allergies

[amyfish]

Do any of you get them? I'm on my 4th round of sick this year and someone pointed out to me that it might be allergies, not a cold. This is the second time my sick has started with a  tickle in my noise and now I have sinus congestion, general cranial pain, watery eyes and clear drippy runny nose. Google is giving me some pretty good evidence to

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[mabuddha]

try claritin d. if that doesn't work, go to your doctor and get some real allergy meds ;)

[amyfish]

I took some and it seems to be taking the edge off. Thanks. Perhaps if I chase it with some ibuprofen I will feel nearly normal. My teeth ache!

[sammishndahouse]

if you dont want to take actual medicine (like claritin or benadryl), there's an herbal alternative called D-Hist. I take it twice a day (morning, before bed), and I almost never have allergy problems anymore. the only thing is is that you have to take it for a week or two until it really kicks in (but after that, no problems).

some info: http://www.vitaminusa.com/natdhisbyorm.html

[amyfish]

Interesting. I will definitely give that a try.

[soybased]

Yeah, I have had them all my life.. They just picked up again, so you probably do have them.

Theres tons of non-drowsy over the counter medication that works well, also if you can afford a doctor they can perscribe a ton of stuff.

Usually if I have a really bad attack I will just get a moist towel and hold it over my eyes/nose/etc and that usually takes the edge off..

Also, keeping your windows closed at night seems to help since I guess pollen and shit travels around the most around then.