I hate allergies.

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Discussion Starter · 2 mo ago

Why is it that this time of year allergies all make you miserable? I can't stand it when I'm coughing, sneezing and can't breathe. I don't know how you guys coupe with allergies but I take allergy medicine out the yazoo and maybe a shot apple pie moonshine once in awhile. I know one thing for sure turkey season is just around the corner and I didn't need this.

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dennishoddy

· #2 · 2 mo ago

VA has me on some different meds currently to fight the alergies and to control the post-covid cough I've had since getting the rona in February.

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retrieverman

· #3 · 2 mo ago

I don’t take any allergy drugs, because it makes my head swimmy. I take a teaspoon of local honey in my first cup of coffee every morning, and I think it helps with my allergies. The problem I have is that I have to fight allergies in two different “climates”. I can be fine in east TX and come up to NW Oklahoma, and my nose stops up and I can’t breathe.

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Kennywayne

· #4 · 2 mo ago

retrieverman said:
I don’t take any allergy drugs, because it makes my head swimmy. I take a teaspoon of local honey in my first cup of coffee every morning, and I think it helps with my allergies. The problem I have is that I have to fight allergies in two different “climates”. I can be fine in east TX and come up to NW Oklahoma, and my nose stops up and I can’t breathe.

Your probably the same as me cedars get my allergies going

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DRC458

· #5 · 2 mo ago

I've been told in the past to change the allergy meds you take frequently. I was in to see my PCP last week, and he recommends rotating allergy meds every twelve weeks ... Zyrtek, Allegra, and Claritin (or generic equivalents) ... in that order. Others suggest changing every thirty days. Doc's nurse saw a pulmonologist who had her rotating every TWO WEEKS! I have been taking generic Zyrtek and just switched to Allegra. We'll see what happens. I know the Zyrtek was certainly not working like it used to!

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retrieverman

· #6 · 2 mo ago

There’s a guy on OSA that has local Oklahoma honey, and I’m picking some up when I come up in a couple weeks. I’ll see if that helps me this year.

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Wishbone

· #7 · 2 mo ago

My allergies don't tend to kick up really bad until closer to summer and ragweed starts blooming. Local honey is good but I have to take 24 hour non drowsy allergy pills all summer. When I was a kid, I'd get a shot of cortisone each year around May and it'd get me into fall and cooler weather. Then it wasn't allowed without a prescription and guess not "proven" for allergies. Or more likely it worked and was much less costly than big pharma could make!

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Bullbuster

· #8 · 2 mo ago

My oldest boys had it bad since we moved here. He was back in OKC in February and said he was just fine. I have no allergy issues thank the good lord.
I’ve been told that living at higher elevations can make people more susceptible to allergies. Dennis you notice a different between the elevations you travel and hang out?

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retrieverman

· #9 · 2 mo ago

Wishbone said:
My allergies don't tend to kick up really bad until closer to summer and ragweed starts blooming. Local honey is good but I have to take 24 hour non drowsy allergy pills all summer. When I was a kid, I'd get a shot of cortisone each year around May and it'd get me into fall and cooler weather. Then it wasn't allowed without a prescription and guess not "proven" for allergies. Or more likely it worked and was much less costly than big pharma could make!

I used to mow out the roads on my place in May or June, but the ragweed would tear me up. I only mow now in late August or early September, and it doesn’t bother me near as bad.

Everything here in east TX is covered with pollen right now, and the privet hedge and pine trees haven’t even started blooming yet.

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DRC458

· #10 · 2 mo ago

retrieverman said:
There’s a guy on OSA that has local Oklahoma honey, and I’m picking some up when I come up in a couple weeks. I’ll see if that helps me this year.

See if you can't find some honey from bees right there in east Texas where you live. They say the key to honey is buying local honey, which the bees made from pollen found in your specific area. That's where the 'immunity' comes from.

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retrieverman

· #11 · 2 mo ago

DRC458 said:
See if you can't find some honey from bees right there in east Texas where you live. They say the key to honey is buying local honey, which the bees made from pollen found in your specific area. That's where the 'immunity' comes from.

I wasn’t very specific in my first post in this thread. What I’m using now is east TX honey, but I‘m down to my last gallon. I’m going to try taking a dose of Oklahoma honey too to see if it will help me when I come up.

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dennishoddy

· #12 · 2 mo ago

retrieverman said:
There’s a guy on OSA that has local Oklahoma honey, and I’m picking some up when I come up in a couple weeks. I’ll see if that helps me this year.

If you don't get some from that guy, there is a bee keeper in Tonkawa that sells honey in quart jars. I buy honey from him, taking a tablespoon a day for two weeks before we get home from our travels. We are surrounded by cedars at the house. I know his bees are around a lot of the same plants/trees we have in Ponca so that's real local.

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dennishoddy

· #13 · 2 mo ago

Bullbuster said:
My oldest boys had it bad since we moved here. He was back in OKC in February and said he was just fine. I have no allergy issues thank the good lord.
I’ve been told that living at higher elevations can make people more susceptible to allergies. Dennis you notice a different between the elevations you travel and hang out?

We do notice a difference between the locations we travel to. We found a liquid that is formulated to different zones around the country. It's like taking honey but there is a hundred different grasses and tree pollen in it. We can wake up sniffling, put 12 drops under the tongue, hold it as long as possible and within an hour, the sinuses are clear.

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Bullbuster

· #14 · 2 mo ago

dennishoddy said:
We do notice a difference between the locations we travel to. We found a liquid that is formulated to different zones around the country. It's like taking honey but there is a hundred different grasses and tree pollen in it. We can wake up sniffling, put 12 drops under the tongue, hold it as long as possible and within an hour, the sinuses are clear.

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Where do get this stuff at? I wanna tell my son about it.

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retrieverman

· #15 · 2 mo ago

dennishoddy said:
We do notice a difference between the locations we travel to. We found a liquid that is formulated to different zones around the country. It's like taking honey but there is a hundred different grasses and tree pollen in it. We can wake up sniffling, put 12 drops under the tongue, hold it as long as possible and within an hour, the sinuses are clear.

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Thanks for posting! My order is in.

Wishbone

· #16 · 2 mo ago

retrieverman said:
Thanks for posting! My order is in.

Here's a Texas Cedar blend from same company.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06X8YK34...9Y2xpY2tSZWRpcmVjdCZkb05vdExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU=

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Wishbone

· #17 · 2 mo ago

Bullbuster said:
Where do get this stuff at? I wanna tell my son about it.

Amazon. I'm still looking for Wyoming zone.

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Wishbone

· #18 · 2 mo ago

Wishbone said:
Amazon. I'm still looking for Wyoming zone.

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retrieverman

· #19 · 2 mo ago

Wishbone said:
Amazon. I'm still looking for Wyoming zone.

I went straight to the Allergena website.

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retrieverman

· #20 · 2 mo ago

Wishbone said:
Here's a Texas Cedar blend from same company.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06X8YK34...9Y2xpY2tSZWRpcmVjdCZkb05vdExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU=

It’s the d*mn pine trees in Texas and not cedars. The air will be yellow with it in probably 30 days.

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