I’ve dealt with multiple problems with my allergies that basically seem to be year round. At least twice during the year I’ll probably develop two colds that may turn into sinus infections and have a cough that may last about three months. I also will deal with the usual run-of-the-mill runny nose and sneezing. I cannot tell you how many medications I’ve had for sinus infections or coughs or how many doctor visits I’ve been on (three just for allergies that caused a bad cough this summer). I also want to apologize to anyone I've gotten sick from my allergies over the past few years or the nuisance I’ve been to classmates from coughing too much, particularly in high school. I hate having to deal with allergies year-round but I’m sure a lot of people do also and will agree with me also. So here’s my four reasons on why it really sucks to have allergies all the time.

1. The coughing

I hate coughing with a vengeance (and sometimes I will cough with a vengeance just ask my family!) I hate the noise and the force that I feel in my body when I cough. I always feel like I annoy people with the coughing all the time. I have done everything from cough syrups to steroids to help lessen it. I’ll be in public and hear someone coughing violently and my heart goes out to them because I know what it feels like. Coughing is horrible and the only cure it seems is to let it happen, and it will lessen with time.

2. Mucus

Everybody hates mucus, it’s kind of a common fact of human life. It’s disgusting, it’s gross and did I mention it’s gross? I especially hate it when I have a runny nose or when I’m coughing it up. I found that taking allergy pills and using a nose spray really works. It’s horrible but will make it go away in even less time hopefully than a cough!

3. The constant medication

I know that taking medicine will help to get rid of allergies but having to take three or four medicines specific for allergies every morning can get annoying. I take cough syrups, antibiotics, cough drops, allergy pills, etc. Basically you name it, I've probably tried it. But, it is a relief once you start to feel just a tiny bit better. Keep on trucking through that medication because you will feel a million times better later.

4. A stuffy nose

The amazing mucus that blocks up your nose and makes it harder to breath. I have a bad habit of not blowing my nose and just end up wiping at my nose until it’s irritated. I highly recommend blowing your nose or doing the even grosser thing of using a Neti-Pot because it works. A humidifier or nasal spray should also help the fellow community of nose blockers out there.

So, don’t be like me and be sick for the past two months with allergies and a horrible cough because you didn’t take allergy pills during the school year. Allergies suck. It’s a part of life that even people with less extensive year-round allergies have to deal with also. So you continue to suffer from horrible allergies, binge-watch Netflix and take medicine because there will be a brief period where they will go away. If anyone reading this is dealing with bad allergies I wish you a speedy recovery!