Allergies Or Random 24 Hour Cold? Posted: 03-26-04 02:44am
For the last few years, I have found
myself the victim of a phenomenon I call
'allergy days'. These are occassional
days when I wake up in the morning, and
usually by noon i've started sneezing. By
3 i'm at my sickest-- I can't think
straight, i'm sneezing almost constantly,
and when i'm not my nose is leaking.
Around 9 or so, i'll finally get
completely congested (believe me, this is
a relief following all the sneezing and
the like), and I stay that way til about
noon the next day.
My theory was that my problem was some
kind of allergy i'd developed. The weird
thing is that, no matter what the weather,
or time of year, these days just pop up at
random. And here's the kicker --
antihistamines do nothing to cure the
symptoms. They just render even more
braindead.
So I went to an allergist, did a scratch
test, and he set me up with some
immunotherapy. But i'm still not
convinced that this is an allergy thing.
Doc seemed to just take my word for it.
So i've been doing these shots for a while
now, and nothing is changed. The doctor
I have administering the shots seems to
think my 'reactions' are strange-- I don't
react to the shot at all, and i'm supposed
to be 'severly allergic' to the contents
of the shot. So, i'm starting to wonder
if I shouldn't get another opinion on
this.
If anyone can shed some light on my
situation, or offer any advice, i'd
certianly love to hear it.
Thanks
stacey
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kcorrell
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 13 Apr 2004 Posts: 4 Location: MA
Posted: 04-24-04 03:03am
Trust your gut. A second opinion can make
all the difference!
Hi
wow I thought I was the only one who
suffered from this, I get the exact same
thing! For some reason on some day or
another I wake up and start sneezing for
no apparent reason, sometimes my eyes will
sting - rubbing them usually aggravates
the problem. By the afternoon, I am almost
incapacitated, I have trouble
concentrating my nose is a running faucet
and there is nothing I can do to stop it
but shove tissue up my already sore nose.
I call them allergy days too, simply
because I have no idea what else to call
them.
There are a couple of things I have found
that seem to relieve the symptoms, Visine
allergy formula - if I wake up and have
that feeling like it's going to be one of
those days, I put a couple of drops in my
eyes. If I can catch it before I start
sneezing this usually helps, but it
doesn't always work. One thing that does
work oddly enough is Gravol, it
specifically needs to be the smallest pill
form of Gravol (anything else doesn't have
the right concentration). It's the side
affect of gravol that you want - it causes
dry mouth, which also dries out the rest
of your nasal cavity, you may still feel
congested but you won't be a runny faucet
and the sneezing will subside. I took one
once because the constant
sneezing/sniffling was making me ill and I
noticed my symptoms got better, so I tried
it again when another attack ensued and
it worked again. The next time I go to my
Dr. I'm going to ask about this.
I am also convinced that this is not due
to an actual allergy.
