Hay fever just hit .... blast it

[MrsKP]

have just done the unoccupied neighbours a favour and cut down their bl00dy grasses on their overgrown plot.

despite taking an antihistimine before hand, now can't breath and am sneezing constantly.   d**n them.

8)

[MrsKP]

[Mrs Ava]

Don't even go there!  I have been suffering horribly now for over 3 weeks.  I am sneezing all the time, snotty, itchy eyes, itchy roof of my mouth, sleepless nights.   Attractive prospect huh!  Piriton works for a short while, those one a day tables don't even touch it.

[lorna]

I am glad I don't suffer with it. My son would get hay fever really badly from a young age but doesn't seem to suffer so much now. (fingers crossed) It really is a miserable thing. Hope you both soon feel better.

[scotch-mist]

Know the feeling :'(

The worst thing is the bl***y doctor say's that ALL I can take for it is 2 paracetamol
every 6hrs. :(

If my leg falls off the medication and dosage is still the same ;D ;D ;D

[MrsKP]

my nose running all over the pillow just woke me up  :o yeuch !

so glass of water, pop another pill and back to dream of nice things.

;D

[daisymay]

is horrid isn't it! me and manuel both get it and it has just come on in the last week or so really bad. I take neoclarytin and flixonase nose spray which both work well for me.

Have also heard that honey from local bees is a great help as it de-sensitises you to your local pollen, apparently. A girl at work who suffers very badly has just got some from a local farm and is trying it out! But other people I know swear by it!

[Robert_Brenchley]

It definitely works for some people. Try whole food shops, or failing that the local Beekeepers' Association. It has to be untreated local honey.

[Hyacinth]

I take Loratadine.....stops the eyes and nose streaming most of the time - thing is it's brought me out in a now permanent rash of little pimples round my nose......anyone got a spare burkha? :(

[Truffle]

The only treatment that I find works is beconase or any nasal spray that contains beclometasone dipropionate. Even then its still bad but no way near as bad if I wasn't on medication- If you've not tried this, you really should!!

It takes a few days to kick-in but when it does you really notcie the difference.

I have heard about the honey treatment and am certainly keen to try it.. mmm mmmm honey!

[Chocolate]

So glad I'm not on my own,mine starts when the trees come into leaf and dosent stop untill the harvest is in :'(  The worst thing is not being able to breath and I have real problems talking, I'm OK but I sound like a bloke ::)  I'll never get a fella 'cos they think I'm the same sex as them ???
Mind I think I'm better on my own eh!!!

[lorna]

Chocolate. At least your voice is normal when hay fever has past. I have a really deep voice and I am always being called SIR on the phone!!!! LOL
Lorna

[Chocolate]

Lorna your magic  ;D ;D
I still dont think I'll bother with the bloke   :P
A woman can change her mind can't she 8)

[lorna]

Chocolate. Following is a true story!! When we were in haulage I needed to speak to OH urgently. I knew he would be arriving at a certain stand in Covent Garden at a certain time. I rang through and asked if Charlie had arricved.. The chap said not yet.. can I give him a message?
I said "Oh thanks sweetheart"  He answered OY thats enough of that. (Deep voice getting me in trouble once again!!!)
SORRY. completely off topic.I am off to bed, early start for IOW in the morning.
Lorna

[Chocolate]

Lorna whats IOW   ???

[lorna]

Chocolate. Morning. Isle of Wight.

[Chocolate]

Lorna you lucky s....       
I thought it was another secret code !!!
Have a good time  8)

[greenfingered fiend]

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Hey there folks.

Just wanted to put my penny's worth in.

I have suffered with (grass pollen) hayfever for over 30 years and every year I say it's the worst it's been.

I used to get the steroid injection - Kenalog - I started of on one a year and have even had 3 injections in one year (some 7 years ago). My then new doctor's jaw dropped. Because of the seriously bad side-effects of this drug the fashion of this drug has past but I have found a solution that works great for me.

It's a steroid tablet (so I believe) and is called Prednosolone (prescription only). The problem with the injections were that when it's in your body it's in you till it fades. I get the tablets and on one a day for a couple of days it gives me a real kick start. Within days it passes out of your body.

I now get away with taking Opticrom at regular intervals.

GF.

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[sueshamen]

I have suffered from Hay Fever all my life but unlike most people mine is Perrenial Rhinitis....(all year round).
I have had Kenolog Injections until they decided they caused anaphalatic shock so discontinued them. Also had the de-sensitising injections....1 a week.
Tried just about everything going, medical, herbal, natural etc.
Now I have Opticrom eye drops, Acrivastine tablets 3 a day and flixonase nasal spray.
The only time I get any relief is at the sea side.