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hayfever
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what should i take?
i used to take zirtec but that made me very woozy and i was usually alseep within an hour of taking it. last year i had nasal spray + eyedrops combo which seemed to work it was just a hassle to apply it all the time...
does anyone have any good remedies?
i used to take zirtec but that made me very woozy and i was usually alseep within an hour of taking it. last year i had nasal spray + eyedrops combo which seemed to work it was just a hassle to apply it all the time...
does anyone have any good remedies?
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I've also tried several nasal sprays and brands of eye drops - the eye drops my doctor gave me didn't do much, but I found some good ones from Boots (just their own brand, I think) so I took them to my doctor and he gave me the same ones, just in "medical looking" packaging - ie, so I didn't have to pay for them over the counter at Boots! (cos I was going thru a bottle every few days!)
It was only last year - I've suffered (and I mean suffered!) from hayfever every year, from March to September, since I was about 12 (I'm 19 now) - that I found something that actually worked! It's a steroid nasal spray... it was a "last resort" because it's so strong - my doctor had been saying "if this doesn't work, we might have to consider the steroids" for years! Two sprays of that, and I didn't have a single hayfever symptom for two whole weeks, then another few sprays and I was okay for another two weeks! Just a pity I only got it at the very end of the season last year! :rolleyes:
I've had a cold for the past week, and the other day it dawned on me it might actually be hayfever (catches me out every year!) - I used the steroids and the "cold" disappeared.... Hmmm... :yeees:
I've just been saying I've had a cold. Though some of my symptoms are very cold like. I'm dumb
So what are these steroids? I suffer quite badly too and the first pills he gave me didn't work. So then he gave me Zirtek, which was all fine and dandy but it knocks me out lol. Then he gave me a combination of nasal spray and eye drops which are good except need to be adminstered quite often (nasal spray twice daily and eye drops three times per day)
It's really hard because if I'm out and I start suffering I don't have any way of releiving the symptoms (I don't take them with me) so I want something high strength that will last a long time.
My brother is on some kind of steroids because he has hayfever (and ahstma) and they used to do trials on him because his was so strong. I must admit though mine is a lot worse this year
Whether the stimuli is still there or not, i suffer for the nxt 24/48 hrs - and that could be me for 2 weeks.............before getting another one...........
One thing i do find is, that it makes me sleepy, and i just need to lye down, when i wake up, im fine for about 2o mins, then thats me.............all over again.............
Neo-Clarityn helps or me sometimes, but if i forget to take it in the morning.........then im virtualy unprotected...........
Does anyone get pains, like a dull pain, go through their body, cause they are sneazing so much?????? i hate it.............i also get really clostraphobic and crabbit when i have the symptoms/attacks........anyone else suffer in that way, if so, how do they combat it???? cause my g/f suffers the brunt of it!!!!!!
I get sooooo arsey when I'm suffering - I'm really sorry if this makes the act of sucide sound trivial, but last year (before I got the spray that actually worked), it crossed my mind that I could see why some people could actually end there lives because the pain (of anything) got so bad! I think it's a combination of the fact you can't go out and do anything, cos being outside would just make it worse, and the fact that it hurts so much! Like maillme said, the tingly pain in the back of your nose - feels like your nose is being crushed in a vice! (or is that just me?! )
I also used to find I got terrible headaches - I couldn't understand why at first, but its actually something to do with the fact you can't breathe properly so you can't take in as much oxygen as normal and it's the lack of oxygen in your blood / getting to your brain that causes the headaches!
Curly_girl - I've never had the injection for it - I'm so scared of needles it's unbelieveable! My doctor had suggested it once but once he saw the look on my face, that idea went out the window! I dont know of anyone else who has had it either.. sorry!
Oh, another thing, has anyone tried an air filter? I've had one for a few years, which I usually leave on overnight, or put it on during the day in my room when I need to escape and sleep for a bit.... But I'm not sure if it's actually making a difference!
Edited cos I can't spell!
where, how much?
What you mean?? crabbit???
Neil
The air filter was from Argos - was something like £35, methinks
Neil
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