I have been off from steroids for a week now. The said wonder drug has made my kidneys well and at the same time made my allergies go away. Now that its effect is wearing off my system, my allergic rhinitis is now gaining its space in my system. There is no single day in my life that I don’t sneeze. The non-stop sneezing is accompanied by headache, runny nose and red-teary eyes. The roids have been replaced by Benadryl AHA and paracetamol.
I have to choose between the lesser evil.

For more than two months now, I am having 5mg steroids every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. I have not gotten back to my doctor yet to adjust the roids dosage but I now that its effect is already wearing off. Ever since I gotten this anti-inflammatory full dose, I think for more than a year already, my sniffles have vanished. There were only very rare incidents that I sneezed. While the steroids were indicated to treat my other disease, its anti-inflammatory effect has extended to suppressing my allergic reaction to certain allergents.
Last week, I noticed that once in a while, I was having spells of sneezes. Yesterday was entirely different. I got up from bed already sneezing occasionally and I had sniffles until were had our endorsement in the ward.
Right after I made my rounds, the continuous sneezing became uncontrollable. It occurred to me that my allergic rhinitis has come back. The steroids has given way. I do not know if I will feel glad that my old self is back.
I just do not know.

I remember that I used to suffer from withdrawing from steroids before. I was so depressed about my body image that I tried to induce my appetite for food by popping an unrecalled dose of steroids. Thinking I had enough appetite, then I immediately stopped taking them not knowing the danger that it posed for my life. Good thing that I only had breakouts all over my body which I endured for almost a year. I had desperately wanted to get rid of the pimple marks that I went in every clinic that has acne scar removal here sign.