Thread: Ugh, allergies. Any sufferers?

My allergies just kicked in last night and made me completely miserable. I have two treatments: 3M(TM) Half Facepiece Respirator 7502/37082(AAD), Ultimate Reusable, Medium 10/Case and a load of vitamin C. The respirator is for more or less instant relief while the vitamin C helps me kick it long term. I've found that no medicine available gives me nearly as good or consistent results

What're your treatments?

I have medicinal allergies, not seasonal, no treatment for 'em either, just have to tell every doctor I'll ever see before being given a prescription.

Sorry to hear that, do you have to wear the respirator all the time? or just when outside?

From the end of april 'till about end of september I have hay-fever, results: itchy red eyes, runny nose, sneezing... terrible!
I'm taking an antihistamine called Ceterizine, and it helps, but it has some unpleasant side-effects like a dry mouth. I have to try something else soon.

I have a number of food allergies. The only thing I can do is not to eat the things I am allergic to
I mustn't grumble though. Mine are mostly avoidable, though every once and again, I discover that a chef used some herbs that really didn't hit the spot, and I spend a night of non-sleep, followed by a day of feeling sick.

One fo the scariest moments was when I woke up at night, covered with coin sized lesions, fainting every 5 steps I took, and lying on the floor trying to throw up. A nightly trip to the ER and several shots later I could go back home. I looked like an alien for 4 days. To this day I still don't know what caused this. I have a couple of likely suspects, but I don't know for sure.

For me, there are no cures. Only dodged bullets.

Originally Posted by chief

From the end of april 'till about end of september I have hay-fever, results: itchy red eyes, runny nose, sneezing... terrible!
I'm taking an antihistamine called Ceterizine, and it helps, but it has some unpleasant side-effects like a dry mouth. I have to try something else soon.

Try Vitamin C. That's how my allergies used to be- they'd take over my life for months at a time, and the best the doc could give me was some dry up pill like what you're talking about. Unfortunately, a lot of my work is conducted via phone, so dry mouth is out of the question. When you're sick, there's almost no limit to the amount of C you can take. Depending on how sick I am, I take about 6000 mg of C a day. It lets me sleep at night without issue and get through the day comfortably. The best part though is that I'm not an itchy, sneezy mess for a month. I can usually kick it in about a week.

Wear the respirator outside?! Some idiot would freak out and call the cops if I did that. No, I only wear it at home to get instant relief if I need it. Last night was really bad though, so I slept in it. Here's what I look like in it. It's actually a respirator from my composite days (aka guaranteed lung cancer without a respirator). If I was asthmatic or something, I'd buy one of those trendy contour ones like from Batman Begins.

Huh, I guess I didn't realize seasonal allergies affected people inside their homes. You learn something new everyday.

What kind of composites? I work just down the hall from a composites lab (in an aircraft research facility), never see the guys coming or going wearing respirators etc. but maybe they do the hazardous work in vaccuum chambers or something.

I was a very sick kid and had seasonal allergies and was allergic to dairy products, animal dander, dust, etc. and almost died from a bee sting. My allergies were so bad that I had to take shots every week. But when I was about 13 years-old my allergies stopped completely. My brother on the other hand has had an opposite experience. He never had allergies until he became an adult.

Allegra..........works for me. I get the ragweed pollen allergy that affects most people. Seems like I only get it in the spring for a few weeks. This year has been much better than most.

Originally Posted by Russel Baldridge

Huh, I guess I didn't realize seasonal allergies affected people inside their homes. You learn something new everyday.

What kind of composites? I work just down the hall from a composites lab (in an aircraft research facility), never see the guys coming or going wearing respirators etc. but maybe they do the hazardous work in vaccuum chambers or something.

I did aircraft too. Most guys don't wear their respirator in composites. They're pains in the ass and as long as you breathe selectively you can get by. Personally I thought it was worth the pain to wear it

Mike, if only

I used to get really bad seasonal allergy attacks, but lately...knock on wood... I have been doing better, unless I'm near cats. I usually just take a bunch of zyrtec for during the day, and benadril if I need to sleep. Once I get those in my system for a couple days I'm usually ok, but Florida is pretty rough sometimes on me.

Sorry to hear your's get so bad.

V/r,
Scott