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These dang old allergies

FandyienFandyien But Otto, what about us? Registered User regular
edited May 2009 in Social Entropy++
So, for the first time in my life, I am afflicted by awful allergies that my vices are just compounding

I've been hacking up green and black lung butter all morning, my everything is sore, sneezin' like a fool

What do you guys do in a situation like this

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  • BasicBasic Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Stay home, play video games.

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  • JoeUserJoeUser Forum Santa Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Take Sudafed, then either Advil or Excedrin. You should probably also stop smoking.

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  • AbracadanielAbracadaniel Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Feel great and breathe deep and appreciate my relatively good health.

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  • DavoidDavoid Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    I missed my cat when I was off at school

    so I came home for the summer

    and now I think I am allergic to my cat

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  • FandyienFandyien But Otto, what about us? Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    JoeUser wrote: »
    Take Sudafed, then either Advil or Excedrin. You should probably also stop smoking.

    Okay lets say I am going to a 7-11 with five dollars for a beverage

    What beverage without caffeine will cure me

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  • LanglyLangly Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    benedril always works well for me, but you will feel veeeery sleepy pretty soon. Also claritin is a good medicine.

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  • BasicBasic Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Fandyien wrote: »
    JoeUser wrote: »
    Take Sudafed, then either Advil or Excedrin. You should probably also stop smoking.

    Okay lets say I am going to a 7-11 with five dollars for a beverage

    What beverage without caffeine will cure me

    Ginger ale.

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  • MugginsMuggins Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    smoke some more weed

    That'll clear up those bronchial tubes nicely.

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  • Centipede DamascusCentipede Damascus Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    take tons of benadryl and breathe through an inhaler

    (my allergies cause asthma too)

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  • FandyienFandyien But Otto, what about us? Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Aww snap

    I hope this 2000mg of vitamin c I took helps

    I guess I could take more adderall

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  • LanglyLangly Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    vitamins aren't going to help with allergies. it's not an immune deficiency, it's your immune system working against things that it shouldn't

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  • Centipede DamascusCentipede Damascus Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Fandyien wrote: »
    Aww snap

    I hope this 2000mg of vitamin c I took helps

    I guess I could take more adderall

    ahahahahaha

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  • Indie WinterIndie Winter die Krähe Rudi Hurzlmeier (German, b. 1952)Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    I AM STILL SICK GOD

    I ACTUALLY HAD TO TAKE DRUGS THAT INDUCE CONSTIPATION TO STOP FROM SHITTING MYSELF INTO NOTHINGNESS

    AND THESE CAPS?

    THEY'RE BEING USED FOR A GODDAMNED REASON

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  • Shazkar ShadowstormShazkar Shadowstorm Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    my mother is going crazy with allergies right now
    she can't even function
    sneezing and eyes all red and she's like i can't even see i can't function

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  • MugginsMuggins Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Langly wrote: »
    vitamins aren't going to help with allergies. it's not an immune deficiency, it's your immune system working against things that it shouldn't

    Isn't that called an auto-immune disease?

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  • FandyienFandyien But Otto, what about us? Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Guys seriously I have never had allergies before

    This shit blows I am never gonna make light of them again

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  • Centipede DamascusCentipede Damascus Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    go to the doctor, find out what you're allergic to, and get some real allergy medicine

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  • LanglyLangly Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Veretas wrote: »
    Langly wrote: »
    vitamins aren't going to help with allergies. it's not an immune deficiency, it's your immune system working against things that it shouldn't

    Isn't that called an auto-immune disease?
    Allergy is a disorder of the immune system often also referred to as atopy. Allergic reactions occur to normally harmless environmental substances known as allergens; these reactions are acquired, predictable, and rapid. Strictly, allergy is one of four forms of hypersensitivity and is called type I (or immediate) hypersensitivity. It is characterized by excessive activation of certain white blood cells called mast cells and basophils by a type of antibody known as IgE, resulting in an extreme inflammatory response.

    edit: It's different from an auto-immune disease because it's triggering reactions, rather than destroying things on a cellular level.

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  • RuckusRuckus Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    I wouldn't know, as I have no known allergies. Additionally, I am a member of the 30% or so of the population resistant or immune to urushiol oil (poison Ivy/Oak).

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  • JoeUserJoeUser Forum Santa Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    go to the doctor, find out what you're allergic to, and get some real allergy medicine

    You can get a cool allergy test!

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  • FandyienFandyien But Otto, what about us? Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    go to the doctor, find out what you're allergic to, and get some real allergy medicine

    Man that sounds like so much effort

    I guess now that I've built up like three seperate medical concerns that equals one doctor visit

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  • AbracadanielAbracadaniel Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Veretas wrote: »
    Langly wrote: »
    vitamins aren't going to help with allergies. it's not an immune deficiency, it's your immune system working against things that it shouldn't

    Isn't that called an auto-immune disease?

    It's not so much working against things that it shouldn't, it's just overreacting to common stuff. Where a normal nose would be like "Oh hey, pet dander or whatever, I'll make some mucus and get some cillia on that shit," the nose of a person with an allergy reacts more like Madagascar in Pandemic.

    "SHUT DOWN THE FUCKING PORTS AND BURN EVERYTHING THAT MOVES"

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  • Centipede DamascusCentipede Damascus Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    JoeUser wrote: »
    go to the doctor, find out what you're allergic to, and get some real allergy medicine

    You can get a cool allergy test!

    shut uuuuuuup

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  • LanglyLangly Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    JoeUser wrote: »
    go to the doctor, find out what you're allergic to, and get some real allergy medicine

    You can get a cool allergy test!

    this is a lie it is not cool!

    basically, they will have these plastic cone things that they push against your arm. It doesn't hurt, it feels like pushing a ballpoint pen into your skin.

    BUT! there are dozens of them, and each one has a specific thing to be allergic to (in terms of dust/dander/weeds) and every push makes an irritated reaction on your arm. If you react too much they have to split up the tests and you get to do it twice!

    (I am allergic to everything sneezy related, but no food allergies thank jesus)

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  • BallmanBallman Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    If you're hacking up green shit and are sore, you've got more than just allergies.

    You probably figured that out already, I don't know. Point is that I'm doing the same thing right now, but last night I took two Echinacea (however you spell that), and my sore throat went away overnight. Still sneezing and gross, but I don't hurt anymore.

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  • Indie WinterIndie Winter die Krähe Rudi Hurzlmeier (German, b. 1952)Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    my mother is going crazy with allergies right now
    she can't even function
    sneezing and eyes all red and she's like i can't even see i can't function

    you are the prettiest spider

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  • lostwordslostwords Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    benadryl is great stuff. but really, quitting smoking would probably help

    ha

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  • FandyienFandyien But Otto, what about us? Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Fuck I was looking at some echinacea in my cabinet before I left for class

    Fuck

    [edit] hey lost did you quit and if so how

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  • ButtersButters A glass of some milks Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    I hate allergy meds. I just live with a runny nose here and there.

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  • lostwordslostwords Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Fandyien wrote: »
    Fuck I was looking at some echinacea in my cabinet before I left for class

    Fuck

    [edit] hey lost did you quit and if so how

    nope, no quitting for me. just down to like 6 cigs a day, mostly during work. the menthol is too delicious

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  • FandyienFandyien But Otto, what about us? Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    lostwords wrote: »
    Fandyien wrote: »
    Fuck I was looking at some echinacea in my cabinet before I left for class

    Fuck

    [edit] hey lost did you quit and if so how

    nope, no quitting for me. just down to like 6 cigs a day, mostly during work. the menthol is too delicious

    Same here, down to exactly 6 a day, a carton a month

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  • Centipede DamascusCentipede Damascus Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Langly wrote: »
    JoeUser wrote: »
    go to the doctor, find out what you're allergic to, and get some real allergy medicine

    You can get a cool allergy test!

    this is a lie it is not cool!

    shut uuuuuup

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  • lostwordslostwords Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    cool beans dawg. i remember when i was close to a pack a day ugh

    hopefully, this is our first step to completely quitting (in like a few years, no rush)

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  • FandyienFandyien But Otto, what about us? Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Langly wrote: »
    JoeUser wrote: »
    go to the doctor, find out what you're allergic to, and get some real allergy medicine

    You can get a cool allergy test!

    this is a lie it is not cool!

    shut uuuuuup

    Dudes if it involves a needle I'll just stay sick

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  • LanglyLangly Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    fandy it is not needles. I am afraid of needles and it was no big thing, it's just irritating.

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  • FandyienFandyien But Otto, what about us? Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    lostwords wrote: »
    cool beans dawg. i remember when i was close to a pack a day ugh

    hopefully, this is our first step to completely quitting (in like a few years, no rush)

    word

    I figure, I'm not even 20, I can live a few more awesome cool smooth mentholated years

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  • JoeUserJoeUser Forum Santa Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Langly wrote: »
    JoeUser wrote: »
    go to the doctor, find out what you're allergic to, and get some real allergy medicine

    You can get a cool allergy test!

    this is a lie it is not cool!

    basically, they will have these plastic cone things that they push against your arm. It doesn't hurt, it feels like pushing a ballpoint pen into your skin.

    BUT! there are dozens of them, and each one has a specific thing to be allergic to (in terms of dust/dander/weeds) and every push makes an irritated reaction on your arm. If you react too much they have to split up the tests and you get to do it twice!

    (I am allergic to everything sneezy related, but no food allergies thank jesus)

    Haha, yeah, it kind of sucks. When I didn't react to stuff on my arm, they had to do a whole new set of my back! Apparently my allergies went away at some point in the last few years, which is really weird. Staying out of smoky bars has helped a bunch with my sinuses.

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  • LanglyLangly Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    menthol cigarettes are gross

    edit: camel filters all the way

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  • lostwordslostwords Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    what you gotta do is buy yourself one of those bubble suits on ebay and live life as a bubbleboy forever and ever. no more allergies for you

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  • Centipede DamascusCentipede Damascus Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    man, when I got an allergy test I got stuck with needles

    how did you guys get out of that

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