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SinafeySinafey member
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Have you ever gotten allergy shots?  Did they work?

I went to the allergist today and she recommended that I start them, but they'd better be pretty danged effective given how often I'd have to make the 20 minute trip each way to the doc's office with DD...  

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  • SarahPLizSarahPLiz member
    I do, and they work. I haven't gotten one in 3 weeks , so I'm a week late, and I notice. I used to have horrible allergies all year long, and they usually made my asthma act up and led to upper respiratory infections. i haven't been sick since I started the shots over 2 years ago. 
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  • sweetdreams2000sweetdreams2000

    They defintely worked for me.  I went for ~2 yrs getting 2 injections (one for mold, one for all the other stuff) and then just couldnt swing it in my schedule anymore.  I went from 4 regular prescription allergy meds to 0 (only need mucinex or an antihistimine for a short time in spring).  I think I could have gone for a shorter period of time, but I couldnt get over there more than 1x per week on a normal basis.

    Its awesome - I can actually breathe when its humid/rainy outside - and I'm not completely foggy all spring/fall.

    I will say, the place I went was generally pretty good with kids in the shot room - and would distract them with stickers, talking to them, etc while you got a shot.  Mine was also open on Sats (I think from 9-12) which helped me a ton, and might help with a kiddo.

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  • carlinlpcarlinlp member
    DH wasn't able to function without them for years and even needed them A's a child. He detoxed this year and hasn't needed a single one, any meds and he's 100% symptom free. It's been so amazing and life changing for him. He now feels strongly that the shots were a bandaid, not a cure.


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  • YellowUmbrellaYellowUmbrella

    I got allergy shots for about 3 years in high school (one in each arm every Tuesday). At the beginning we were able to do the shots at home, but after about 6 months the allergist office changed their policy and I had to drive 45 minutes each way to their office. After about a year of that they allowed my local PCP office to handle the shots, so I just had to go there to have it done by a nurse.

    Before allergy shots I was a mess - touching any plant or grass made me break out in hives, I had a permanent sinus infection that flared up once every month or two and I had an upset stomach every single morning because of all the drainage.

    I still get the sniffles and sneezes, but it is nothing like it was before. If they started to get bad again, I would do it again in a heartbeat. When I was at an ENT last year for an non-allergy related issue he brought up sublingual allergy treatment which sounded interesting (a drop that you do under you tongue every day rather than a shot once a week). I'm not sure if there are any doctors in Austin that do that.

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  • SinafeySinafey member

    Thanks for all of the responses!

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