Frustrated with allergy symptoms

Help!
Sniffing
stuffy
sneezing
coughing
wheezing
itchy ears
itchy throat
itchy, burning nose
Asthma's acting up

I'm so frustrated!
I'm on year round zyrtec, advair, and have a nebulizer.
I feel like I'm fighting a losing battle!

Joy

I have allergy covers on my pillow and mattress. I use a hepa filter in my bedroom where I spend most of my at home time. I use a filter mask on really bad days. I have a special vacumn that uses water to trap the dust. I don't open my windows to outdoor odors. I'm inside 95% of the day.

For two days I've smelled dust everywhere I go. I never knew you could smell dust, except before the rain, but that's how I describe the odor.

I can't take allergy shots because I'm allergic to them (asthma attacks). Go figure!
The doctor told me I was allergic to every tree and grass in my area, except the beech tree.
I can't get near the detergent aisle in grocery stores, because I start sneezing. I don't wear perfume or go near someone with perfume. Ditto to smokers also.
The fall and spring is my torture time.

Joy

I have to spray the nebulizer version of Budesonide (Pulmicort Respules) up my nose to combat my allergies - regular nasal steroid sprays don't do anything for me. This is in addition to nebulizing the Budesonide, and using Claritin daily. Claritin doesn't clear up my nose either unless I take 10mg every 6 hours. You might consider asking your doctor about increasing your Zyrtec, and if an H2 histamine blocker such as Zantac would help (some allergy symptoms can be from type 2 histamines in addition to or instead of type 1 histamines; Zyrtec & other related antihistamines commonly used for allergies only block type 1 histamines). I too can smell dust, have been able to for years. I can't do the allergy shots either because my immune system is too compromised. Allergies suck!