HOrrible allergies!

[nguzman1]

geez I feel the same way. I have been trying different products and nothing works.

[kapeh12]

My allergies are pretty bad this year too.  We just had rain this week and it's sooooo much better, but I was pretty miserable earlier in the week.  I know I have pollen allergies, so if it's spring allergies - the good news is they should be decreasing shortly as the grasses get to normal growth, and leaves are on the trees vs buds...and those flowering trees drop their flowers.

I found when searching for OTC medicines - to lessen your waste of time, pay attention to the active ingredients of the different medicines.  There are few popular active ingredient combinations used.  If the product you chose does absolutely nothing for you - then as you research other brands, do not choose another brand that uses the same active ingredients - as the result will be the same - it won't work.  Instead, choose a product with different active ingredients and see how you respond to that one.

If you find one that sort of works, then you'll know some of the active ingredients that work for you.  Try others with similar ones that may have them in different ratios until you find the one that works the best for you.

In my case, I respond best to Allerest or Sudafed PE; but Claritin does absolutely nothing for me.

All depends on how your body chemistry is reacting to the incoming allergen as to which meds will work best for you.

If you cannot find any OTC medicines that work, then you may need to go see a specialist to get tested and prescribed something to relieve your allergies if they are more than you can cope with.

[Tresbn00]

Claritol has worked for me in the past.  Sorry to hear that you are suffering from allergies. I guess from now till August is when my allergies hit the worst. Rainy season hits, trees/flowers start to polinate and the air is filled with all kinds of things that mess my head up big time! It gets to the point where I just want to go to bed for relief...which isn't really an option.  The work environment isn't much better. Every day at precisely two thirty everyone in the office starts sneezing. The air cycle must kick in and everything that has built up in the ducts must flow through the air to cause this massive sneeze-a-thon!

[djohnson43]

I have the bad allergies too. I take Singulair every night as one of my perscriptions. But I also have a stash of cough drops and throat drops with me all the time. And when I really have the time I make a cup of hot tea and honey. It helps with the throat and nose.

[yvette1234]

OHH I feel your pain sweety, Its sounds to me like you might need to a doctor.Wish you all thebest and Good luck

[yaayme]

SO i've had these horrible allergies for over a month.

How in the world do I get rid of them?

Allergy Meds haven't helped out much.

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I've been taking 2 hour exams and i'm not allowed to leave the room.

It's been horrible. I can't really blow my nose or sneeze without making noise.

Take vitamin C!...My sister has bad allergies and she said it helped her a lot. So if you suffer from allergies you should take Vitamin C all the time, so when allergy season comes around you wont be affected.

[kilophkadamas]

Tell me about it, pretty much all April allergies have devastated me. There was one remedy in particular I tried, which was a Neti Pot. It was weird to use, but it definitely cleared my allergies for a day or two. The allergies came back for one more day, and then I haven't had any problems since. Not sure if its the Neti Pot, or they season dying down.

[Falconer02]

Take vitamin C!...My sister has bad allergies and she said it helped her a lot. So if you suffer from allergies you should take Vitamin C all the time, so when allergy season comes around you wont be affected.

Not sure if it'll help, but hey! No negative consequences, right? I'll try to remember to try it out.

[webe4angels]

I totally hear ya!!!!!

I can't have any windows open!!

I can't go outside... and if I do I have to make sure my skin is either totally covered... or I have lotion on every part of skin that is exposed to the air...

I use nose spray, eye drops, zrytec, clariten, benedryl inhalers steriod cream omgosh... and I still cant control it...

I am so allergic to grass, weeds, pollen, dust, etc, etc, etc... lol

As others have said.  I have to wash off continually if I am exposed... And Change Clothes.  That is a big thing.  If I sit on the furniture after being outside.. I will transfer that to the furniture.  I change several times a day... if I go out. 

Total craziness.....

Cover up, Wash, Lotion (plug pores and hydrate) meds, nose spray, cough drops for throat, shower, keep baby wipes handy... to wipe off.

We live where there is always wind blowing... so it heightens all allergens.

Good luck... I feel your pain.

 

[sliebshner]

I have allergies especially at this time of year that really set off my asthma--I have prescriptions for that.  As for over the counter stuff for stuffy head, etc.  Claritin D has worked best for me.  But check with your doctor or pharmacist before taking anything!

[angsilva2000]

I hate allergies

[goofysw2002]

My allergies have been bothering me too this year more this year than any other year.

[6265AT99]

SO i've had these horrible allergies for over a month.

How in the world do I get rid of them?

Allergy Meds haven't helped out much.

-_____-

I've been taking 2 hour exams and i'm not allowed to leave the room.

It's been horrible. I can't really blow my nose or sneeze without making noise.

Sadly you will not "get rid of them" until the allergy season is over!!!  The best remedy is a netty pot and saline nose spray!!!