Anything bothering you right now?

[Koalafan]

I take Claritin D. It lasts all day for me at least, unlike Benadryl (which doesn't work at all and makes me drowsy as hell). That's about it really...

I've gone to the doctor about this before and she told me to just not be outdoors.

Well, ok... I have no choice but to be outdoors. I don't want to stay indoors all day just because I have these stupid allergies. lol

Bah! I have real bad allergies too I get them all year around and there's nothing more worse or gross then having to constantly blow your nose and breath through your mouth at night because your nose is too plugged up ><

[Heelsbythebridge]

My symptoms are different from most people's.. I don't get the stuffy nose. Basically my skin and membranes (e.g. eyes) feel like they're burning. I recently developed a cross-allergic reaction with mangoes, and when I eat them my mouth and skin would itch and have a burning sensation too. Ugh.

Aerius or a mast cell stabilizer worked for a short period, but my body quickly developed a tolerance. My specialist said that my allergies are only going to keep getting worse if not treated (I was supposed to have 3 courses of immunotherapy I think)... but due to life circumstances, I couldn't even get through one. Now my serums are in a fridge 3,500 km away ._.

[SmileyFace]

Bah! I have real bad allergies too I get them all year around and there's nothing more worse or gross then having to constantly blow your nose and breath through your mouth at night because your nose is too plugged up ><

My symptoms are different from most people's.. I don't get the stuffy nose. Basically my skin and membranes (e.g. eyes) feel like they're burning. I recently developed a cross-allergic reaction with mangoes, and when I eat them my mouth and skin would itch and have a burning sensation too. Ugh.

Aerius or a mast cell stabilizer worked for a short period, but my body quickly developed a tolerance. My specialist said that my allergies are only going to keep getting worse if not treated (I was supposed to have 3 courses of immunotherapy I think)... but due to life circumstances, I couldn't even get through one. Now my serums are in a fridge 3,500 km away ._.

I don't know what's worse/more annoying... having the runny/stuffy nose, or getting itchy all over. For me personally, the stuffy/runny nose isn't as bad as having pretty bad sinus infections with a headache and burning eyes. There has been a few days in the past where my hay fever got so bad that it felt like flu symptoms. I had the chills pretty bad for about an hour or so. I couldn't do anything without feeling like falling over and going to sleep.

Your allergies seem REALLY bad though, inane esp to be having to see a specialist and trying to find everything that could work well in keeping the allergies from getting worse and worse. Were things always like this? Or did these allergy issues start up just a few yrs ago (or months ago)?

[Heelsbythebridge]

Your allergies seem REALLY bad though, inane esp to be having to see a specialist and trying to find everything that could work well in keeping the allergies from getting worse and worse. Were things always like this? Or did these allergy issues start up just a few yrs ago (or months ago)?

Unfortunately, they are. When they first developed two years ago, I was hoping it was just some acute health problem that would go away in a few months. Nope. They did that skin test with me and the nurse was like, "Whoa, those are really big" (they basically inject you with a bit of each serum I think, and depending on your reaction, they know what you're allergic to and how bad- mine was a really bad one). My brother has the same allergies with the same symptoms, but mine are a lot more severe than his.

What stinks is they began when I just got a job I really liked. I had to quit it after only 5 months because it was just an absolute nightmare dealing with the allergies.. I would have stayed there until now I think if it weren't for my asshole immune system.

[L]

I thought it was just me... They felt so well controlled this year until yesterday when it all went haywire. It's putting me in such a bad mood.

Does any kind of treatment help you? I've tried every single thing on the market (pharmacist/GP said there was nothing else they could do for me), and I had to go to a specialist who prescribed me immunotherapy. I couldn't finish my first course of treatment and now I'm paying for it, literally and figuratively -.-

I usually use a simple antihistamine but in reality they do nothing for my hayfever in the summer or my new environment allergies. My summer hayfever gives me sinusitis difficulties and most if it is because of child hood asthma and when I get fly bites my legs swell and itch so much I have to freeze them with ice. This summer I am hoping to get a steroid injection that will last for about 6 weeks

[SmileyFace]

Unfortunately, they are. When they first developed two years ago, I was hoping it was just some acute health problem that would go away in a few months. Nope. They did that skin test with me and the nurse was like, "Whoa, those are really big" (they basically inject you with a bit of each serum I think, and depending on your reaction, they know what you're allergic to and how bad- mine was a really bad one). My brother has the same allergies with the same symptoms, but mine are a lot more severe than his.

What stinks is they began when I just got a job I really liked. I had to quit it after only 5 months because it was just an absolute nightmare dealing with the allergies.. I would have stayed there until now I think if it weren't for my asshole immune system.

How odd your brother deals with the same allergies with the same symptoms. Do either of your parents have allergies like this? Any relatives in general? It sounds like some sort of genetic thing.

[Heelsbythebridge]

I usually use a simple antihistamine but in reality they do nothing for my hayfever in the summer or my new environment allergies. My summer hayfever gives me sinusitis difficulties and most if it is because of child hood asthma and when I get fly bites my legs swell and itch so much I have to freeze them with ice. This summer I am hoping to get a steroid injection that will last for about 6 weeks

Ugh, sorry to hear that lasair... I hope the injection is effective. Allergies suck. Oral antihistamines do absolutely nothing for me.

How odd your brother deals with the same allergies with the same symptoms. Do either of your parents have allergies like this? Any relatives in general? It sounds like some sort of genetic thing.

Mom has no allergies whatsoever, Dad has mild symptoms. If it's genetic, I got the brunt of it.

[Kesky]

Ugh, sorry to hear that lasair... I hope the injection is effective. Allergies suck. Oral antihistamines do absolutely nothing for me.



Mom has no allergies whatsoever, Dad has mild symptoms. If it's genetic, I got the brunt of it.

can the serum be shipped to you?

[Heelsbythebridge]

can the serum be shipped to you?

It's a bit more complicated than that- I've been a delinquent patient, i.e. haven't been following doctor's orders, so my regimen is messed up. I need another consultation before beginning it again... It's not as simple as just taking up where I left off. I think my ordered serums might even be expired by now. I should be either on the end of the first course or just beginning my second, if I actually did what I was supposed to.

[SmileyFace]

I feel so anxious. I have too many expectations of people -- especially those I'm closest to. A lot of things are easily offending me tonight. I don't like it...

[Keddy]

Having really weird pains sort of where my kidneys are located... Please don't let it be my kidneys... Having appendicitis was bad enough!
I hope I just pulled something weird when I was dancing earlier. Now I'm not going to be able to sleep, WTF.
I am not going to be a baby and wake my boyfriend up because of this.
Yes I am.

[Heelsbythebridge]

Depression, I don't have any real reason to be so unhappy. Things are going good.

[merc]

Feeling lonely.

[Keddy]

I am so sick of myself. I'm really starting to piss myself off and I know I piss everyone else off too. I feel like I need to apologize for existing. Who gave me the right to go around thinking I'm so much better than everyone else? I'm a class-A loser. Look at my life. I sit on the computer for hours at a time, I play video games with my own boyfriend- HELLO, what happened to going on dates? REAL dates?! My classmates make fun of me behind my back. I'm lucky my co-workers don't plot to kill me. I never shut up and it's always about me. My social skills are appalling, I think I'm the world's greatest dancer ever and guess what- I'm probably not! Stop bragging about it, Keddy! I probably think I'm the smartest person in the entire world. I'M SUCH AN ASSHOLE!!! I mean, SERIOUSLY, am I a jerk or what?!
I am NOWHERE NEAR as attractive as I seem to think I am. I take thousands of selfies and I check myself out in the mirror. I'll admit to that. I'm that kind of dick who can't stop looking at himself. Well, guess what? I have a big fat gut and stretchmarks and short legs and tons of scars from trying to kill and injure myself. What's attractive about any of that? I need to get the [BEEP] over myself! Oh yeah, and can't forget that I used to have BUCK TEETH and had to have my jaw SURGICALLY CORRECTED because my overbite was so bad.
If I'm still alive tomorrow morning I'm going to deal with that and then make sure I get disposed of properly. I don't even deserve a funeral, I'll just ask my boyfriend to put my remains in the dumpster. I hate myself. I can't live with this anymore. I never thought one person could make themselves so angry.

[Heelsbythebridge]

My neighbours are always banging their doors or walls. What the hell are they doing. They're always speaking a language I don't understand either (French or otherwise).