For you allergy sufferers

[Adam]

[Michele]

I'm so ready to pull my eyes out of their sockets, rinse them off, scratch all the itching in the sockets and then replace them..grrrrrr.

I heard today on the local station that this is the worst tree pollen in 15 years. One spot of good news, it rained all day yesterday so that might start to help. Usually mine lasts until the heat comes.

[phillygirl]

I'm so ready to pull my eyes out of their sockets, rinse them off, scratch all the itching in the sockets and then replace them..grrrrrr.

I heard today on the local station that this is the worst tree pollen in 15 years. One spot of good news, it rained all day yesterday so that might start to help. Usually mine lasts until the heat comes.

My allergies usually get bad right after the rain, something about molds, blah blah blah. When I go down to Maryland I immediately get an allergy attack. I think it's because the people next door have a cat. I have to immediately pop a zyrtec when I get there and take them all weekend. But my allergies aren't nearly as bad as they were when I lived in mushroom country.

[Frostbit]

I'm so ready to pull my eyes out of their sockets, rinse them off, scratch all the itching in the sockets and then replace them..grrrrrr.

I heard today on the local station that this is the worst tree pollen in 15 years. One spot of good news, it rained all day yesterday so that might start to help. Usually mine lasts until the heat comes.

Get script for Patanol eye drops and use them regularly

[Michele]

My allergies usually get bad right after the rain, something about molds, blah blah blah. When I go down to Maryland I immediately get an allergy attack. I think it's because the people next door have a cat. I have to immediately pop a zyrtec when I get there and take them all weekend. But my allergies aren't nearly as bad as they were when I lived in mushroom country.

Get script for Patanol eye drops and use them regularly

Since '08 (when my allergies started), I've taken 12-hr Allegra-D in the morning and used Opcon-A eye drops and Fluticasone nasal spray. At night, I use the eye drops, nasal spray, and a Benadryl so I can breathe while sleeping. Over this last weekend, I changed to Zyrtec-D in the am and I changed my eye drops to Zaditor. No change. No better. I at my wits end. The asst mgr at the market this weekend took one look at my eyes and asked me if I was in "distress" ie been sobbing for a week to because my eyes look the way they did.

My doctor doesn't believe in allergy shots although two of my friends get them and have relief. Something about cortisone not being good for women. I will ask him about the Patanol, Frostbit because I am seriously ready to just scream..I'm so frustrated!

[Celeste Chalfonte]

My allergies usually get bad right after the rain, something about molds, blah blah blah. When I go down to Maryland I immediately get an allergy attack. I think it's because the people next door have a cat. I have to immediately pop a zyrtec when I get there and take them all weekend. But my allergies aren't nearly as bad as they were when I lived in mushroom country.

Swamp. Humidity. Mold is rampant except when it's so friggin' cold that everything dies.

[Celeste Chalfonte]

Since '08 (when my allergies started), I've taken 12-hr Allegra-D in the morning and used Opcon-A eye drops and Fluticasone nasal spray. At night, I use the eye drops, nasal spray, and a Benadryl so I can breathe while sleeping. Over this last weekend, I changed to Zyrtec-D in the am and I changed my eye drops to Zaditor. No change. No better. I at my wits end. The asst mgr at the market this weekend took one look at my eyes and asked me if I was in "distress" ie been sobbing for a week to because my eyes look the way they did.

My doctor doesn't believe in allergy shots although two of my friends get them and have relief. Something about cortisone not being good for women. I will ask him about the Patanol, Frostbit because I am seriously ready to just scream..I'm so frustrated!

My eye doc just recommended 2 OTC drops, Alloway and another (can't recall the name) that just recently became available without Rx.

[phillygirl]

Since '08 (when my allergies started), I've taken 12-hr Allegra-D in the morning and used Opcon-A eye drops and Fluticasone nasal spray. At night, I use the eye drops, nasal spray, and a Benadryl so I can breathe while sleeping. Over this last weekend, I changed to Zyrtec-D in the am and I changed my eye drops to Zaditor. No change. No better. I at my wits end. The asst mgr at the market this weekend took one look at my eyes and asked me if I was in "distress" ie been sobbing for a week to because my eyes look the way they did.

My doctor doesn't believe in allergy shots although two of my friends get them and have relief. Something about cortisone not being good for women. I will ask him about the Patanol, Frostbit because I am seriously ready to just scream..I'm so frustrated!

My allergies were first diagnosed in 92 (I finally had a job and health insurance so I went to the doctor, complaining of a cold for the last 6 years!).

Initially I was on Allegra D (or some other variant, I know not long afterward it came out as effecting the heart or kidney or some such thing) as well as a nasal spray and an inhaler. Since I didn't have prescription coverage with my plan back then (ha! which is why I laugh so much at the demands for health coverage today!) it cost me over $100/month for the prescriptions. At the time, I took home about $1500/month from my salary and had student loans of $600/month...so the prescriptions were filled on an as needed basis. I've never been regular about them and find that zertec works really well and benadryl will work in a pinch. My sister's cat makes me have to claw my eyeballs out at her house, so I feel your pain. Luckily, only cats get me to that extent now. The mold, flora, etc. just make me super stuffy and sneezy and asthmatic...all of which I can handle. They eye thing is pure misery. I truly understand the "plank in your own eye" metaphor from allergies. Good luck.

[phillygirl]

Swamp. Humidity. Mold is rampant except when it's so friggin' cold that everything dies.

Yeah, could be. I can't really complain, though. When I was told I had allergies I had 4 cats living in my house, so anything since that time is no big deal for me. But those damn cats...they kill me!

[Celeste Chalfonte]

Yeah, could be. I can't really complain, though. When I was told I had allergies I had 4 cats living in my house, so anything since that time is no big deal for me. But those damn cats...they kill me!

There are some suggestions over in the feral cat thread....