Stupid Allergies

[metal_geek]

YES!... and it sucks...
Sneezy... watery... runny...itchy...red.... burning....raw......sore....

It's gonna be the death of me.. and I'm not even joking.. I almost swerved into someone this morning on deefoot, somewhere between glenmore and the 12th sneeze....
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[Burninator]

Yeah they usually ruin my spring.

It used to be a lot worse, but it's been weird lately. Just once and a while one day will hit me really hard and my sinuses will feel like their is two billiard balls stuffed up there. So even this late into the year I've been taking allergy medicine daily.

[604flames]

I'm with all of you guys...
When I was growin up in the Kootenays or visiting Alberta, it was always the hay, down here on the coast, it's the flowers. Those Aerius pills work wonders, but they work out to about a dollar each..

[arloiginla]

I used to have allergies to dust and stuff when I was real young, but over the years they seemed to have gone away. Now probably 10+ years later, they've come back with a vengeance. Started sneezing, having runny nose, watery, bloodshot eyes right when that annoying fuzz from the trees starting floating around a couple weeks ago.

I also used to ahve food allergies to all wheat, dairy, and sugar products, but those have also gone away over time. However, my thinking is that the cosntant eating of those foods (especially the sugar) has lowered my immune system, making me more vulnerable to the pollens, etc. outside.

So i've gone cold turkey the last week, staying away from all those foods and it seems to have gotten somewhat better.

I still think it is the pollens, etc. outside that are the problem, and the air conditioning in the office that I work for some reason seems to worsen it.

[Hemi-Cuda]

not a single allergy that i know of. i wonder how it works out that some people are allergic to nearly everything and other aren't. doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to it

[FFR]

My allergies are ridiculous this year. Like others have said...I don't remember them being this bad in a long time. I, like others, am allergic to grass and pollen and mould. However, in addition to those, I'm also allergic to hay. The stampede kills me. There is hay everywhere. The unfortunate side of this is that I LOVE the stampede and I love watching the chuckwagons. Except sitting in the grandstand you get a constant wind of hay and grass blowing right in your face. It's wonderful really. I've found that some kind of antihistimine combined with eyedrops (Visene allergy) work pretty well. Reactine extra strength allergy/sinus works the best for me.

For those of you who find that half the time, over the counter antihistines don't work (like myself) I have also found this alternative natural antihistimine thing that seems to be doing the job quite well. I found them at the health ish store in Chinook Center by Sears and Lenscrafters. the first few times I tried using them I ended up taking Reactine later becuase it wasn't working but after three days almost everything as stopped. I'm still a little congested but that may be due to a cold. (I can never tell in the spring if I have a cold or allergies). Anyways, I'll keep people posted as to whether these things continue to work or not.

[bigtmac19]

Originally Posted by Ford Prefect

If you're under 30 there's hope. I had extreme hay fever throughout my childhood and 20s ... antihistamines didn't do much, if anything, to control the effects. I was allergic to just about any kind of dust, animals, pollen, etc. I'd spend every summer with blood shot eyes, itchy roof of my mouth, sniffing, sneezing, couldn't sleep, etc. Buy once I got into my 30s the effects lessened dramatically. I still take antihistamimes (Reactine) throughout the summer months, but at least now they control the effects. So hopefully those of you who are in your 20s yet will outgrow the curse too.

I was the same way actually. Lived in Ontario until age 20, then moved to Calgary. When I moved there, most of my allergies went away. Stayed there 7 years, then moved back to Ontario. I had some symptoms when I came back, but not nearly as bad. Now being over 40, I only maybe have 2 really bad days during the worse of allergy season.
My kids however both are bothered by allergies, so hoping they will outgrow it as well.
I did the shots weekly from about age 10 to 14, and they did help.