Do allergy sufferers get less sympathy than they deserve?

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(Oh boy, exciting evening.) I feel that I lose a lot of time to exhaustion that is allergy related, yet I find that many allergic types are overly skeptical about the extent to which allergies can drain a person's energy. And no I don't think it's depression, damn it, because there are times when I would go out and do things that I really want to do, except that I am feeling too run down from my allergies. Or tonight, for example, if I were feeling a bit more energetic I would at least get some more focused reading done, but instead I sit yawning in front of my PC.

― DeRayMi, Friday, 23 August 2002 00:39 (twenty-three years ago)

yes.

― Aaron Grossman (aajjgg), Friday, 23 August 2002 00:58 (twenty-three years ago)

my allergies aren't that bad any more, but they can still make it difficult for me to concentrate when they're their worst, of course right when courses begin every year.

― Josh (Josh), Friday, 23 August 2002 00:59 (twenty-three years ago)

this is an interesting question. At an intellectual level I appreciate that allergies are real ailments that affect people in real ways. But at a gut level I still kind of think that allergy sufferers are all malingering attention seekers. So yes, from me at least, allergy sufferers get less sympathy than they deserve.

― DV (dirtyvicar), Friday, 23 August 2002 08:08 (twenty-three years ago)

When my allergies went away, I got fatter. Life is full of trade-offs.

― Colin Meeder (Mert), Friday, 23 August 2002 08:08 (twenty-three years ago)

I am an allergy sufferer. I feel I deserve more sympathy in general, but not for my allergies, just generally. This may not answer your question.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Friday, 23 August 2002 10:59 (twenty-three years ago)

"I find that many allergic types are overly skeptical about the extent to which allergies can drain a person's energy"

I'm interested that you say it's actually other people with allergies that you find are sceptics? Or did I misunderstand this? I'm an allergic asthmatic, but on the whole to things I can easily avoid: horses, for example (never take a job as a gaucho), and cat-dog combo (T's kitten was knocked from a third floor window by the curtains, and was so offended it moved in the the gay couple on the ground floor: I am not allergic to the ridiculous dog Nacho, who abides), and tartrazine (never drink anything yellow).

― mark s (mark s), Friday, 23 August 2002 12:19 (twenty-three years ago)

The kitten turned into some kind of Rachman-style landlord?

― Tim (Tim), Friday, 23 August 2002 12:25 (twenty-three years ago)

Have you not heard of Nicholas van Hoogkitten?

― mark s (mark s), Friday, 23 August 2002 12:39 (twenty-three years ago)

The one and only Sheriff Catman. (that was specially for Pete)

― Tim (Tim), Friday, 23 August 2002 12:42 (twenty-three years ago)

I'm interested that you say it's actually other people with allergies that you find are sceptics? Or did I misunderstand this?

It was a stupid typo. It should have been "non-allergic types." Sorry for the mix up. Posting first thing in the morning, or before I go to bed is generally a mistake.

― DeRayMi, Friday, 23 August 2002 14:18 (twenty-three years ago)

dude that was a perfect opportunity to blame the allergies

― Josh (Josh), Friday, 23 August 2002 14:21 (twenty-three years ago)

I'm astonished anyone who doesn't suffer from allergies could think of sufferers as malingerers. The streaming eyes, red nose, tight throat, blotches, rashes, swellings, sneezes and such are pretty obvious to the naked eye, and while the inner knackeredness or discomfort might not be so easily transmittable, it's pretty hard to argue with the symptoms.

Show me a skeptic and I'll kick his arse.

― Mark C, Monday, 26 August 2002 08:30 (twenty-three years ago)

blow snot on him, it would be more perspicuous

― Josh (Josh), Monday, 26 August 2002 13:31 (twenty-three years ago)

The thing is, I don't have many visible symptoms. Thanks to a combination of desensitization therapy (which I've been getting more on than off since I was about five years old), an antihystamine, a decongestant, a mucous thinner, a cortisone nasal spray, and nasal irrigation, I have managed to get rid of most of the symptoms, except for a tendency toward congestion and mild sinus discomfort for at least three quarters of the year, and extreme exhaustion during certain peaks in my allergy seasons. But if I let any aspect of this treatment program slide, I notice it.

― DeRayMi, Monday, 26 August 2002 22:17 (twenty-three years ago)

ten years pass...

I've just watched a 2 and a half hour film (The Master, if you must know) in the company of two furry bags of poison and I tell you it's like having my brain replaced by a frustrated mollusc who keeps trying to dig itself out via my eyes and nose.

― dog latin, Monday, 11 February 2013 00:34 (thirteen years ago)

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