allergies

[Even Steven]

Staying away from cigars might actually help. I have bad allergies, dust, pollen, smoke all send my sinus to hell.
What sucks even more is when we have VOG, when that crap comes by, it sends mucus down my nose and through like niagra falls, not to mention my eyes get all water and blowing my nose or spitting never helps.

Sometimes I'll smoke a cigar at night and my sinus will be clear the next morning and I'll be fine, but some other nights I'll smoke a cigar and it'll be as if I was sniffing dust like scarface sniffs coke.

[adsantos13]

Originally Posted by montecristo#2

Have you tried Zyrtec? I know I tried Flonase, Claritin and the only one that works for me is Zyrtec.

Ditto. Zyrtec is great and its now over the counter. Get the 24 hour capsules. I take one in the morning and by lunchtime my allergies are pretty much under control.

OP, I feel your pain, good luck

[SteveDMatt]

Originally Posted by BamaDoc77

if he puts you on meds, ask for Xyzal....by far the best rx allergy med yet IMO.

The doctor gave me some samples of this and it did work well, but my insurance said they wouldn't pay for it yet. I guess it's still to new. So back to Allegra.......so so.

As far as smoking with allergies, I notice if I take a couple days off, my allergies do get a little better. But I have trouble going a couple days without smoking.

I did buy a version of the neti. It looks like a injector. It doesn't' matter if your stuffed up or not. It actually helps clear out some of the allergens that are hanging out in your sinuses. Seems to help for me for a couple of hours, but is not a long term fix for me. After a day outside, I will use it when I am going to stay in for a while.

Oh well, off to mow the lawn.

[Al_Samson]

thanks for the advice. i think i will take everyones advice into account and reduce my cigar intake instead of stopping it, at least untill all that pollen is done blowing around. and when i got to my allergist ill ask her about that maedicine. thanks all

[ca21455]

Started out with bad allergies about 25 years ago. Had shots and have used more medicine then Heinz has sauces! Fortunately the shots helped and over time the allergies have pretty much subsided and no longer cause severe asthma. I can say that smoking a cigar never affected my symptoms.

I use Allegra D which works the best for me in the spring when the mold count is high.

[Al_Samson]

i dont think it has ever effected me either, i think its all the pollen flying around from the trees around here. and its been raining alot which make the mold come out.