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tired of being sick with allergies
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Female, Coleman - TX
I'm a married mom with 2 grown kids & 5 grandkids. Had allergy problems all my life. Moved to the country 10 yrs ago and they got progressively worse. I live in a small world now because its all I can keep clean. Struggle with dizzy, nausea, headaches, sinus problems...
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overwhelmed with allergies
Oct 18, 2007 03:29PM
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I found this website yesterday, and immediately I cried out of shock and relief that others may feel the same way I did. My husband thought I had lost my mind, but I don't think he (or anybody in my family really) has a clue how debilitated and frustrated I am, how bad I feel, or how desperate this whole situation is.
There are times I pray to just die because I can't take it anymore. I'm not the suicide type, I know God has a plan, but this has gone way past the sniffles.
Its SOOOO frustrating to me because nobody seems to understand. I am cloistered in a tiny area most of the time between about October and March when the mountain cedar is SO BAD in Texas.
Other times of the year, I do pretty good if I avoid dusty places, smoke, etc. I can actually manage to go to a garage sale without a mask or something. I can go to church during the spring and summer too. But when Fall hits, its all over for me.
We had a fire near our place 2 years ago on Dec. 26th and it burned 2500 acres close to us.
That day, it was a zoo. The wind was blowing 40-50 mph and there was smoke everywhere. I loaded all our animals in the car and a few photo albums and just parked it in our driveway just in case I had to evacuate. We live on a dirt road, and all the fire trucks, volunteer fireman, police, sheriff, etc. had to drive right by here. My husband is also a volunteer fireman, (asst. chief) so it was grand central here. I was the first to spot the smoke and call him about it. Like an idiot, I was out running around in all of it handing them sandwiches & drinks as they drove by, and hollering messages. Anyway, the fire raged and they finally got it put out about 300 yards from our house. Point being, I have never been the same since then. I was trying to recover from a sinus infection at that time, and it just turned into a horrible mess. Two rounds of antibiotics & steroids (& 20 pounds) later, I finally got rid of the infection. But, ever since then, I"ve had debilitating dizziness & nausea. I"ve been to doctors and they've ran all kinds of tests and have yet to find a cause. I finally went to an allergist a year ago and started taking shots. I can't tell that it has changed much of anything.
So here I sit, barely able to stumble into the kitchen and get food on the table, with very little energy or will left to fight. I have geneticly high cholesterol and should be on statins, but I am extremely sensitive to drugs, and they cause me to be in even more of a stupor than I normally am, so thats not happening. I have no idea what my cholesterol is, but I"m sure it is about 350 or more. I am just sensitive in general. Sensitive to light, sound, smell, taste, etc. I'm not the type to ignore the cat howling at the door or the grandkids fighting over a toy. It drives me nuts.
That also happened about the time of the fire. I had my first panic attack. I had had bouts of not being able to breathe for about 4 months. Went to the doctor only to have him look at me like I was nuts. Anyway, one time, I was at the hospital and they said they couldn't see me right now and I just went to pieces. It was then that they diagnosed me with panic/depression and put me on meds. I still take half doses because if I don't, I get so jumpy that I can't stand it.
There are times I pray to just die because I can't take it anymore. I'm not the suicide type, I know God has a plan, but this has gone way past the sniffles.
Its SOOOO frustrating to me because nobody seems to understand. I am cloistered in a tiny area most of the time between about October and March when the mountain cedar is SO BAD in Texas.
Other times of the year, I do pretty good if I avoid dusty places, smoke, etc. I can actually manage to go to a garage sale without a mask or something. I can go to church during the spring and summer too. But when Fall hits, its all over for me.
We had a fire near our place 2 years ago on Dec. 26th and it burned 2500 acres close to us.
That day, it was a zoo. The wind was blowing 40-50 mph and there was smoke everywhere. I loaded all our animals in the car and a few photo albums and just parked it in our driveway just in case I had to evacuate. We live on a dirt road, and all the fire trucks, volunteer fireman, police, sheriff, etc. had to drive right by here. My husband is also a volunteer fireman, (asst. chief) so it was grand central here. I was the first to spot the smoke and call him about it. Like an idiot, I was out running around in all of it handing them sandwiches & drinks as they drove by, and hollering messages. Anyway, the fire raged and they finally got it put out about 300 yards from our house. Point being, I have never been the same since then. I was trying to recover from a sinus infection at that time, and it just turned into a horrible mess. Two rounds of antibiotics & steroids (& 20 pounds) later, I finally got rid of the infection. But, ever since then, I"ve had debilitating dizziness & nausea. I"ve been to doctors and they've ran all kinds of tests and have yet to find a cause. I finally went to an allergist a year ago and started taking shots. I can't tell that it has changed much of anything.
So here I sit, barely able to stumble into the kitchen and get food on the table, with very little energy or will left to fight. I have geneticly high cholesterol and should be on statins, but I am extremely sensitive to drugs, and they cause me to be in even more of a stupor than I normally am, so thats not happening. I have no idea what my cholesterol is, but I"m sure it is about 350 or more. I am just sensitive in general. Sensitive to light, sound, smell, taste, etc. I'm not the type to ignore the cat howling at the door or the grandkids fighting over a toy. It drives me nuts.
That also happened about the time of the fire. I had my first panic attack. I had had bouts of not being able to breathe for about 4 months. Went to the doctor only to have him look at me like I was nuts. Anyway, one time, I was at the hospital and they said they couldn't see me right now and I just went to pieces. It was then that they diagnosed me with panic/depression and put me on meds. I still take half doses because if I don't, I get so jumpy that I can't stand it.