Anyone else just randomly develop seasonal allergies?

[sage5907]

I don't have problems very often but I know what to do when the problem gets really bad. I hate to take pills so I take them only when the symptoms say take something. First, take something like Allegra 180 mg tables before you go to bed at night. I can get by with only taking 1/2 tablet. When the chest congestion gets bad take Mucinex in the blue package without the DM, 600 mg.. I also take the Mucinex before I go to bed and If I take the Mucinex I don't take the Allegra. If you have a sore throat from drainage gargle morning and evening with Listerine. It usually takes me three or four days to get back to normal. These three things keep me going when the cedar pollen, oak pollen and ragweed cause a problem. Mowing or running a farm tractor with a bush hog can start a problem. Hope you can cope with the problems.

 

[david58]

They hit me around age 45. All of a sudden, started sneezing and couldn't see to drive. Apparently, I'm allergic to everything, cats being the worst, with the exception of not allergic to Russian Thistle (tumbleweeds, good thing, I live in NM). They have kinda laid down, use fexafenadine (Allegra) and it works like magic, but I only take it when I am getting hit - takes ten minutes or less for the med to work.

 

[guyfromohio]

Ok guys....I have a tip birthed from the good lord Baby Jesus himself.... the product is called QNASL. It's prescription and it's a dry nasal spray (it doesn't drip out of your nose or make you sneeze). It's expensive and most insurance doesn't cover, but there are online coupons so you can get it for about $100/ month. This stuff is magic. I've been using it for about six years and have totally avoided allergy shots and OTC antihistamines. It has totally cured (alleviated symptoms) of all seasonal allergies, I'm not a paid rep or anything, but this stuff is life-changing.

 

[entropy]

Kind of like Seldane used to be.

 

[CZ9shooter]

I never noticed a single allergy symptom in all my years until pretty recently. I am in my early thirties. Mowing the lawn last spring and all of sudden I was sneezing out of control with watery eyes and snot running down my face. It practically turned on like a light switch.

At first I figured I had come down with a cold. My wife, who is quite familiar with seasonal allergies, suggested otherwise. I refused to believe it.

After a bit of research, though, I discovered that cold and allergy symptoms are very similar, with one major difference. Allergy symptoms come on fast, while a typical cold takes days to set in. Also, sensitivity to many allergens can increase with age.

I didn't know any of that. I guess I now have seasonal allergies. Great.