Allergy HELP!!!!?
Saturday, June 28th, 2008i have really bad allergies, i guess..here’s the deal…i wake up every morning and literally sneeze for 10-20 minutes straight… my eyes are sore and gross…it goes away after about 3 hrs of being awake…then i’m pretty much ok for the day…until i wake up the next morning!!!! what’s going on? how can i fix/manage this?!
If you are waking up with bad symptoms (and OK for the rest of the day), then it sounds like the thing(s) you are allergic to are in your bedroom - it might be dust mites in the bed linens. I would put allergy covers over your mattress and pillows and wash your sheets in hot water at least once a week. You might want to try an air purifier/filter that you can buy at Target, Walmart, etc, to filter the air. My allergies are always worse in the morning too because I am allergic to dust and dust mites!
Zyrtec works better than Claritin or Singulair, but the best medicines are nasal sprays (Flonase, Nasonex, Rhinocort) and plain old Benadryl. Since Benadryl makes you sleepy, you might want to take that at night before you go to bed and try the nasal sprays in the morning. (Benadryl is OTC, of course, but the nasal sprays require a prescription.) There is also an OTC nasal rinse, where you flush salt water through your nose and sinuses to remove allergens.
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You need to be on allergy meds. Everyday. You can’t just take them once in awhile like ibuprofen. Try some over the counter drugs like Claritin or Zyrtec. Take it at night before you go to sleep. It does take a couple of days or so for it to get into your system and start working. Try changing out your pillow and washing all bedding in hot water too.
Check with a doctor if OTC drugs don’t work.
Try claritin D or Zyrtec D. And give it a couple of weeks to work. Zyrtec D is the only thing that works for my daughter
Also try a nasel spray. Nasonex, Nasacort and Flonase are ones that we have used. sometimes you get better relief from a spray.