible to avoid everything but when your body is worn down by constant exposure to stuff then it's likely you will suffer from infections.  Running an air filter in the bedroom helps a lot and you can have the cleanest house in the world (which helps to a degree) but it still doesn't stop all allergins.  I highly recommend NasalCrom during the allergy season as it block the allergins coming into your system through your nose. (As with anything, check with your Dr. first.)

[Civil_War_Buff]

I highly recommend NasalCrom during the allergy season as it block the allergins coming into your system through your nose. (As with anything, check with your Dr. first.)

I used Nasal Crom this year (my first really bad allergy year), and it does help A LOT!! I finally had to break down and talk to my Physician though, he gave me a script for Flonase and after a little over a week I feel a lot better.  I mean a LOT better!!

Birol, I went on BP meds in October, but this year I had my first bad allergic reaction to pollens...maybe it's those Canadian drugs that do it for you. :-)  Or maybe it's the new house.......

Larry

[B-flat]

Oh.....there's so many things that people might be allergic to that it would fill up one of those file cubes like those stacking storage cub thingies, according to my Dr.  The key to some of those nasal blockers is to let it build up for about 5 days and good results can be obtained.  If things are really bad, then see a Dr.  After coming off the meds, though, usually NasalCrom keeps it at bay for me and that's what my Dr. recommended that I use during the allergy season.  So I will just use that when I feel like I am getting some kind of reactions.

[Calstate361]

Boy I too can relate.  I was sick most of March with Asthma, Bronchitis, and a sinus infection.  It started the first part of March with an Asthma attack that wouldn't clear up.  I couldn't catch my breath and started having pain in my back and chest (NO not the heart!).  Went to see the Dr. and he gave me antibotice to keep it from going into Bronchitis.  Well 4 days later I was down with Bronchitis and a sinus infection.  The Dr. had me stay home from work for a week.  Finished the first course of meds and still couldn't get my breath and still had the pains.  Called the Dr. and he gave me another course of the meds and said if I wasn't better in a week to make an appointment to see him.  Well, it still didn't clear up so made the appointment and went to see him again.  He gave me a shot of Predizone (sp?), gave me an Asthma treatment and gave me another course of the meds, plus a new inhaler (Serevent).   He had me say home for another 2 days.  I felt much better in a couple of days, but the second dose of Serevent (1 does every 12 hrs.) was keeping me awake at night (3 days with no sleep!!!).  Called the Dr. again and he said I could get by with just one does of the Serevent.  After all that, I still have a bit of a cough and with the "bad air days" I still get small pains, but my Albuterol usually helps this.   BOY, and the Dr. says I only have intermittant Asthma!

I'm feeling much better, but they say if you don't have alergies when you come to Sacramento, CA, you will in a few years.   Boy are they correct, although I have been here most of my life, it just took getting OLD for it to kick in.
 
Hope you feel better soon, it takes time.
 
Joan

[Civil_War_Buff]

Hey Joan,

Glad to hear that you are doing better too.  Veronica is on Sigulaire this year, she said it seems to be helping her....she has several of the inhalers as well, Albuteral is the main one.  She went for the allergy panel last month and the list of things that she is sensitive to is growing all the time.  I tend to agree that birthdays seems to compound my allergies too, I think I am allergic to age.

Take care, stay well,

Larry

[wiininkwe]

I use albuterol for my asthma as well, and it really helps me, and for some of the other allergies, like the pollen, mold and mildew, air polution and dust, I've found that sudafed works very well.   My DD can't take it at all, but some of the stuff she uses does nothing for me.  It seems that we all have our own formula for success.  I am also severely allergic to bee stings, need to get a new epi pen, and at times, like camping in the spring when all the stuff is going at once, sometimes nothing works but Benadryl.  Or, maybe it's just that I go to sleep and don't notice.
T

[Civil_War_Buff]

like camping in the spring when all the stuff is going at once, sometimes nothing works but Benadryl.  Or, maybe it's just that I go to sleep and don't notice.
T

LOL, How I can relate to that one...there is something to be said for that euphoric sleepy sensation! **yawn**

Larry

[jstaddwtr]

They have a saying in the DC area....if you have never had sinus problems you will get them HERE!!!!!!!

D.C. was always a swamp....now it remains a swamp with buildings on top.  Thanks to the feds I work in a "sick " building where I run my air all year round ...just to breath.  Since we moved here in 92 it continues to get worst every year.

 "I feel your pain!!!"    Truly!!!!!

We also are on clarinex, and a ton of other stuff................(sigh)(gasp gasp, sniff sniff, )

[Calstate361]

My problem is that I'm not alregic.  I have been through all the tests and nothing has a reaction except Kapoc (sp?) which is stuff they used to use to stuff mattresses, that they don't use anymore, and Pyrithrens (sp?) which is in bug sprays (I just sneeze with them).  The doctors have told me that I have very sensitive sinuses and it would be easier if I was alergic.  So I sniffel on and on and on.....

Hope every one is doing better.
 
Joan

[B-flat]

We only do better for a little while......till the next episode. :eyecrazy:  That is, until we have some kind of reaction to "something" the next time.

[tlhdoc]

This year my allergies are killing me.  I have been on Allegra for several years and it isn't working that well for me this year.  I will go back to Flonase.  I used it several years ago, but the Allegra worked for hives and allergies.  So I will have to see if the hives come back. :eyecrazy: