ALLERGY SHOTS - MS

[renie50]

Yep, lots of allergies. Mostly antibiotics and environmental stuff like dust, molds, trees, sunflower oil, almond milk, cats, etc. Have been taking allergy injections for over 6 years and I am finally up to one every 3 weeks. I do feel a bit more allergic after taking one for a few hours, but nothing serious. I take a 10 mg generic Claritin once a day and I hired a house cleaner and she was the best thing I couldve done!!

[futurmil2b]

Yep, lots of allergies. Mostly antibiotics and environmental stuff like dust, molds, trees, sunflower oil, almond milk, cats, etc. Have been taking allergy injections for over 6 years and I am finally up to one every 3 weeks. I do feel a bit more allergic after taking one for a few hours, but nothing serious. I take a 10 mg generic Claritin once a day and I hired a house cleaner and she was the best thing I couldve done!!

Now that is what I truly need.. a house cleaner.. at least once a week. Isn't the Claritin for sneezing, water eyes, etc.. I don't have any of that. I have the pressure around the nose, face area and a bit congested.

When I went to see the ENT, he took this long looking thing and sprayed Afrin up my nose - it really opened me up... felt great. But he told me do not use the over the counter Afrin it could make my sinuses worst. I have been using Arm & Hammer Saline Rinse several times a day.. its not doing but so much but I have not been using it on a consistent basis which I probably should.

Well I see my ENT dr tomorrow.. THANK GOODNESS. And I will give the allergy shots a try.. I pray I do not have a bad experience...if so, that will be the end of that.

Ms. Jay

[JayEm]

And I will give the allergy shots a try.. I pray I do not have a bad experience...if so, that will be the end of that.

Unless you have a *really* bad reaction, I would suggest giving them a couple of months before giving up. My reaction to the shots has been getting milder over time (knock wood--I'm only 3 months in). With the first ones, I got very swollen and itchy near the spot where they injected the grass pollen. But now, it's about the level of a bad mosquito bite, and my arm barely hurts.

[Alicious]

I did allergy shots for about 6 years. After 6 months I no longer needed antihistamines for pollen so long as I kept current with my shots. I have now been off of the shots for nearly 5 years, and instead of feeling miserable from spring to hard frost, I now get itchy eyes/nose for about 3 weeks in the spring and then...nothing. Nothing at all. It feels like a miracle.

Allergy shots changed my life, truly.

[futurmil2b]

Thanks for responding :0) - Update Allergy Shots

Thank you all that responded. I bit the bullet and I am doing the allergy shots. I had to do 2 days a week for 2 weeks. This is week 2 - my first injections was today, my next one is Friday. After that, I will be doing injections 1x a week - Yahoooo.

Not sure if I like the allergy shots. Afterwards, seems like my muscles feel more tighter. Like someone mentioned, maybe its my immune system responding to the shots.. I dunno. Reminds me when I first did my Copaxone injection.. that's a whole other story.. not taking that anymore.. tried it for a short time last year.

I will try hard to go ahead and do the last one tomorrow for this week. At least the rest of them is only once a week. I am trying to take Claritan as well. I think its helping some with the head - face pressure. Feel like I have small spasms in my back, abdomen - can barely walk on my right leg.. it feels like it stays tensed up anyway.

I read on one forum that allergy shots actually helped a few ladies with MS.. it decreased their MS symptoms... I could see that happening.

Anyhue... I will try hard to stick with the shots for a while.

Ms. Jay