What do you take for your allergies?

[Lovely2CU]

Hate this time of year, sore, itchy, runny, feels like there's half a ton of grit in them, eyes.

Know the feeling?

New life sprouting in the garden, lawns being mowed and the harvests from the nearby fields. As now, it's the rapeseed. I've been taking Benadryl (antivastine) which seems a bit hit and miss. What do you take that helps?

 

[rkandmjsmommy]

Ive taken Zyrtec the past couple of years...its NOT working this year gonna go try Dh's Claritin! I take benadryl at night but thats to help me sleep, working overnights the past 5 years has screwed up my schedule!

 

[eliza61]

Its extremely bad here on the East coast. I'm doing a cocktail of Claritan and nasonex.

 

[FredinFL]

Generic Zyrtec and Nasonex here, works pretty well!

 

[mjkacmom]

I take allegra, but this is a bad allergy season. I got shots for about 10 years, and have been taking medication year-round for at least 25 years. I just keep a box of tissues in every room. Benedryl actually works great, but I can only take it at bedtime. My kids have been getting allegra in the morning, benedryl at night. They were getting zyrtec at night, but it wasn't cutting it. We also all have prescription nasal spray.

 

[Tammi67]

Zyrtec D - BEHIND the counter at the pharmacy. Works great and I have bad allergies.

 

[The Mystery Machine]

When they get bad, my ENT gave me a prescription for Aller-X. I can half the dose.

Right now my lymph node is swelling in my sinuses so I might have to take it for a few days.

Allergy meds dry me out so I have to take then sparingly and only when needed.

 

[mrodgers]

Zyrtec D - BEHIND the counter at the pharmacy. Works great and I have bad allergies.

How's the drowsiness of this? Antihistamine like Benedryl knock me out right now. Impossible for me to function on Benedryl.

My wife just told me she got some generic ZyrtecD for me. I've always just used generic 12 hour psuedaphederine (sp?) and it usually helps with the sinuses. This year I'm having a lot of trouble with my eyes of which I haven't had problems since the 90's with the eyes. I read that ZyrtecD is psuedaphederine plus an antihhistamine.

I have stuff to do on the house and I can't work out in the yard these past few days because I can't open my eyes after getting home from work.

 

[Sneezie]

My allergies are kicking my butt right now. I'm experiencing itchy, watery, hazy eyes, post nasal drip, stuffed up nose and night sweats. This morning I took an Allegra-D which helped with the drip and the stuffiness, but it dried out my nasal passages. I'm going to try the Benadryl tonight so that I can hopefully get some rest.

My allergies are year round as well.

 

[charming23]

I take generic zyrtec which seems to be working well this year.

 

[msjprincess]

zyrtec and naphcon A eyedrops

 

[MrsJackSparrow4Life]

I take the generic Claritin from Costco. As long as I remember to take it every morning my allergies do not bother me at all.

 

[chipscamping buddy]

Advil cold and sinus

 

[PirateSnowmen]

Just the prescriptions my allergist prescribed me: nasonex, astepro, singulair. Also weekly allergy shots. The shots are really the only thing that work because my allergies are so bad (year-round). Claritin, Benadryl, allegra, etc. have never done a single thing to help my allergies.

 

[liamkelly]

I use to be alergic to bee stings and would only take medications, recently i've gotten stung many times and nothing has happened, looks like i grew out of it.

 

[PrincessKsMom]

Claritin D.

 

[Tinker'n'Fun]

I'm kind of worried here, DD, DS, and DH all suffer. They were on Alavert-D and Nasonex/Flonase (whichever he had to give for free)

He recently changed all three of them to Singular. They are all responding well but no one else has said this, hoping someone will come along with some wisdom for me.

 

[disfan07]

I am currently on:
zyrtec 2x day (morning and night)
allegra 1x day (afternoon)
rhinocort
saline spray
patanol eye drops 2x day
benedryl at night when they get really bad

And it's still not entirely working. I can't take singulair because it gives me migraines. Allergy shots are not an option because of the allergies I have and the shear number of them. Decongestants are not an option because they make my heart condition worse.

My allergist said that this is one of the worst allergy seasons she has ever seen and it's just going to get worse.

 

[PirateSnowmen]

I'm kind of worried here, DD, DS, and DH all suffer. They were on Alavert-D and Nasonex/Flonase (whichever he had to give for free)

He recently changed all three of them to Singular. They are all responding well but no one else has said this, hoping someone will come along with some wisdom for me.

I'm taking singulair and have been since last November. It works for me, but my allergies are so bad that it's usually pretty hard to tell.

I am currently on:
zyrtec 2x day (morning and night)
allegra 1x day (afternoon)
rhinocort
saline spray
patanol eye drops 2x day
benedryl at night when they get really bad

And it's still not entirely working. I can't take singulair because it gives me migraines. Allergy shots are not an option because of the allergies I have and the shear number of them. Decongestants are not an option because they make my heart condition worse.

My allergist said that this is one of the worst allergy seasons she has ever seen and it's just going to get worse.

I didn't think they were an option for me either (I was tested for 86 allergens and I'm allergic to 84 of those things, most of them severely), but I got started on them last December (I go get one once a week). I'll be on them for a longggggggggg time, but I can actually tell a difference since I've started the shots, so I'm totally fine with it.