I had someone remark on another thread that cutting out gluten not only almost completely eliminated asthma, but also reduced seasonal allergies. I wonder if cutting out all gluten might work as well or better than taking allergy meds for some people?

Xyzal….

That was the worst for me… The other medications (singulair especially) caused it, I think, but Xyzal taken with them is bad… It made the bad have more of an edge. I guess it was the irritability, but it made things A LOT worse. Getting rid of Xyzal took the edge off the depression… Sadly, Xyzal was the only one that worked on me. Scary little medication… I only had a tiny dose.

Hey! Similar thing happened to me!
I was 15 when I noticed it was my allergy medication, but I was never diagnosed with depression. A friend of mine suffered severe depression after changing allergy medication, too. It’s true, all of this about allergy medication. For me, I had been taking Zyrtec for years, then taken off that, and put on Singulair (causing depression) and Xyzal (severely aggravating it). Bad idea. You either have to get them off the meds, or go through cheering them up yourself, which is not an easy process… I got off all allergy medications (except benedryl as needed) and my friend was cheered up while still taking them. This was NOT easy. Actually, it was REALLY BAD. I recommend just stopping allergy medication now, and try to move on from there as you can.

I believe there may be information on the FDA website, but I do not have the links to hand. Hope that helps. Sorry I don’t have more for you at present.

Do please keep us posted as things develop. Best of luck.

I’m glad you found the cause of your depression.

You may want to visit an allergist who can give you desensitizing allergy shots so that you stop reacting to your allergy triggers.

I think people should know about this, I’m going to try and not use allergy medacation and only use eye drops so I can wear contacts because feeling depressed sucks !

Interesting point, I don’t know how long the effects take to wear off – probably it varies. Do please share your experience when you’re feeling better.

I don’t know about homeopathic allergy meds but suspect that they do not cause this effect.