If you’re currently in Texas, you’re probably suffering daily from a runny nose, itchy and watery eyes, nasal congestion, and constant sneezing - AKA Cedar Fever. This seasonal allergy is an allergic reaction to the pollen of mountain cedar trees. Luckily for us Texans, mountain cedar trees grow naturally and are also the most allergenic tree in Central Texas, explaining why the majority of us are suffering (Woohoo!).

So if you are constantly sneezing and have a drooling nose, it’s probably the mountain cedar. If you have terrible nasal congestion and itchy eyes, it’s probably the mountain cedar. If you have fatigue, headaches, facial discomfort, a sore throat, partial loss of smell, and plugged ears - you guessed it again - it’s probably mountain cedar!

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Additionally, if you’re wondering why it may seem like your allergies last for practically half the year, it’s because they do! Cedar allergies typically affect people from November to March. As I’m sure you’ve noticed this holiday season, heaviest pollination occurs from December to February, causing strong allergic reactions!

Though it may seem obvious how terrible these allergies are, here are eight reasons why Texas allergies are really the worst:

1. You look like Rudolph even when it's no longer Christmas.

2. Your eyes are constantly itchy, but you know shouldn’t itch them.

3. You literally have to carry boxes of tissues wherever you go.

4. You can’t taste your food.

5. You go to sleep thinking you’ll be refreshed, but instead wake up as a sneezing zombie.

6. Sometimes people think you’re crying, but you have to kindly explain to them that it’s just allergies.

7. You’ve tried all the OTC allergy medications, but none of them really work.

8. Because everything’s bigger in Texas...