Not all antihistamines are alike. Some are better for certain things. Some dry you out more. And so on. OK, zyrtec is good for animal allergies. It's available OTC. If oyu find it helps and you are taking it all the time, I suggest you purchase it from Canada as it is much cheaper there.
And since you are stuffed up when you wake up, it's probably dust mites as this is a very common reaction to them (they are in the bedding). You can try several things for this; wash your bedding in hot water every week, get casings fro your mattress and pillow that control the dust mites, use a saline rinse before bedtime (willflushout your sinuses) and/or take a benedryl at bedtime. It may be one of this handles it or you may need a corabination of them.
And lastly, I suggest getting allergy testing so you kow exactly what you are allergic to and can formulate the best plan. Good luck.
) i do get hives and itchy just from touching their fur! but that i can live with. I am just sick and tired of waking up everyday and using a half box of kleenex and sneezing non stop until i take something! Also this just started happening in the last 6 months, i never had a problem until then but i do understand allergies can hit a person at anytime. So with my main symptoms which med do you recommend the most? i don't have to buy generic, i figure they were all the same to be honest with you! i only bought it because i thought i had a cold which seemed to last forever so i figured maybe it wasn't a cold and sure enough as soon as i took an allergy med i was fine, also my cold wasn't like a normal one either. The generic brand i purchased didn't have a "comparison" on the box or anything as to what brand name med it was close to so....but either way brand name is good if you can give me some good ideas for just runny/stuffy nose.