[cowhead]

Well,
growing up I was allergic to every tree, plant and grass native to north america..horrible horrible reactions (especially living in Kansas) when I was about 11 my mother took to to an allergy doctor and I began the shot regimin... took a couple of years to have it's full effect.. but when I realized I wasn't really sneezing.. tight throat.. painfull eyes.. WOW! I damn near cried.. until recently the only time I would react was ruring the height of ragweed season.. until last year.. I jacked up some of my vertebre at work, and ended up going to a chiropractor (wait, wait don't dismiss it out of hand just yet) and pop.. crack.. snap... tap tap tap no allergies, none.. gone..poof not so much as a sniffle... freakin' amazing!

I know the field of chiropracty is regarded with a great deal of skepetcism (and just like regular doctors) there are good ones and bad ones.. I just happened to know of one whom a friend of mine had been going to for quite some time (fixed the carpal tunnel (sp?) in her arm) and he did wonders for me. so it may be an option, unless you want to be on the drugs for the rest of your life it may be an option worth looking into (also, you can check with your local state govt. to see if any complaints have been registered about a specific doctor and make a more educated guess about which ones might be 'good ones'

anyway.. good luck