Fucking allergies.

[tju_tju_tju_tju]

I love spring, but the sneezing and the headaches 'cause of all the pollen? Not such a fan. I was sneezing and blowing my nose at work constantly today. And of course it was very busy. UGH WHY ISN'T THE ASPIRIN WORKING???

*crawls into a hole and naps forever*

Also, watching Easter Unwrapped on the Food Network for no reason. I don't know how unpopular of an opinion this is, but I find ham to be quite disgusting. It's one of the few kinds of pork I will not eat.

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[hobbit-eyes.livejournal.com]

FELLOW HAYFEVER SUFFERING, REPORTING!

First off, I'm not sure aspirin will work well against hayfever. You really want an antihistamine, like loratadine. For the most part I take these in tablets, like Clarityn, but recently this hasn't worked so well for me, so in extreme cases I use a nasal spray called Beconase. Using this spray correctly twice a day (you have to angle it right and inhale at just the right time, it's ok when you get the hang of it) means I have no problems at all. It's wondrous.

Secondly, I know it's gross, but sometimes, the repeated nose-blowing just makes it worse. There's an inflammation in your nose, and blowing your nose is like scratching a mosquito bite - momentary relief, but it does flare up worse after a while. When mine is really bad, I just stop blowing my nose, breathe through my mouth, and only use tissues on what... emerges. Sorry, I know this is gross. But usually doing that for a while lets it quiet down.

Sorry if I've just loaded you with TMI. But as a fellow sufferer (I'm also allergic to dust and cats), I know what merry hell it can be. Hope I've helped a little.

[tju-tju-tju-tju.livejournal.com]

The aspirin has sort of worked for me in the past, but it didn't this time. I took a Benadryl a little while ago, so hopefully that works. :/ It's just weird, because there'll be like an hour where my nose is like "hahahaha ALL THE SNOT!!!" and then it'll suddenly be fine for three hours, then it'll start again. IDEK.

Yeah, that does make sense. It's just hard not to blow my nose when it feels like I'm going to sneeze any second, lol.

Hey, I'm allergic to dust and cats too! Well, I used to be allergic to dust, anyway. Years of taking allergy medicine as a kid got me over it, I guess. But yeah, cats. I actually like cats so being allergic to them sucks.