[melodrama]

I have had it with hayfever this year - I never usually have a problem AT ALL but this year I seem to be experiencing every symptom going which of course makes me look very attractive if you like puffy streaming eyes, sneezing and red nosed ladies!  Another anti-histamine it is then x

[Skirza]

Flixonase works for my OH....I think they've changed the name to Pirinase tho

[little blue]

I've found the last few weeks (since I had a weird flu-type illness) that my hayfever (that was under control with dr's meds - tablets, eyedrops & yucky nasal spray) has gone all horrid again ...

I can't even form sentances properly!!
the weather man keeps saying pollen levels are "moderate" ... well it doesn't blooming well feel like it to me!

[faith0504]

im spending my days sneezing 

[lachlanandmarcus]

me too .... you have all my sympathy, it's horrid! Wakes me up too!

[darkbrowneggs]

Have you tried Allium Cep phone Ainsworths 020 7935 5330 they will advise and post out.  Should be under a tenner all in.

[doganjo]

I have had perennial Rhinitis since 1988 - moved into a rented house while we looked for a country home - folk before us had had cats and started my allergy.  I have to take a citirizene tablet (antihistamine)every day for the rest of my life. Otherwise I'd have solid brick along the front of my face across my nasal area, eyes bulging, and streaming, sneezing all over the place and generally feeling ill.  Even if I am not near any cats if I forget a tablet I am in trouble after just 14 hours.  It's as bada s any hay feever, but thank goodness my GP son-in-law found a pill that works for me.

[melodrama]

The allergic reactions are awful for everyone who experiences them I think, Doganjo - I should feel thankful that my hayfever doesn't occur in Winter and only comes every few years, your difficulties sound awful x

[Corrie Dhu]

I have suffered from really bad hayfever my whole life.  Working outside it's been miserable.  This year I've used Prevalin nasal spray which is not an anti-histamine or steroid and it's been the best year of my life!  It's a sort of thick cream spray which coats the inside of your nose and prevents the allergic response in your eyes and throat too.  Also it works straight away rather than other nasal sprays which you are supposed to take for 6 weeks before the hayfever season.  It's 10 quid for a month's supply.  I also use opticom eye drops as a belt and braces approach, but I always have used that, and can only attribute this improvement to the prevalin.  I've also used sudafed nasal spray as I get really congested sinuses with it too.  You can only use that for about a week before it makes you have more congestion so I save that for the really bad spell!

[xillent]

try eating local honey. It must be local honey as it will contain all the pollen that's casuing you a problem.

[JulieS]

Drink Aloe Vera Gel (has to be proper gel, not the drinks you get in the shops), and take bee pollen tablets in the run up to hayfever time.