Allergic to something!

Just thought I'd put a post on here. I have an appointment at the Doctor's for this Thursday.

I have basically spent the last 10 years or so pretty much feeling like I had a cold all the time! The main thing is a really runny nose, that requires blowing every minute or so at least. Quite a lot of sneezing. That's about it.

I need to take 2 chlorphenamine tablets a day to keep it manageable. But, I don't like the idea of doing this for the rest of my life (I'm 34).

I thought that I might be lactose intolerant, so about a month ago I dropped milk and went over to soya (and dropped chocolate, custard, milkshake, pretty much everything nice!). I did see an instant improvement, but it seems to have got a bit worse and nearly back to normal all of a sudden. I certainly don't want to give all of these nice things up if I don't need to!

So, I have an appointment to talk about what I can do. I am hoping that the doctor will be able to refer me to someone who can test me, to see what I am allergic to. Is this something that anyone else has been through or am I expecting too much from the doctor?

Also, does anyone have an idea as to whether LONG TERM use of chlorphenamine tablets (like I say, about 2 a day EVERY day), is dangerous. If it isn't, I suppose I can just carry on overdosing on those to make life bearable!

Anyway, thanks for reading my little tale.

Any advise will be much appreciated.

Duncan

Thanks for your thoughts.

Never had a CT scan of my sinuses? I assume this is something that the doctor may be able to put me in for? Have you had one, then?

Does the nasal spray STOP the runny nose problem for you then? Everything I look at seems to be about stopping nasal CONGESTION, but with a runny nose, its sort of the opposite that I want!? I don't know what to think sometimes....

Duncan