Fall allergy season begins!

It started for me today. Anyone else?

My favorite remedies are sleeping 12 hours a day and eating every second that I’m awake. Snorting cromolyn sodium also helps.

10 thoughts on “Fall allergy season begins!”

  1. One of my 3 year old daughters woke up sneezing no less than 17 times in a row…that’s like running a half marathon for a wee one. Must be something floating in the fog today.

  2. Triaminic or Claritin doesn’t work for me. Benadryl works in heavy doses, but unless I’m exercising, I pass out within the hour.

    There was one year that my eyes itched so bad that I had to frequently apply icecubes to my eyelids. That same year, I could break out in hives within 2 minutes just by sitting in mown grass.

    The allergic reactions come and go about every 3-4 years and vary in intensity; which, interestingly enough, does not vary with the amount of mold/fungus/pollen in the air, or my location.

  3. Ah, so I guess I’m not just coming down with the World’s Worst Cold. In the past I’ve only gotten mildy sniffly during ragweed season, so I wasn’t sure if the gallons of snot I’ve been producing lately were viral or pollen related.

    I can’t get my neti pot to work. Either I am so congested that the water can’t flow through my sinuses, or I’m doing it wrong. It trickles back into my throat and I feel like I’m drowning in a swimming pool.

  4. Here in Germany, one of the approaches to relief of spring allergies is a daily spoon of honey produced by local bees. I guess the idea is sort of like a vaccine in that it fortifies your immune system with small amounts of the thing you’re allergic to.

  5. Is this season exceptionally bad in Chicago? I never knew I had allergies, thought it was a constant cold. This is different, I went for a bike ride & could barely breathe – coughing & wheezy. Tried Claritin Reditabs which helped a lot. Think it gave me a headache tho….

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