Allergies
My eyes are killing me. My allergies have been sooooo bad lately. With me, it’s all about the itchy eyes and fuzzy head. I don’t usually get a stuffy nose, which is good, I guess. Still, the eye thing is so annoying. It’s nearly impossible not to rub them.
At the bookstore this weekend, I picked up a book about skincare and dermatology and looked up "dark undereye circles." I’ve assumed all year that they were related to lack of sleep, but hell, I haven’t been sleeping enough for a while now, and the circles just popped up last summer. Apparently, the main cause of dark undereye circles is allergies, which completely makes sense. The rubbing breaks blood vessels and basically, you end up giving yourself a slow black eye… at least that was Aaron’s take on it. I think he might be right. My eyes aren’t puffy, and there aren’t bags. Just dark ugliness. I hate it. I want them to go away, but I’m already taking Zyrtec. I don’t know what else to try. It’s pissing me off!
Itchy yet unattractive!
Comment by Mat
May 3, 2005 @ 11:50 pm
Ugh, i feel your pain!
I never got “spring allergies” until i moved to Memphis. I have had the WORST case of ….”effed-uppedness” this year. I woke up one day with a head STUFFED,i mean STUFFED, no breathing whatsoever thru my nose. This went on for a week, and nothing worked to unstuff it. i took 3 different kinds of decongestant and allergy meds. Finally i used some kind of spray (afrin i think) and it worked! unfortuneatly it all drained into my chest and i started having respiratory issues…like, cough attacks which led to asthma like attacks ( i don’t have asthma). It would last for hours where i had trouble catching my breath, and wheezing in my chest. This combined with itchy eyes and throat and the inside of my ears. Finally went to the doc. and he said i had bronchitis, which may have been the case, but it was mixed with allergies…NIGHTMARE….finally a month later, i’m feeling better, but still not 100%….
I love Memphis. grrrrrrrrr……