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SC is killing me...
Okay, not really, but I feel like it. Is the pollen this bad every year? I feeling like I'm dying on a daily basis, and no amount of OTC allergy medicine is helping at this point. I've never been to a doctor for allergies before, but I may have to...
Everyone keeps telling me this is a particularly bad year, but if they're lying...I'm gonna be really mad! 
I can't wear mascara anymore because my eyes tear up so bad in the morning I end up crying the entire drive into work. I feel like I'm going to wreck my car because I sneeze so violently while I'm driving. Not to mention the general tiredness/crankiness/inability to breathe...I want to find a bubble and just hang out in there until it all goes away.
So please tell me it's going to get better...(and happy Monday!)
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Re: SC is killing me...
It seems like it is worse this year. Although be thankful you don't live in the middle part of the state where I grew up- with all those pine trees, the pollen was killer! I've been lucky and haven't been affected so far, which is unusual for me. Hope it gets better for you soon!
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All I can tell you is that in the 2 years we've lived here, this is the first year it's bothered me. I had to go to an allergist, but it didn't help much. And whatever the prescription he gave me was, DH recommended I not fill because he had it as a kid and it's quite addictive. So I just take zyrtec on nights I can't sleep.
Hope you feel better soon!
This would be the first year I have taken my friend's advice and had a spoonful of local honey. I kid you not...I had a spoonful and my allergies went away that day!!!
Check your local supermarket or perhaps even organic store. I found mine at the Mauldin Fruitstand (for the Greenville folks).
I have only been here for the spring of 08 and 09 and this year, but I can say for me, this year has been SO MUCH WORSE than previous years.
I've started taking 2 Zyrtec a morning, and that is helping a little bit more than the 1 the bottle says to take :-P
But from my limited experience here I would agree that this year is indeed worse than usual. In the previous years, I didn't take any allergy medicine at all, and this year I am a snotty teary mess without it.