Over the past couple of years I have started to develop allergies to...something that absolutely butt**** me and they are totally unpredictable. I had no allergies of any kind throughout my entire life up until my mid-20's. My family always had cats growing up so I really don't think it's that but it's possible. Sometimes I'll go weeks without symptoms, other times the symptoms will happen every day for weeks straight. The symptoms are watery eyes alongside pretty much nonstop sneezing, and even when I'm not actually sneezing I still feel like a sneeze could come at any moment. It is extremely debilitating, I pretty much cannot function when this **** is happening.
I've tried almost every over-the-counter medication you can find. The ONLY thing that works is benadryl, and specifically Children's benadryl does the trick, and it magically seems to work within 30 minutes or so every time. The problem is that when I take this stuff it ****s with my brain. I feel foggy and groggy and weird for several hours whenever I take it. So I'm left with the decision to either deal with the literal misery of suffering with the symptoms or I take the benadryl and feel like I'm damaging my brain or something.
I called an allergy specialist in town to get a quote on what it might cost to get tested. The tests alone cost over $1,000. And who knows how much the actual treatment afterward will cost. And on top of that who knows if the treatment will actually be effective?!?! I don't know how I can possibly commit that much money to something when I have no idea if it will even help. But I also feel like I have no choice, my quality of life has deteriorated significantly as a result of the allergies.
**** ****ing sucks. **** America's health care system especially
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