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Oh no, that time of the year again. Somehow, I always forget the fact that this damn condition is recurrent.
My nose is filled by mucus, my head is too big for my skull, my throat is sore, I'm tired, I'm in a bad mood. Just enough to poison my life.
I'm not going to invest in medication. It makes me drowsy, no matter what the label says. And I need to function.
Any advice?
I'll try and see if Ritalin can do something.
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Zyrtec + Flonase = Maury Being Allergy-Free For Over 8 Years
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Does Sudafed make you drowsy? It gives me a buzz!
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Any anti-histamine will give you temporary relief. I'm sure they make non-drowsy variants of some sort or another.
That's the only short term fix I know of.
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Join Date: Jun 2003
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I hear local honey helps, since the bees pollenate the same flowers that are giving you grief. I guess you build up an immunity to it somehow.
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Originally Posted by cybergoober
I hear local honey helps, since the bees pollenate the same flowers that are giving you grief. I guess you build up an immunity to it somehow.
That's what I do and haven't had problems in three years.
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I like my water with hops, malt, hops, yeast, and hops.
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Originally Posted by cybergoober
I hear local honey helps, since the bees pollenate the same flowers that are giving you grief. I guess you build up an immunity to it somehow.
What is "local honey"?
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Join Date: May 2002
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Originally Posted by RAILhead
Zyrtec + Flonase = Maury Being Allergy-Free For Over 8 Years
Lucky you! I (as a long term allergician; 33 years of suffering) am for a long time behind the line of responding positiv to Cetirizin. Live was hell the last few weeks (pollen all over and no rain to wash it down).
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Originally Posted by Dork.
Does Sudafed make you drowsy? It gives me a buzz!
Ditto. Nyquil makes me hyper, too.
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Join Date: Oct 2003
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Drixoral + Flonase.
It's really hard to get pseudoephedrine these days. Even Sudafed doesn't contain pseudoephedrine anymore. I think you have to give them your first born child at the pharmacy to get pseudoephedrine. Something like that.
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Originally Posted by cjrivera
What is "local honey"?
Honey that's made close to where you live. The bees pollinate the same flowers that are giving you problems. When you eat that honey, the allegens are contained within in small enough amounts to allow your immune system to build defenses against it.
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I like my water with hops, malt, hops, yeast, and hops.
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Originally Posted by Rumor
Honey that's made close to where you live. The bees pollinate the same flowers that are giving you problems. When you eat that honey, the allegens are contained within in small enough amounts to allow your immune system to build defenses against it.
Whoa, that's an interesting hypothesis. I wonder if it works. Gonna let my mom know, she has pretty bad alergies. Hit the Farmer's Market Saturday. 
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Join Date: Jan 2005
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I did a immunisation ( don't know the english word). Three years in winter my doc injected an increasing concentration of the pollen against which I am allergic under my skin. After the first winter the symptoms were 95% gone. After the second winter 99%. Thats how it still is 5 years after the last treatment. No more meds, normal life. I go running through the rye now without problems.
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Join Date: Mar 2005
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Originally Posted by I was David B.
I did a immunisation ( don't know the english word). Three years in winter my doc injected an increasing concentration of the pollen against which I am allergic under my skin. After the first winter the symptoms were 95% gone. After the second winter 99%. Thats how it still is 5 years after the last treatment. No more meds, normal life. I go running through the rye now without problems.
What about that 1%?
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Join Date: Jan 2005
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Originally Posted by Jawbone54
What about that 1%?
Sometimes my eyes itch a little bit. But in general thats neglectable. Doesn't compare to the situation before. I was on the verge to develop asthma. Thats completely gone.
My doctor said, the earlier such kind of treatment is done the higher are the chances that the symptoms vanish. I highly recommend it. You need discipline because you have to go EVERY week for months to get the injection because what really counts are the last ones with a pollen concentration that is a couple of thousand times higher than in the air during the season.
But its definitely worth the effort.
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I've tried all of the popular perscription and over the counter medicines and nothing works as well as sudafed. I was on perscription sudafed for many years (until my greedy company dropped it from the approved list). I'm on astelin now, its not a steroid and it works well. Sometimes I'll take a mega-dose (500mg) of sudafed to kickstart it but once I'm on astelin it keeps my allergies in check.
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Join Date: May 2000
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Lifelong allergy sufferer. A daily Singulair works as advertised and does not make me drowsy. Of course, YMMV.
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Admin Emeritus  Join Date: Oct 1999
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I have had success with Claritin, taken occasionally as needed.
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