I only suffer from allergies in the springtime due to the pollen, usually with itchy eyes and a bit of sneezing. For that past 6-7 years I have barely had any symptoms; usually needing to take only one allergy pill per season. However, this is the first spring since I started using the herb. I've heard this year is really bad for pollen and allergies, but I'm also wondering if using weed exacerbates allergy symptoms, specifically itchy eyes? Even after taking an allergy pill my eyes start to itch after vaping some herb, right around the time the ol' red eyes appear. I think the two might be related.

Anyone else find their allergy symptoms made worse when using weed?

Occasionally i smoke some pot that went hermie near the end of finishing and its got some banana's on it. If you smoke the pollen of hermie pot it can make your allergies go crazy. Mabye thats what's happening to you?

It's possible, I suppose, but I doubt it. I get my stuff via mail order and it's always the highest quality, well flushed and cured.

I heard another report on the radio today saying how this spring is the worst for pollen and allergies in years so I guess that's the cause. The weed-related stuff must just be a coincidence.

I've had environmental allergies for most of my life. As much as I hate to admit something that could be construed as a negative side effect of cannabis, I too find sometimes cannabis aggrevates allergies or appears to give allergy symptoms such as itchy eyes, stuffed nose or increased mucus production. So far they've never gotten extreme and nothing more than something a little afrin mist type nose spray or soothing eyedrops can't handle. It does not happen to me with any specific cannabis or for seemingly any reason and I can smoke the same cannabis and not get any symptoms one time and get symptoms another. I'm thinking either it is caused by already being sensitive to inhaling foreign substances because the current allergen level is high or it's cannabis doing its magic looking out for us and ridding our body of poisons. I stopped taking allergy meds about 2 years ago because, after research and consultations, I decided I'd rather deal with allergy symptoms than put up with side effects of the meds that I had to take constantly and the potential damage they could do/have done to my body then continue to be a good American and fill my body with chemicals. When I did take meds such as allegra-d, zantac & nasonex I noticed they seemed to block (for lack of better word) the effects of cannabis to some extent and/or effect the quality of the high so there appears to be some sort of link between allergies & cannabis of some sort. I have found that I'm better able to handle allergies without meds than with them now I've been without them for some time, but cannabis sometimes still mimics allergy symptoms from time to time.

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I have found that I'm better able to handle allergies without meds than with them now I've been without them for some time, but cannabis sometimes still mimics allergy symptoms from time to time.

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I agree, but that can be a good thing. I find now that I smoke it regularly esp. during the pollen season, I too have less reactions to pollen than before. I think its the effects of the cannabis. Especially if I build up a little tolerance, I would hardly ever need over the counter meds. Certain varieties of indicas seem better for this. The sativas are too intense and less medicinal, but I use them to control the tolerance.

It's like having a little of what's killing you, which is what the so-called allergist does, with his more noxious potions.

Have you ever heard of peoples not able to smoke weed because they over react, like being alergic to it? Because i have been smoking weed for a few years and suddently i am not able anymore because when i do, i choke, my back hurts bad, it feels like i'm gonna puke and it seems like i'm gonna die. And this thing happens for any kind of weed or hash. So if someone knows about it, please let me know.

thanks
rancid

Sounds bad. I'm sure it can happen. Pain in your back, that could be from your lungs.
I noticed that using a vapourizer would make me react, but not with a regular pipe or a joint. Somehow burning it hotter changed the chemical properties, so I wouldn't react. Thats the same for me when it comes to eating raw foods, I get an immune response sometimes, but not if I cook it.

If your allergic to grass, and I mean the lawn-stuff, or rag-weed, no reason to doubt your response is due to the pot. Make sure its clean weed though, not chemically treated with pesticides.

Get the shots for ragweed hayfever, takes a few years but it helped me

That's weird, I have the exact opposite reaction. My sinuses and everything clear up when I smoke some good herb..

visine is great. anytime my eyes are upset, even without ganj( doesnt normally happen with ganj anyways) it makes them feel like air, its like a clean slate.