Seasonal allergy sufferers

**peapod1980** · 04-25-2006, 09:59 AM

Are you suffering? My daughter has been miserable this allergy season; it's been just horrible. Didn't go to school yesterday or today because her symptoms are so debilitating. This is supposed to be the worst season in 10 years, so I just wondered if others are as miserable as she is.

**whiteyfunn** · 04-25-2006, 10:00 AM

Originally Posted by peapod1980

Are you suffering? My daughter has been miserable this allergy season; it's been just horrible. Didn't go to school yesterday or today because her symptoms are so debilitating. This is supposed to be the worst season in 10 years, so I just wondered if others are as miserable as she is.

I usually have really bad allergies but it's not so bad right now. Except for the constant sneezing. Hope she feels better!

**Kimmifunn** · 04-25-2006, 10:03 AM

Originally Posted by peapod1980

Are you suffering? My daughter has been miserable this allergy season; it's been just horrible. Didn't go to school yesterday or today because her symptoms are so debilitating. This is supposed to be the worst season in 10 years, so I just wondered if others are as miserable as she is.

Oh sister. I woke up to go to the gym this morning and my eyes would NOT open. I didn't want to take my Clairitin on an empty stomach AND before spinning. I almost died. I sneeze all the way to work in my free paper. Usually by 10 the Clairitn kicks in. I have about 2 weeks really bad and then it subsides. When I was younger, it was worse. Same for D-Rex. I hope to outgrow it soon! They say it's the worst in years. I think we rank #5 for some reason...not sure why. It's early though. I'm sure I'll snot my way into May.

What does she take? I remember being MISERABLE in middle school.

**peapod1980** · 04-25-2006, 10:09 AM

Originally Posted by Kimmifunn

Oh sister. I woke up to go to the gym this morning and my eyes would NOT open. I didn't want to take my Clairitin on an empty stomach AND before spinning. I almost died. I sneeze all the way to work in my free paper. Usually by 10 the Clairitn kicks in. I have about 2 weeks really bad and then it subsides. When I was younger, it was worse. Same for D-Rex. I hope to outgrow it soon! They say it's the worst in years. I think we rank #5 for some reason...not sure why. It's early though. I'm sure I'll snot my way into May.

What does she take? I remember being MISERABLE in middle school.

Oh, gosh, this sounds so much like her.
Well, she's tried a million things; she was taking Claritin, now she's taking Allegra, not sure it really matters, you know?

She has to use a nose spray, used to be Flonase, then this year the doc changed it to something that has a steroid in it because she's such a mess. She has prescription eye drops and coughed so much over the weekend that she went off OTC Delsym and got a prescription cough syrup.
Sorry you're in bad shape, too. Whitey must be really lucky!

JT · 04-25-2006, 10:19 AM

Originally Posted by peapod1980

Oh, gosh, this sounds so much like her.
Well, she's tried a million things; she was taking Claritin, now she's taking Allegra, not sure it really matters, you know?

She has to use a nose spray, used to be Flonase, then this year the doc changed it to something that has a steroid in it because she's such a mess. She has prescription eye drops and coughed so much over the weekend that she went off OTC Delsym and got a prescription cough syrup.
Sorry you're in bad shape, too. Whitey must be really lucky!

Have you tried the seldane-d. I live in Atlanta with all the dogwoods, cherry blossoms, azalyas. Im having lots of trouble this year. I use the seldane but I have to cut it in half and take one half in the morning and 1 half in the afternoon. It has even helped this year. Caritin didnt do anything for me and Flonase is worthless in all this pollen.

**peapod1980** · 04-25-2006, 10:21 AM

Originally Posted by JT

Have you tried the seldane-d. I live in Atlanta with all the dogwoods, cherry blossoms, azalyas. Im having lots of trouble this year. I use the seldane but I have to cut it in half and take one half in the morning and 1 half in the afternoon. It has even helped this year. Caritin didnt do anything for me and Flonase is worthless in all this pollen.

No, we haven't, and thanks for the suggestion, JT!

**Ocean Lover** · 04-25-2006, 10:26 AM

Kimmi, try taking your claritin before bed if it's the 24 hour kind. That's what we do and it works well.

When my daughter was younger she responded better to Zyrtec. She has severe environmental allergies and tested positive to 40 of the 48 things that were tested when she got her back pricked.

That was when she was 5 and they did it again last year and the results were the same. It has gotten a little better in the past few years and this year hasn't been too bad except lately. She's actually home from school today just feeling very blah. She had a sinus infection and is on the last few days of the meds. Unfortunately she's on a lot of meds for allergies and asthma. Someday we hope for less meds but I don't see it happening any time soon. We tried immuotherapy shots for over a year but it was so hard to get to the office once a week and then they changed their shot times to the same time she had her dance classes. She's been fine without them but I'm wondering if starting them up again would be the key to getting her off so many meds.

I feel your pain Pea, and hope your little one feels better soon!

**shakennotstirred** · 04-25-2006, 10:58 AM

Every season for me. The past couple weeks have been bad. I take the Costco versions of Claritin & Sudafed. I also use a sinus rinse: http://www.unimedprod.com/products.shtml

It is slightly unpleasant to use but really helps most days. I can be totally stuffed up & this will clear things up immediately.

**Jdarg** · 04-25-2006, 11:16 AM

OOh yuk. We live in the House of Snot. Both kids have allergies, which will blow up into the the asthma bark if they are not on their regular meds. We finally seem to have the right combos to avoid bad trouble-

Kate- a.m. Singulair, Flovent inhaler, Nasacort nosespray
- our allergist recommends using a saline nosespray a few minutes
before the regular nosespray

p.m. Zyrtec, Flovent

Allergy shot once a week, which has made all the difference- no ER visits anymore, no coughing all night!

When the pollen was making her stuffy and have a gooky cough, used Ryna-tuss with success. Sometimes Sudafed.

Will- a.m Advair, Allegra, Astelin nosespray
p.m. Advair

Both kids have albuterol inhalers if they start the barky cough, which was about a once a month occurrence before these meds. I wasn't a huge fan of medicating these kids, but they were miserable, and now they are great! The respiratory stuff really kicks their butts and you don't realize it until they feel better for a stretch of time, and you think "Eureka"! These meds really DO work!

**seagrovelover** · 04-25-2006, 11:41 AM

Originally Posted by peapod1980

Are you suffering? My daughter has been miserable this allergy season; it's been just horrible. Didn't go to school yesterday or today because her symptoms are so debilitating. This is supposed to be the worst season in 10 years, so I just wondered if others are as miserable as she is.

Pod........I'm dying here the last week or so, my eyes are the worst ever