Venting So who is ready for those late-summer allergies???

[synthsong]

Usual lurker here but since I have no one else in my life who cares here I will vent

I began getting sick several years ago and after long being misdiagnosed as anxiety/thyroid issues and whatever else it was discovered that I just suddenly became allergic to a LOT of things. That's the short version.

But yeah anyway those weeds and stuff, I am severely allergic to it now, like I carry an EpiPen serious. It is starting to poke its head out and I am DYING. Zyrtec every day, 2 sprays astepro a day, one spray Flonase a day and it is all doing NOTHING holy crap I can barely breathe.

So a while back doc offered me some allergy shots. Of course they take a few years to work really good. So I keep putting it off and eventually earlier this year forgetting it was even offered. This week is suddenly knocking me out I have no idea how I'm going to get through this I'm not even going outside I am still so uncomfortable so I go back to the doc, and I'm like "okay I'm ready I know I should've done this last year but I'm ready now give me the allergy shots" and you know what??? If it's been more than 18 months since your last allergy test they have to test you AGAIN before you can do the shots, because allergies change. I get it. But you know what else? You have to be completely off antihistamines for at least an entire week before having the test. I can't be off them now I will have an asthma attack and end up in hospital.

I AM SO ANGRY WITH MY PAST SELF. I know this is a problem I created but if I knew there was a timeout on getting the shots I just would have taken them. Lesson learned.

But yeah allergies suck.

 

[lastappleonearth]

Usual lurker here but since I have no one else in my life who cares here I will vent

I began getting sick several years ago and after long being misdiagnosed as anxiety/thyroid issues and whatever else it was discovered that I just suddenly became allergic to a LOT of things. That's the short version.

But yeah anyway those weeds and stuff, I am severely allergic to it now, like I carry an EpiPen serious. It is starting to poke its head out and I am DYING. Zyrtec every day, 2 sprays astepro a day, one spray Flonase a day and it is all doing NOTHING holy crap I can barely breathe.

So a while back doc offered me some allergy shots. Of course they take a few years to work really good. So I keep putting it off and eventually earlier this year forgetting it was even offered. This week is suddenly knocking me out I have no idea how I'm going to get through this I'm not even going outside I am still so uncomfortable so I go back to the doc, and I'm like "okay I'm ready I know I should've done this last year but I'm ready now give me the allergy shots" and you know what??? If it's been more than 18 months since your last allergy test they have to test you AGAIN before you can do the shots, because allergies change. I get it. But you know what else? You have to be completely off antihistamines for at least an entire week before having the test. I can't be off them now I will have an asthma attack and end up in hospital.

I AM SO ANGRY WITH MY PAST SELF. I know this is a problem I created but if I knew there was a timeout on getting the shots I just would have taken them. Lesson learned.

But yeah allergies suck.

I relate to this so much. I happen to be allergic to it seems like fucking everything. Sometimes it even starts in late winter, if it's warm and theres alr sth somewhere blossoming. Idk, it rlly sucks, makes u feel physically miserable basically all the time. I've also like tried basically everything to get rid of em, from allergy shots to traditional Chinese medicine, nothing helped, but acupuncture was kinda cool. I have a spray now, which helps with symptoms a bit, but that's it.
I hope it somehow gets better for u

 

[limenlux]

A lot of people don't understand how severe allergies can be sometimes. I once worked with a girl who would have to leave during her shifts or call in sick sometimes because her eyes would practically swell shut while running with tears and she could barely breathe. I'm sorry you're subjected to such unpleasantness.

 

[Forveleth]

Had a family member that had to get the weekly shots when I was young so I knew from a young age allergies are no joke. I started getting seasonal allergies 20 years ago. Then they turned into year-round allergies and got pretty bad. Now, 20 years later, they are finally starting to subside and I have them under control with Zyrtec and Flonase.

I feel you though man.