Meezers Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 (edited) Hello, Has anyone tried Immunotherapy for their allergies? If so which allergies? And does it really work? Thank You. Meezers Edited May 28, 2014 by Meezers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sjs Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 I am on my fourth year of allergy shots. It has made a world of difference in my life. Allergies are not completely gone but they very seldom bother me. I do have to take a clairatin or benedryl on days I get shots as I have some reaction. Usually just run down feeling. My son has also been getting shots for four years and it has helped him quite a bit although not as well. He still has days where they bother him but he wont take any over the counter meds. It takes a lot of dedication. You must go once a week for the first year. Then every other week for the next year..etc. These are also seasonal allergies. My doc wouldnt touch my anapylactic allergies. We were both miserable before but ad I said above they seldom bother us now. If you can be dedicated its worth a shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laursmd Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 I will be getting my first shot on June 16. I am so excited (and I have severe needlephobia). That should tell ya something LOL. My seasonal allergies (pretty much all trees, grasses, and weeds) are so severe I'm on 6 different meds and still break through on really high pollen days. Looking forward for some sweet relief! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancesintherain Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 It takes some time to see the impact, but eventually you get it. I've been off my allergy med for the past week (I ran out and couldnt' get to the pharmacy) and I've actually been fine without it. I have really bad environmental allergies (trees, grasses, weeds, molds, dust), so that's what they're for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larkasaur Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 Allergy shots, if they are offered to you, are an excellent idea. Over several years, they tend to divert your immune system away from being allergic in general. If you "just" have inhalant allergies, they can prevent you from developing asthma. I've been getting allergy shots 3 times a week. Twice a week from a vial with dog in it, and once a week with molds and pollens. I've been getting shots for about 4 months. I'm also experimenting with desensitization for my MANY delayed-onset food allergies. I've been eating small amounts of foods I'm allergic to - about 20 mg for most of them - after taking various allergy medications. These aren't the dangerous kind of immediate-onset food allergies. My allergists are helping me with it. I've been doing that about 6 months, but I haven't been able to start eating any of the foods normally yet. I've also been eating tiny amounts of dog allergen. I sent a piece of towel to a friend who has a dog, and asked him to rub it on the dog and send it back to me. Since then I've been eating little puffs of the towel's nap, like 1/8" of thread or so. When I started doing this, it would make me sick about 2 days. I've become less sensitive in the 4 months I've been doing this. My dog allergy is better, but not much better. My dog allergy prevents me from living any kind of normal life. A whiff of a dog from a car makes me sick about 2 days (it used to be 5 days, it's gotten better). It's mostly pet dogs that cause me problems. Pet dogs in cars, because they appear at high speed and suddenly. People take their dogs everywhere with them. I think I also have a cat allergy, but people don't take their cats with them everywhere, so cats aren't as big of a problem. The permeation of society by pet dogs makes a normal life impossible. I take a big risk of getting sick when I go downtown, because it's crowded and there are a lot of dogs in cars and on the sidewalk. So I avoid being downtown. I don't go out on weekends or after working hours to avoid dogs; I make big detours around veterinary hospitals because many dogs in cars go by near them. I've gotten sick from long busrides, even if there aren't any dogs on board, because of the dog dander on people's clothes. I get allergic reactions from rental cars because they've all had dogs/cats in them. Etc. etc. This happened to me because I was very sick for 4 years, living with my dog. I didn't know why I was sick, so I had an allergic reaction that literally lasted for years. In that time, I developed a very, very bad dog allergy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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