Flonase
Zyrtec
has helped me a lot.
Thanks balls - I actually forgot about flonase! Good idea.
Stay away from Benedryl and some of the older allergy medications. They will make you drowsy as hell.
It's like melatonin for me.
Generic for Allegra works well for me but mine is definitely seasonal pollen/mold.
Those netti pots are an...interesting experience but they do work to flush you out before bed and such.
I've tried the real Allegra back in the day, didn't really work, maybe they've changed up the formula?
dust allergy is only fixed 95% when you have hardwood floors everywhere. no carpet. well for me it was. With carpet; I would wake up to 50 sneezes back to back.. Now its very very very minimal. maybe once or two times a week , I sneeze 3-4 times.
Just moved into a new house, most of the ground level is tiled, so that's nice. Only thing that isn't is the living room and our bedroom, I planned on buying a roomba so I can keep it as allergin free as I can 24/7!
Instead of a steroid spray try using a saline nose spray for a more natural way of getting the allergens out of your nose.
Not a bad idea, I usually use a netti pot for this though, but saline could be used while at work...Which I desperately needed yesterday!
I'm in the second year of allergy shots and it takes 20min and your out of there. My Dr stays late one night a week as well. You can't work something out with the doc? It's the best thing I ever did.
Nasonex worked very well for me on my indoor allergies combined with Zyrtec.
Yeah, our FMLA is like, unless you're dead, or dieing, you need to be at work. The doc stays open late on Thursdays, but they're pretty far from where I work, I speculate I wouldn't make it there in time unless they stayed late just for lil ol me...Who knows, maybe I can my FMLA approved after pulling some teeth...Nasonex is a good idea, isn't that mostly for pollen allergies though?
Tylenol Severe Allergy......works for me. I've tried Claritin but didn't do anything but wasted money.
Interesting, never seen that before, I'll have to try it out. TY!
Allergy shots eventually helped my little girl's allergies work down to nothing. Still waiting to see if they work for my son.
As noted, benadryl can make you super drowsy, so try it but don't plan on driving anywhere after. I took Claritin for a few years and it worked at first, but eventually didn't help much. Good thing it's over the counter and you can buy generics in bulk at Costco if it seems to work for you.
Several years ago I started taking Singulair because my allergies started making my asthma flare up. Singulair has worked AWESOME for me. I rarely have any allergy flare ups and haven't experienced any side effects.
Singulair...that's OTC right?