What could I be allergic to?

[Mark2234]

I just changed doctors over the past summer, and like a usual morning, everyday that I wake up to get to school (around 6:30), I always tend to get a runny nose. On weekends, I usually wake up at 9 or 10, and I will not have a problem with runny nose. I live in an apartment where the ceiling is not a flat wall on the top, but instead, if it was hit, some things would fall off. Along with that, I do not have a wooden floor, instead, I have a carpet.

My former doctor would prescribe me CHLORPHENIRAMINE (Sunmark(c) Antihistamines). I don't know what I'm allergic to, but if I were to go to my present doctor, what should I tell him that I'm allergic to? In addition to that question, I also want to know if I could buy medicine similar to Chlorpheniramine at places like Safeway, Foodland, CVS, Walgreens, as many anti-histamine off-the-counter medication they advertise have the same effect.

[Paderla Anitha, DNB]

Hello and hope you are doing well.

In an entity called allergic rhinitis, the symptoms are similar to a common cold, but they are usually more persistent and show seasonal variation. The individual responds to an allergen, which can be in many forms like dust and household mites. It appears that you are suffering from such a phenomenon.

Once an attack has occurred, antihistamines are effective. Non sedating antihistamines like cetrizine and loratidine may be needed to get symptoms under control. Sedating antihistamines such as chlorphenamine or hydroxyzine can be used at night. Please consult your doctor if symptoms persist.

Hope this helped and do keep us posted.

[Mark2234]

The reason that I want to get the off-the-counter medication of anti-histamines is so that I don't get drowsy as easily as Chlorpheniramine makes me. If there is a medication that is non-drowsy that has the same effects as Chlorpheniramine that doctors can prescribe, does anyone happen to have the name of that medicine?