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Who else suffers from bad allergies year-round?

Transcendence

Transcendence

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I don't have any food allergies whatsoever, but I'm allergic to animal dander (dogs and horses are the worst, cats don't bother me at all for some reason) and EXTREMELY allergic to pollen (birch is the worst for me).

I've dealt with this throughout my life but I'm feeling particularly miserable about it right now. I'm hoping other people can relate to the horror of having to take benadryl first thing in the morning because nothing else is even close to effective. There are few worse things I can think of with which to start off your day. The grogginess and sludge brain effect lasts long after the anti-histamine properties wear off. Diph more effectively annihilates one's short term memory than any other drug I can think of. It makes me grouchy and it makes it extremely hard to communicate even simple ideas. I am prescribed fenofexadine but there's simply no hope now or in the immediate future for a 2nd or 3rd generation antihistamine to approach the efficiency of diphenhydramine.

I started taking allergy shots last year but my fucking worthless campus health center could not schedule a 10 minute block for a nurse to shoot me up once a week as required because of the massive influx of inbred students sniveling about cold symptoms every winter. If you don't get injected every week then they cannot increase the dosage as required. They decrease it and progress goes backwards. The secretary could not wrap her fool mind around this concept. I became so discouraged I stopped the shots.

So tell me your sob story plz.
 
i have terrible allergies to pet dander esp. cats, mold, dust and dust mites, grass and weed pollens and strangely i'm extremely allergic to catnip.

in theraputic doses, diphenhydramine make me hallucinate.

i was prescribed allegra which was ok, but gave me terrible stomach cramps and bloating so i had to stop taking it.

i now use the generic version of a dimatap children's liquid cold and allergy otc medication. It has phenylephrine and 1mg bromopheniramine per 5mL tsp. 1tsp works great for 2-4hours for me with minimal sedation. The recommended dose for adults is 4tsp.
 
i have horrible dust allergies all the time

its terrible :\
 
While diet might not directly cause reactions, it could be weakening your immune system, which makes you extra susceptible to other allergens.

In my experience wheat and dairy are the two biggest allergens in western diets. If you are truly at the end of your rope, I would seriously consider cutting out both of these for a while to see if it helps. If you try to stop eating those things and find it to be impossibly hard, the chances are you are allergic.

good luck!
 
It probably depends on what specific allergies you have, but I had horrible, chronic allergies since I was a little kid. A few years back, I switched my multivitamin around to these http://www.gnc.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2944885 and after about a month or so my symptoms went away!!

At the time I had been on 4 allergy medicines a day just to keep my symptoms tolerable, but I don't take any of them now and I'm better than before. I'd recommend trying them, at worst they're a great multivitamin!
 
NotQuiteAnonymous said:
i now use the generic version of a dimatap children's liquid cold and allergy otc medication. It has phenylephrine and 1mg bromopheniramine per 5mL tsp. 1tsp works great for 2-4hours for me with minimal sedation. The recommended dose for adults is 4tsp.
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A few days ago I asked for bromopheniramine at my local CVS. They told me they would have to special order it, so I just bought some chloropheniramine instead. Same shit, different halogen I suppose. I hadn't given CPM a shot in a long time, but it works surprisingly well. Not as well as diph, but it has a surprising small amount of sedation for a 1st gen antihistamine.

mehm said:
In my experience wheat and dairy are the two biggest allergens in western diets. If you are truly at the end of your rope, I would seriously consider cutting out both of these for a while to see if it helps. If you try to stop eating those things and find it to be impossibly hard, the chances are you are allergic.
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I used to be madly in love with diary but I cut most of it out of my diet roughly 4 years ago. It helped my skin but not my allergies. I think I'll give wheat a shot though since you recommend it. It's going to be extremely difficult since it comprises at least half of what I eat but I am at the end of my rope, that's for sure.

dokomo said:
It probably depends on what specific allergies you have, but I had horrible, chronic allergies since I was a little kid. A few years back, I switched my multivitamin around to these http://www.gnc.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2944885 and after about a month or so my symptoms went away!!
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I take GNC multivitamins regularly so I'll definitely give those a shot next time I pick up. Thanks for the tip!
 
sounds like you are a very positive person. I'm sure that will help tremendously with your journey :)

another ailment with allergy symptoms is chemical sensitivity. Exposure to any chemicals including makeup, car exhaust, perfumes, petrol based candles, etc weakens some people's immune systems just like a wheat allergy.

some more things to think about I guess

<3
 
hiya Transcendence

I too have suffered through chronic allergies allmy life. I have recentely begun taking (CH3)2SO2, pure, in hopes of permanently ridding myself of the itchy sneezyies ;)
 
Note: im on a PDA with a defective digitier and this submitted b4 i could edit. I have an emergency to attend to. i'll fix l8r.


Bromopheniramine...only been able to find it in ONE product (liquid grape flavored children's Dimatap for cold and allergies or the store generic equivalent.) i've bought it at CVS, Publix, and SuperWalmarts.

When the said they could 'special order' it did they mean they could obtain it in pill form (like its chloronated cousin) where it is the only active ingredient? That would be awesome if they could!

If you are open-minded to modifying your diet, i have a few suggestions that have helped me with allergies tremendously:

1. Organic produce, meats (if you eat meat) dairy and eggs if/when you can afford it.

2. if organic-only diet is too costly opt for organic produce and dairy, and settle for grain fed beef and poultry ( has wonderful tasty hormone and antibiotic free chicken), eggs from grain-fed hens (like Eggland's Best eggs), and wild-caught fish.

3. ALWAYS buy graded beef (ground beef excluded cuz it isn't graded) and poultry that has a high grade for the meat: Grade AA for Chicken and USDA Choice for beef. AVOID ungraded bagged frozen chicken breasts, legs, wings, thighs etc.

4. No seafood, poultry, beef etc. products (usually frozen and ungraded) that list China as the product's country of origin. China is largely unregulated and these products are full of nasty hormones, antibiotics.

5. Limit or eliminate foods that are highly processed or hare artificial colors/flavors.

6. Whole grain high-fiber bread, cereal, and pasta products instead of 'bleached enriched' varities.

7. Add yellow rice mixes (cooked of course!) that contain tumeric and saffron (both reduce inflamation caused by allergies/injury) to 2+ meals weekly.

if nothing else please at least try numbers 4 (if u eat meat/fish) and 7 for 1-2 weeks.

A personal-care pro-tip for people with bad sinus symptoms from allergies: nose hair-remove it! These hairs trap allergens in your nares like an air filter
 
I never had allergies until I was 18 and moved from Washington DC to Texas. Now my allergies are horrible and some days crippling. Not literally but I work with a lot of customers and its not exactly pleasant to be dripping snot and blowing your nose every minute. Also I get such itchy eyes its awful, I've been taking 10mg of Cetirizine (the bottle says originally prescription only) and it helps with the itchy eyes a lot but I still have sneeze attacks. I've just been trying to deal with it other than these Cetirizine pills I don't really have any good solutions. :(
 
i have terrible allergies with my eyes, my eye sight is fantastic, but as soon as pollen, dust etc gets around ive got em itchy/burning/running and dealing with friendly puss regularly too.
no its not an infection/conjunctavitis it quite commonly discharges
 
All my family and I have had bad allergies our whole lives. We live on the south east coast of Queensland, Australia. My sister moved to London at the start of this year and hasn't had any allergies at all. either my nose is itchy or my eyes an sometimes both with runny nose and constant sneezing... Its horrible. I don't think anybody that hasn't suffered it truly understands how debilitating it is.
 
I bumped this thread since it has to do with allergies and a lot of people including myself are getting them now from the pollen in North America. I'm allergic to pollen, smoke, and mold/dust. Usually in the spring, sometimes summer, and even fall I have gotten really bad allergies.

I usually take pseudoephedrine in a low dose but lately I have been taking 120mg or 240mg of it every few days. I also rinse my nose out with saline. A friend gave me some sinus rinse that is like a Neti pot but I have not tried it yet. Taking a shower helps especially when you have been outside. I also found a bottle of Flonase so I have been using that once a day. Also breathing in steam helps. Drinking hot peppermint and licorice tea helps. What do other people here on bluelight do for allergies?
 
Hugs to all the other poor allergy sufferers in this thread. <3

I've had mild-moderate (depending on the time of year and my location) environmental allergies for 15 years now; they started quite suddenly when I was 17. For years I didn't need to take anything, but for the past 10 years I've been having mysterious, serious ear problems. My ears always feel congested/full, and if I stop taking my cocktail of meds, my ears start hurting quite badly and my mucous production/post nasal drip and itchy eyes get out of control.

I take pseudoephedrine (only helps a little since I now have a substantial tolerance to it), a German blend of herbs called Sinupret which helps noticeably, and then my wonder supplement, quercetin (a natural bioflavonoid derived from citrus and onions). If I run out of quercetin my ears start hurting within 24 hours and my nasal passages become so clogged I can barely breathe.

My dosing regimen:
Pseudoephedrine 60mg 2-4x/day
Sinupret 1 tablet 4x/day OR if I'm in the US Chlorpheniramine 8mg every 4 hours (the Sinupret is slightly more effective than the Chlorpheniramine & much cheaper here in Germany)
Quercetin 500mg 4-8x/day (more if my symptoms are worse or if I ran out and need to build up the amount in my body)

I recommend Jarrow brand Quercetin for potency and bc it's the only 500mg capsules on the market. I tell everyone with allergies about Q and all who have tried it love it. It's great for colds, sore throats, any type of congestion as it's a powerful natural antihistamine.
 
I'm really allergic to weeds (paradoxical lol, i smoke the stuff), pollen, and the like.

It used to be really bad up untill around age 15..

Oddly 15 was around the time i started smoking weed everyday..Could the marijuana act as like an innoculation making me more resistant to plant allergies???

Idk but it's a theory of mine, that it acts sort of like allergy shots..but i'm probably completley wrong, it probably just dulls the discomfort and dries my sinuses up some.
 
^ I think your theory has merit, as I forgot to mention another supplement I find helpful - local honey. It must be local, and at least 1-2 teaspoons every day for it to really work, but it does seem to help & the theory is that it works similarly to a vaccine.

Do you know if your pot is locally grown?
 
I've got no idea what it is out there I'm allergic to but my eyes always tear up and get all red and itchy when I go outside no matter the season. Cheeks also become very flushed and in the summers I get rashes sometimes. As in my whole body becomes very red and blotchy. Not nice. I should probably figure out what it is...but you're not alone!
 
My teeth feel like they have tons of cavities every spring and fall, the past couple of years.
I'm allergic/sensitive to most food.

I might be able to count on one, maybe two hands how many times I sneeze, though. Or have itchy, and/or red eyes. Mines mostly pain in and around my mouth, headaches, swelling.
 
I do, but the symptoms are pretty atypical (depression, fatigue, etc) rather than the local inflammation most people report. It gets REALLY bad in the spring. Every year at this time I feel like dying. I had no clue what was causing it until I started watching the local allergen counts. Windy days are the absolute worst.
 
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