I have already seen an allergist, and was on ramp up. We had to move, and to my surprise none of the clinics here will administer allergy shots.

There is a speciality clinic that will, but only if you are a patient of their allergist, they won’t administer injections unless it came from them. There is a 3y wait-list for their allergist.

This is terrible news. My seasonal allergies are debilitating, they are a disability. In the words of my allergist “You are allergic to the world”.

I could administer them at home, my spouse is an MA and knows how to do the subcutaneous shots. However, that’s dangerous, and my allergist refuses to allow me to do this.

The alternative would be to just walk into a clinic or ER, get the shots administered by my spouse in the lobby. Wait the 20-30 minutes to ensure no anaphylactic reaction, and go home. And do this till I’ve ramped. But I get the feeling this won’t go over well…

What sort of advice do you have for me on navigating this Lemmy? I was receiving treatment for this condition, and now I can’t, which is essentially driving me into depression.

  • Farmfixit@lemmy.world
    01·
    5 months ago

    Seems weird to me because I’m never sick and want to huff tree pollen but trying to get shots to fix you doesn’t seem right.

  • Ghostling@lemmy.today
    01·
    5 months ago

    I don’t know if this will help or not, but nobody else has answered, so here it goes. I work in a pharmacy, and we have a couple of patients that we do allergy shots for. Worst case scenario, we pull an epipen off the shelf if things go south. Find you a locally owned pharmacy, call them and explain the situation. Ask if they can administer the shot, or if they can point you in a direction at least. It’s worth a shot, and might get you an answer even if they don’t do it themselves.

  • Alice@hilariouschaos.comEnglish
    03·
    5 months ago

    Can u explain your allergy issue a little more please?

    I recently got allergies 4 years ago and I also describe them as delibitating so I wanna see what you’re dealing with bc my allergies fuck up my mood, I’m constantly fucking sleepy, my eyelids swell and droop, I’m so tired, no energy, sneeze, don’t matter what I take shit don’t go away.

    So just curious pretty much