Poor kid! Apparently even the dogs are suffering. A neighbor in my building had just come from walking her dog when I was in the elevator going up last night. Poor dog was sneezing away, too, and even has to wear a sweater to keep from scratching herself too much.
I have year-round allergies (not enough to show up on official testing, but the ENT and his PA say I’m totally symptomatic) to dust, mold, etc. I live in the Chicago area (born and raised here) but didn’t develop allergies until I was in my 40s. I take Allegra and use prescription eye drops year-round, but yesterday went to the PA and got Prednisone for 4 days because an ice pick was being driven into my sinuses, I can’t sleep, have dark circles under my eyes and my eyeballs are red and inflammed. Took the first dose this morning and already feel better.
I misread the thread title as “Let’s talk about integrals,” and got all excited. 
I lived in Indiana for my first 23 years. I’m apparently allergic to cool-season grasses (bluegrass, fescue, ryegrass) and hardwoods. May through September there could be brutal. I
moved to SE Georgia in "84 and my allergies are much less severe here. Right now, all the cars are yellow from pine pollen, which leads to lots of allergy allegations from the natives. Doesn’t bother me a bit.
How long ago did you move? My understanding is that your body has to get a sample of the allergen, then develop a sensitivity to it, which could take a year or two.
And, yes, an El Nino year in Northern California sucks.
Yeeeaahh, I think I spoke too soon earlier. These past few days have been allergy city here. Allergy attacks in the middle of the night really, really suck.
It’s been more than a couple years, but I keep moving around, which might through my body off. I lived in Ann Arbor for a year, then Chicago for three years, then I lived in Bulgaria for two years and now it’s been two years since I’ve been back in Ann Arbor.
I also have a cat now. I feel like ten years ago having a cat would have been unthinkable (BIG time allergies) but now…nothing. Well, except being the victim of surprise attacks while I’m sleeping.
It hasn’t been any worse for me this year than in years past - but mine are usually pretty bad anyway.
I wouldn’t say that’s reliable… I grew up in a cat-free household and now I’ve got horrible cat allergies… but there might be some truth that a complete climate change may expose you to different-enough allergens, that your body doesn’t recognize as enemies.
I spent a summer in California once, and had a terrific summer asthma-wise despite the lousy air quality - I was indoors a lot which I’m sure helped, but I also think that the fact that the allergens were unfamiliar to my immune system helped.
The rest of my life, I’ve lived on the Eastern Seaboard at various points, so the allergens are largely the same, just in different ratios.