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Allergy Sufferers

kelly&paulkelly&paul
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Are your allergies worse this year? I'm on Zyrtec and it's not working. I take it at night and some days by noon I am miserable. ds is on claritin and I can tell when it starts to taper off. What do you take? can I take something else when mine starts to wear off? Zyrtec is supposed to be 24 hours and I'm not sure if I can/should take something else. I'm calling the dr. in the morning. I was just wondering if anyone else is having the same problems!
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Re: Allergy Sufferers

  • AnnapolisLariAnnapolisLari member

    It's been a tough allergy season all around from what I've heard.

    I've had a lot of luck with local honey. I have a teaspoon or two every morning and I've only had to take my meds for about a week or so this spring. The only time it was hard was when it suddenly got warm and EVERYTHING burst into bloom around here at the same time.

    AKA KnittyB*tch
    DS - December 2006
    DD - December 2008

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  • Cbidt's girlCbidt's girl
    You could add a nasal steroid spray like flonase and/or an eye drop like zaditor. My don takes zyrtec and flonase daily. The flonase has significantly helped. I take claritin and zaditor used as needed (on bad itchy eye days)
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  • omurrayomurray
    Have you tried using a nasal rinse bottle?  My DS and DH use these regularly right now and have been able to avoid taking any medication. 
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  • kelly&paulkelly&paul

    imageomurray:
    Have you tried using a nasal rinse bottle?  My DS and DH use these regularly right now and have been able to avoid taking any medication. 

    I do have one of these! we'll try that tomorrow.  and lari, I think I do remember someone saying something about local honey. thanks!

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  • JillShariJillShari member

    The doc I went to tonight told me that it is the worst season in the past 5 years!  And he practically lectured me on why I wasn't taking my allergy meds regularly.  I ended up at an urgent care place after getting a fever this afternoon with no other symptoms but allergy ones.  So, he put me on a nasal spray 2 times a day as well as the Allegra D and since I was so bad off, he gave me steroids for 2 days to head off a possible sinus infection and said that the fever was why it was called hay fever.

     I'd recommend also using a sinus rinse and he also talked about air filters in cars and houses... and showering to get it out of your hair and body each night before bed. 

    And I thought I was doing well....hmmmmmm

    Jill * Married to Steven 11/9/03 * DS Samuel 4/4/05* DS #2 Jeffrey 6/13/2009
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