Posts Tagged ‘seasonal allergies’

My seasonal allergies are absoloutley driving me crazy. I have a runny/stuffy nose, insanely itchy eyes, and an itchy throat. I’m allergic to about everything outdoors, plus animal hair. My prescribed medications aren’t working at all. How can I stop the symptoms without medication?

Please don’t suggest to avoid the things I’m allergic to. It’s hard to avoid the outside.

For the past 7 years I have had seasonal allergies: watery ich eyes, sneezing, the works. I would always use Flonase, but this year I was perscribed Nasonex (you know, the commercial with the bee). Anyways, I started using it at the beginning of this allergy season but soon discovered that I wasnt having my normal symptoms anymore, so I stopped taking the nasal spray.
But for the past month I have developed a constant mucus cough. I always get coughing fits when I lie down to sleep or when I laugh, and I start to wheeze. This happens about 3-4 times a day and I’m not sure if it’s my allergies, a cold, or something worse. I feel fine so I dont think it’s a cold. At first Tylonol Cold helped, but not so much anymore. Coffee seems to make it stop now. But I’m not experiencing the normal watery eyes and sneezing. It’s only coughing, which lasts about half and hour sometimes. Should I be worried or is this just my allergies developing furthur?
When I say I wheeze, I mean as I’m breathing at normal pase, you can hear the mucus rattling. Not like Im short of breath or anything. So I dont quite think it’s asthma. But how would I know for sure, right? =) Let me know what you all think!