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...aka sneezy snot city! I'm dyin' here!

I feel for you lady (((((TB))))) I have had the worst allergy season of my life.

Me, three.........it's been brutal here, too!
Thank god for zyrtec....it's the only thing that has even made a dent in it this year...

I am about to go get my weekly allergy shots which help immensely. But every year right about this time, I have a few days where I am absolutely convinced I am getting sick--feel run down, feel like I am running a fever (and sometimes have a very low-grade one), etc. It is entirely allergies. And yes, this is a bad one, but as my allergist has said-when did you last hear anyone say it was going to be a good allergy season?

ejr wrote:And yes, this is a bad one, but as my allergist has said-when did you last hear anyone say it was going to be a good allergy season?

Well, there ya go!

I'm sure mine are nothing compared to a lot of people, but they're pesky enough to make me crazy!

I reallllllly feel for peeps like you who need weekly allergy shots... yuck!

Tiki Bar wrote:

ejr wrote:And yes, this is a bad one, but as my allergist has said-when did you last hear anyone say it was going to be a good allergy season?

Well, there ya go!

I'm sure mine are nothing compared to a lot of people, but they're pesky enough to make me crazy!

I reallllllly feel for peeps like you who need weekly allergy shots... yuck!

Yeah, but the shots save my life! Years ago, I got shots for about 5 years, and then they thought they could wean me from them. That worked for a couple of years, and then they came back with a vengeance. My current allergist tested me for 32 things and I reacted to 31 of them (dogs were the only thing I didn't react to) and most of the reactions were very strong. Most patients wean down to shots just once a month, but there are a few of us who just can't. And I often, in the height of the season, take a pill to supplement the shots.

But given how I felt yesterday, something out there is really bad right now!

One thing I've always been very thankful about, I don't have any allergies. Well, except for being allergic to some of the people I've worked with over the years.

pbans wrote:Me, three.........it's been brutal here, too!
Thank god for zyrtec....it's the only thing that has even made a dent in it this year...

yes, and zyrtec-D here, with decongestant.

ejr wrote:

Tiki Bar wrote:

ejr wrote:And yes, this is a bad one, but as my allergist has said-when did you last hear anyone say it was going to be a good allergy season?

Well, there ya go!

I'm sure mine are nothing compared to a lot of people, but they're pesky enough to make me crazy!

I reallllllly feel for peeps like you who need weekly allergy shots... yuck!

Yeah, but the shots save my life! Years ago, I got shots for about 5 years, and then they thought they could wean me from them. That worked for a couple of years, and then they came back with a vengeance. My current allergist tested me for 32 things and I reacted to 31 of them (dogs were the only thing I didn't react to) and most of the reactions were very strong. Most patients wean down to shots just once a month, but there are a few of us who just can't. And I often, in the height of the season, take a pill to supplement the shots.

But given how I felt yesterday, something out there is really bad right now!

When my older brother was a kid they tested him for allergies. He reacted positive for everything they tested him for.

Turned out he was allergic to the needle.

pair8head wrote:

ejr wrote:

Tiki Bar wrote:

ejr wrote:And yes, this is a bad one, but as my allergist has said-when did you last hear anyone say it was going to be a good allergy season?

Well, there ya go!

I'm sure mine are nothing compared to a lot of people, but they're pesky enough to make me crazy!

I reallllllly feel for peeps like you who need weekly allergy shots... yuck!

Yeah, but the shots save my life! Years ago, I got shots for about 5 years, and then they thought they could wean me from them. That worked for a couple of years, and then they came back with a vengeance. My current allergist tested me for 32 things and I reacted to 31 of them (dogs were the only thing I didn't react to) and most of the reactions were very strong. Most patients wean down to shots just once a month, but there are a few of us who just can't. And I often, in the height of the season, take a pill to supplement the shots.

But given how I felt yesterday, something out there is really bad right now!

When my older brother was a kid they tested him for allergies. He reacted positive for everything they tested him for.

Turned out he was allergic to the needle.

I feel for you guys - since I moved up here my allergies haven't been bad at all compared to what they were in Dallas.

I think a lot of my problem was the ozone.

victoria and matt have seasonal allergies. they were both pretty drippy a few weeks ago.

tony isn't bothered by the seasonal stuff, but is allergic to peanuts and is ubersensitve to indoor allergens (cats, dust, etc).

ejr wrote:

Tiki Bar wrote:

ejr wrote:And yes, this is a bad one, but as my allergist has said-when did you last hear anyone say it was going to be a good allergy season?

Well, there ya go!

I'm sure mine are nothing compared to a lot of people, but they're pesky enough to make me crazy!

I reallllllly feel for peeps like you who need weekly allergy shots... yuck!

Yeah, but the shots save my life! Years ago, I got shots for about 5 years, and then they thought they could wean me from them. That worked for a couple of years, and then they came back with a vengeance. My current allergist tested me for 32 things and I reacted to 31 of them (dogs were the only thing I didn't react to) and most of the reactions were very strong. Most patients wean down to shots just once a month, but there are a few of us who just can't. And I often, in the height of the season, take a pill to supplement the shots.

But given how I felt yesterday, something out there is really bad right now!

Well, I am off to get shots in a few hours to. I am glad to meet someone else like myself that can't seem to wean off the shots. I get one in each arm. Been going since I was 8...alot of candles ago! Plus , I take 5 meds daily for them as well. Tried to go off several times and I get so sick it is annoying!! At my doctor's office we joke that I am one of the "special"ones. So, Ellen....keep that in mind....it just makes you "special" that you can't wean down. Funny, I don't feel special.

Mine were fine up until last week

It was the durn tootin' drop in temperature in OH that did it...I'm suffering with ya, TB...

Yup TB, I'm with you on this one....I don't think I've ever dripped and sneezsed as much as I have this year
And I had all the allergy tests and took the weekly shots for awhile---didn't really help.

ph4ever wrote:I feel for you guys - since I moved up here my allergies haven't been bad at all compared to what they were in Dallas.

I think a lot of my problem was the ozone.

My husband says his allergies were the worst when we lived in the Chicago area (my dad, who still lives there, suffers from terrible allergies), BUT, like ph4ever, once we moved to the northwest, he says they rarely bother him... maybe 1 week/year. So the answer, my dear Tiki Bar, is to move to Washington!

Had needles when I was a pre-teen, but out grew the allergies.
Got re tested 6 years ago and they were back.

Just finished ( in May) 5 years of needles. I went every week for 12 weeks and then every month for 5 years. I am so excited to not see my Dr!!!!
I haven't been since March for anything. I still sneeze A LOT! But I will give it a try for a year off them.

A word of advice.......always Kleenex.

ejr wrote:

Tiki Bar wrote:

ejr wrote:And yes, this is a bad one, but as my allergist has said-when did you last hear anyone say it was going to be a good allergy season?

Well, there ya go!

I'm sure mine are nothing compared to a lot of people, but they're pesky enough to make me crazy!

I reallllllly feel for peeps like you who need weekly allergy shots... yuck!

Yeah, but the shots save my life! Years ago, I got shots for about 5 years, and then they thought they could wean me from them. That worked for a couple of years, and then they came back with a vengeance. My current allergist tested me for 32 things and I reacted to 31 of them (dogs were the only thing I didn't react to) and most of the reactions were very strong. Most patients wean down to shots just once a month, but there are a few of us who just can't. And I often, in the height of the season, take a pill to supplement the shots.

But given how I felt yesterday, something out there is really bad right now!

I took shots for over 12 years. Every time I tried to quit i would immediately go into a sinus infection. I did get down to taking them only once a month. The last time I quit about 6 years ago, no sickness

I currently don't even take medication most of the time....just occasionally when something gets stirred up....

I'm pretty sure I'm allergic to work. So my allergy season is year round.

I do feel for those of you with allergies though, seriously. I get minor bouts every once in a while from pollen or something, but luckily I haven't had any lately. *knock on wood*

Barefoot Gypsy wrote:

ejr wrote:

Tiki Bar wrote:

ejr wrote:And yes, this is a bad one, but as my allergist has said-when did you last hear anyone say it was going to be a good allergy season?

Well, there ya go!

I'm sure mine are nothing compared to a lot of people, but they're pesky enough to make me crazy!

I reallllllly feel for peeps like you who need weekly allergy shots... yuck!

Yeah, but the shots save my life! Years ago, I got shots for about 5 years, and then they thought they could wean me from them. That worked for a couple of years, and then they came back with a vengeance. My current allergist tested me for 32 things and I reacted to 31 of them (dogs were the only thing I didn't react to) and most of the reactions were very strong. Most patients wean down to shots just once a month, but there are a few of us who just can't. And I often, in the height of the season, take a pill to supplement the shots.

But given how I felt yesterday, something out there is really bad right now!

Well, I am off to get shots in a few hours to. I am glad to meet someone else like myself that can't seem to wean off the shots. I get one in each arm. Been going since I was 8...alot of candles ago! Plus , I take 5 meds daily for them as well. Tried to go off several times and I get so sick it is annoying!! At my doctor's office we joke that I am one of the "special"ones. So, Ellen....keep that in mind....it just makes you "special" that you can't wean down. Funny, I don't feel special.

I am definitely in good company. For most of my life, my dad got 5 shots a week and was still the most miserable sufferer I have ever seen.

and the last two days have been horrible! I feel like I want to just curl up in a ball and go to sleep my eyes are so heavy.