Is the pollen making life miserable for anyone else besides me?

[Shell Beau]

It's up my nose and down my throat. I have a sore throat today from my sinuses! It's all over my car and house! I know plants gotta love too, but jeez!

[Left Is Write]

1. Yes. I still have the lingering cough and chest congestion from my cold/sinus infection

of WEEKS ago, and now it's being compounded by allergies. My ears have been clogging and popping all day, and my nose and eyes are sore.

My son gets seasonal allergies something terrible also. I've got him on Benadryl.

[Shell Beau]

7. My husband is on Nyquil and Dayquil! I just took some advil for my head and throat.

Benadryl reacts opposite on me as far as the drowsiness goes. It makes me wired. Nyquil does the same!

[flvegan]

2. My great dane

His eyes are all red and inflamed. Vet gave him some eyedrops, etc.

[Shell Beau]

4. My dogs eyes are running like crazy. He's got some drops too!

[dropkickpa]

19. My dog

gets benadryl. It's the only thing that keeps her sane, between the ear scratching, foot chewing, and face itching (she's got bad allergies, but the benadryl works wonders for her). Poor thing, and spring hasn't really sprung here as yet, I can't wait to see what the rest of the year brings.

[flvegan]

20. Are her symptoms year round?

We had a dog come through here once that did that quite a bit. Turned out to be food allergies. We switched dog food, and he was fine.

We've used Benadryl in the past as well. Works wonders! Sorry about your girl, though.

[dropkickpa]

24. Nope, just spring through fall

I automatically switched her to a food I've had good luck with in the past when I got her last spring(my old dog was allergic to everything, corn especially). She had been treated (surgery) for a severe ear hematoma at the shelter, was actually still on the antibiotics when I got her. I switched her immediately to a good (but affordable) diet. The head shaking and ear flapping was almost continuous (no wonder she got a hematoma), so I spoke with a vet I work with and he suggested trying benadryl, if that didn't work after a day or two, bring her in and he'd do a work up on her. It was like a wonder drug, she's had almost no symptoms (she also gets oopy goopy eyes) while on it (she was off during the winter with minimal symptoms, mostly on the warm days). Benadryl just makes me completely whacked out, wish it didn't as it is MUCH more affordable than my rx allergy meds.

I live in the house of allergy. It's a wonderful (snotty, itchy) place to be, between me, the kid, and the dog (the guinea pigs and fish haven't shown any sign of being allergic to anything, so yay).

[Guava Jelly]

3. I have been sneezing all day

so yeppers it is.

[Shell Beau]

5. I forgot about the sneezing! Miserable!

[LSK]

6. yes

Im thinking I have some sort of allergies or the longest cold on earth.

[crim son]

8. I won't see pollen until June.

I'm trying hard to pity you. :pals:

[RebelOne]

9. Yep, and it hasn't even gotten bad yet.

I'm in the Atlanta area and today my eyes and nose are running. I hate to think of what is going to happen when all the yellow stuff starts covering everything.

[Shell Beau]

13. It is covering everything here in Jackson, MS. It doesn't

help that we haven't had any rain and none is in the forecast either! My car is now yellow! And my poor little ol' patio furniture is yellow too!

[SeattleGirl]

10. A miserable SeattleGirl here.

Horrible post-nasal drip which gives me the nastiest coughing fits. I am so tired of this.

[Miss_Strawberry]

11. YES!

and there is still snow on the ground! This is going to be a bad year!

[Burma Jones]

12. I'm feeling a little scratchy and my Daughter is home from school today

and the trees here are just getting started....I think it's disgusting, plants having sex out in the open....like Dogs or Hippies.....

[wildhorses]

14. yep, sinus headache and congested nose

but, damn i love spring:P

edited to add--the itchy eyes *scratch*

[Lil Missy]

15. Sneezing and snorting up a storm here!

My SO feels better that we can open up the house, (I smoke cigs) but that lets in all the air from whatever is pollinating with the nicer weather.

So, I sneeze and snort a lot, but my mate feels better.

[Rue]

16. Year round here.

I think I've finally gotten used to not being able to smell. It's much, much worse at this time of year, though.

[MissMillie]

17. not so much up here

there's still a foot of snow on the ground and it's 30 degrees.... not a lot of pollen about....

[dropkickpa]

18. They gotta love

but I wish they wouldn't try to do it -inside- my nose. Me and Dropkid are both sniffling, snorting, itchy eyed wrecks!

Oh, and this is just the tip of the snotberg. This year is supposed to be a REAL doozy. Yay. :eyes:

[The empressof all]

21. Something that works for me

Eat locally produced honey. I take a spoonful every day. It certainly doesn't cure the allergies but I have found reduced symptoms as a result. Certainly it's not a substitute for medication but :shrug: it seems to help me. My understanding is that the pollen used by the bees to make the honey has a homeopathic effect when eaten. It only works with local honey though as it needs to include the pollens you are troubled by.

[Alexander]

22. My throat is so sore right now...

Has been for a week. The only time it doesn't hurt to swallow is when I'm asleep.

[Lady Effingbroke]

23. The hugh-jass live oaks surrounding my house are deeply into their yearly throes of ectsasy,

spitting sap and stringing spooge that gathers in drifts and wads that blow like tumbleweeds about the neighborhood.

There's just a little too much hardwood lovin' goin' on around here!

[Radical Activist]

25. You must be in the South

Too early for that here.

[AlCzervik]

26. yes! It's terrible here today, yesterday we had rain and today it's windy and pollen is blowing

all over the place. My head is killing me.