I read about a woman that had hiccups for 2 whole months. She went from doctor to doctor...they tried all kinds of things, and medications. Nothing worked! One doctor finally told her that she was allergic to something in the store she worked in. He gave her some Astellin (my son uses it and I use it...when I feel like it). Nose spray. She quit hiccupping. Hasn't had a hiccup for 2 months.
Most ppl think of allergies as causing sneezing, runny nose, watery eyes. However, they can cause a lot more problems than anyone realizes.
I used to study tapes on children's behavior. Any info I could get so that I could understand what was going on with them...know how to deal with it. What a lot of ppl don't know is that allergies may NOT cause any sneezing, coughing, etc. Sometimes they just get into the system and mess with the chemistry...the chemistry of the brain. I have seen kids that get down right mean and combative. Like flipping a light switch...and when I would take them aside and ask them what made them do what they did, they would just start crying and say they didn't know! I could tell when a kid was sincere. However, try to tell a parent what you suspect and they write you off as a nut case. Even if they did believe me or wanted to investigate the possibility, try to find a physician that knew anything! Even so called allergy specialists don't always know what they are doing.
I had one kid, Michael, in one of my special reading classes. I had him for 2 years in a row. He had long moments/days of lucidity. He was sweet, helpful, and showed no sign of a learning problem. Then, he would just suddenly, one day...lose it. And when I separated him and got him calmed down, he would start to cry. He would tell me he didn't know what happened. He felt awful and didn't seem to control what happened. This would continue for days, weeks. His eyes would glaze over and he would get dark circles under them. I also had his sister as a student. We would talk about Michael. She said that when he was like that she would hide from him becuz he once hit her with a baseball bat. Try as I might, I couldn't get any help for Michael. It was so much easier to label him as violent/unstable and children's services to take him away. It just frustrated and aggravated me beyond comprehension. It broke my heart and I cried for days.
I saw the same thing happen to my son when he was younger. Same two times of year. I, at least, knew to get him some OC children's allergy meds. It helped. There came a time, though, when I had to do more research on brands and ingredients becuz they aren't all alike and different allergies require different ingredients. Now he has the nasal spray and it is much better. Have never figured out what it is that causes the problems...been through every allergy test known to man...nothing conclusive. I am just content that he has something that works.
For me...I should have known...with all the white stuff flying...I didn't reach for the allergy stuff...and I used the 4/50 a/c instead of the van's electronic a/c (4/50...open 4 windows and go 50 mph).
I am now suffering an inner ear infection. I woke up yesterday and hung on to the sheets when the room went into over drive spin...felt like I was in a salad spinner. Got up to walk to the restroom and fell. Decongestants seemed to help. Not today! I walk with one hand on the wall to keep from falling. I really could use one of them walker gizmos today.
Okay. 
The best thing about it all was...I was not angered, hurt or even tickled by it. Whateva. I have decided to throw out any negativity that I can. So...I used the block and delete functions. Rather handy little gizmos.
