I hate allergies

[dagibbs]

I hate allergies. I feel like my brains are running out my nose. I'm sneezing, sniffling, blowing, and my eyes are itching. And, this is with anti-histamines coursing through my system.

From the weather network's website, today's pollen count for ragweed is 225, "high" is "80+". Joy. I mean, *sniffle*.

I can barely smell, or taste, my Caribean left-overs.

Comments

[i-and-t.livejournal.com]

aren't any of the non-drowsy new generation antihistamines over the counter yet in the US? certainly old generation benadryl (diphenhydramine) is, which is very effective, if you are one of the people that it doesn't make drowsy.
i.

[dagibbs.livejournal.com]

Oddly, I was looking at a bunch of the sleeping remedies available in the pharmacy -- all but one of them were Benadryl. The one that wasn't Benadryl was an herbal, which I recognised, but can't bring to mind at the moment.

[i-and-t.livejournal.com]

all the otc sleeping remedies are working thru an antihistamine mechanism in varying doses.100-150 mg of generic gravol and I'm out like a light.
all the herbals are not clinically tested against placebo, not regulated (so you have no idea what is in them)so god knows how they might or might not work.
i.

[elizilla]

I sometimes get desperate enough to take a Benedryl, but it completely puts me to sleep.

Allegra-D has been helping quite a bit. I still sniffle and sneeze but the itchy eyes and throat go away, which is huge.