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If one has allergies that cause mental depression, does one have depression, or is this just an allergy?
Is the depression consider cured if allergy medication help the issue?  
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Hello and hope you are doing well.

Good to see your improving. You could be having allergic rhinitis, in which the symptoms occur in response to a trigger, like eating spicy food or going outside in the cold.  The primary treatment is simply avoiding the things that trigger your symptoms. It is often treated with a drying nasal spray (like Atrovent) and antihistamines like chlopheneramine and lovatidine are effective. Nasal decongestant drops too relieve congestion.

Hope this helped and do keep us posted.
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I understand what your saying. I will only add that I am breathing so much better, once I began on nasal steriods.    
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Hello and hope you are doing well.

Allergy and depression are two different issues, a chronic allergy may cause a depression, but a depression is unlikely to cause an allergic reaction. And allergy medications will not cure a depressive episode.

Hope this helped and do keep us posted.
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