nope i've never had alergies, just bad itching all over whenever i sit down to learn photoreading. im going to try it in a different room, because i know that when im watching TV or on the computer i never itch. hopefully when i clean up and rearrange my room i wont have any problems. also, i just checked how far i've been and i see that i never got past tape 4. i doubted that i had photoread correctly and never activated the book. im using the personal learning course by the way... sometimes itching bothers me during the memory supercharger but i try to ignore it and sometimes it works. i should probably go ahead and read through the photoreading book because i know some of you have learned by just reading the book, so ill read through with the 25, +30, and +90 then ill read the whole book maybe. i love the inspirational stories at the end of each chapter, it just keeps me going and helps me beleive it will work for me. and now that i found these forums, i can find a solution to whatever problems i encounter.