Allergies

[Eugenia Gabrielov]

I have a unique and very severe allergy - smoke. I never get hay fever, but if people smoke too close to me I end up in the hospital. Not very much happiness there. Exposing myself to it would not help much, just make it worse.

Medicine can only do so much. Try to make sure you're in good health otherwise (stay in shape, stay hydrated), and see what happens. It helped my brother's allergies when he started drinking a lot more water and staying hydrated. He just felt a lot better in general, and the allergies didn't feel as severe.

[Adam Richards]

Originally Posted by anna~marie

haha I've got allergies, they're not terrible but I hate 'em.
Slowly expose yourself to the things you're allergic to - it really is suppose to help. For example, I'm allergic to cats, tree pollen, and dust (among other things, bleh). I own cats, I live in a forest, and I work with dusty hay.

*edit*
I also take Allegra, and that works pretty darn well

One day I discovered one of my friends is allergic to soy... now he hates soymilk

Soy is overrated anyway.

But yes, I happen to know a bit about cat allergies. I'm somewhat allergic to Michelle Celio's cats.

[Michelle Celio]

Originally Posted by Adam Richards

But yes, I happen to know a bit about cat allergies. I'm somewhat allergic to Michelle Celio's cats.

So I am..but I've gotten used to them

[thegathering]

Dustmites, grass mold, various pollens, and a slight allergic reaction to fireants.

I take 1 Zyrtec 10mg every 24 hrs and have been for the past 3 years or so. That stuff works like a charm. I never have problems with runny noses, hives, etc. I love that stuff.

The only problem with dosing every day with Zyrtec is that if I do not take it during one 24 hr period, my body starts acting like it's going into withdrawel and the side effects make me look like a crack head.

The palms of my hands and feet start itching/burning real bad, my body starts itching in random places, and I get real cold. I end up walking around huddle up, rubbing my hands together, and scratching ferociously. Hilarious to watch, not fun to experience .

[nehalita]

Originally Posted by thegathering

Dustmites, grass mold, various pollens, and a slight allergic reaction to fireants.

I take 1 Zyrtec 10mg every 24 hrs and have been for the past 3 years or so. That stuff works like a charm. I never have problems with runny noses, hives, etc. I love that stuff.

The only problem with dosing every day with Zyrtec is that if I do not take it during one 24 hr period, my body starts acting like it's going into withdrawel and the side effects make me look like a crack head.

The palms of my hands and feet start itching/burning real bad, my body starts itching in random places, and I get real cold. I end up walking around huddle up, rubbing my hands together, and scratching ferociously. Hilarious to watch, not fun to experience .

am i the only one alarmed by this? this isn't good...

[Ashley Weed]

Being that he has taken it for so long, and has grown a dependency upon the medicinal treatment, the body will come to the point where it will be expectant of it especially if it is a high allergen time.

This is not uncommon at all. Many individuals experience the same effects with other families of medicinal drugs such as one anitiepileptic family of drugs or another more marketable family of drugs known as triptans. People all respond differently depending on their chemical make-up.