My oldest is almost 8 and has sever environmental allergies. We started immunotherapy about 4 weeks ago. I need some feedback to see if what we are experiencing seems about right.
Of course the first shot there was a scene because no kid wants to get shots and he made it known that he was no exception. However, in the end he admitted that it was not that bad and for the next few visits there was no drama. All of the sudden, this week the drama began again with him swearing that each time it hurts more and has become quite painful. Not the needle stick but the burning of the "medicine". I am not certain that I am going to be able to commit to the completely draining scene that happened this week were I physically dragged him into the office and held him down while he screamed 36 more times.
The nurse asked if he was feeling better, the answer is no he is feeling worse. His eyes are consistently running, his nose is a mess, he is itchy. We use enough baseline allergy meds that he really shouldn't be able to produce a reaction at all, but we are still needing some breakthrough Benadryl at least 2x a week. His skin is bad enough we are back to the Rx cream and that is just keeping him from scratching it off.
At some point, these symptoms are supposed to get better. In your experience how long did that take?? I didn't think things would get better quickly but the look on the assistants face when I said that he wasn't a lot better was one of surprise. I just really need a reality check from someone that has BTDT. I don't want to stop if this has a chance of working but if we should have seen improvement already then the amount of time and energy this is taking needs to be reevaluated.
Of course the first shot there was a scene because no kid wants to get shots and he made it known that he was no exception. However, in the end he admitted that it was not that bad and for the next few visits there was no drama. All of the sudden, this week the drama began again with him swearing that each time it hurts more and has become quite painful. Not the needle stick but the burning of the "medicine". I am not certain that I am going to be able to commit to the completely draining scene that happened this week were I physically dragged him into the office and held him down while he screamed 36 more times.
The nurse asked if he was feeling better, the answer is no he is feeling worse. His eyes are consistently running, his nose is a mess, he is itchy. We use enough baseline allergy meds that he really shouldn't be able to produce a reaction at all, but we are still needing some breakthrough Benadryl at least 2x a week. His skin is bad enough we are back to the Rx cream and that is just keeping him from scratching it off.
At some point, these symptoms are supposed to get better. In your experience how long did that take?? I didn't think things would get better quickly but the look on the assistants face when I said that he wasn't a lot better was one of surprise. I just really need a reality check from someone that has BTDT. I don't want to stop if this has a chance of working but if we should have seen improvement already then the amount of time and energy this is taking needs to be reevaluated.