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sneezykate: what my allergy attacks are like

I have been asked a number of times over the years what happens as a bad allergy attack comes on. I never really was able to give a good answer in the moment like that because I am not being too self-reflecting when an allergy attack comes on, and I never thought much about it except in the moment someone asks me that question and I have nothing ready to say. I figured here I can think about it and write it all out.

Often times I am experiencing allergies to one extent or another anyway but what I'm writing about is when I end up being around something that gives me bad allergy attacks, and my allergies haven't already bothering me that much.

First I start to get this tingle/tickle deep in my nose, then I start to get a tickle in the back of my throat and my nose starts getting stuffy. the tingling in my nose starts to spread and the stuffiness gets worse. My nose and my eyes start to feel not itchy exactly but like they are going to be itchy. The tingling/tickling and the stuffiness in my nose keeps getting worse and eventually I have my first sneezing fit. Once I have my first sneezing fit, its like the floodgates open. My nose starts to get runny, my sinuses start to get stuffy, my nose starts to get itchy, my eyes start to water and I have more sneezing fits. If it keeps going, it all gets more and more and my eyes will also get itchy and red and my ears might start to clog up.