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Reply 1
well i find piriton works for me but eye drops also help lots too.
Reply 2
I get nasonex a prescription only nasal spray from the doctors that combined with my asthma inhaler works.
Also and I have actually found this to work, its a bit bizarre but buy some honey made in your local area, and have half a tea spoon of it a day and it will help your hayfever symptoms its supposed to build up your tolerance to pollen kind of like a vaccine I does I think.

http://www.mtnhoney.com/history_types.html

I thought it was a load of crap but I tried it out of desperation last year and had half a spoonful a day in my tea (I hate honey) and it definitely reduced the symptoms. THis year I've tried to start it earlier (I started it mid April last year) so we'll see.
tried piriton and antihistamines which worked for a week or two...lol! i think i get it worse than most people though, in primary school teachers kept sending me home cos it was so bad! unfortunately i live in a v flowery tree-ridden area :wink: curses

cannae take eyedrops as am an "eye-wuss"!! tried contact lenses and ended up in A&E at 1am having them removed :biggrin:
Reply 4
actually the honey thing works on me too.
I get nasonex a prescription only nasal spray from the doctors that combined with my asthma inhaler works.
Also and I have actually found this to work, its a bit bizarre but buy some honey made in your local area, and have half a tea spoon of it a day and it will help your hayfever symptoms its supposed to build up your tolerance to pollen kind of like a vaccine I does I think.

http://www.mtnhoney.com/history_types.html

I thought it was a load of crap but I tried it out of desperation last year and had half a spoonful a day in my tea (I hate honey) and it definitely reduced the symptoms. THis year I've tried to start it earlier (I started it mid April last year) so we'll see.[QUOTE]

fabulous i'll ask my doctor about the nasonex next Monday :smile: good idea bout putting it in tea... cus i hate it! O
Reply 6
yes, i used to have it really bad

i had some sort of antihistamine and it was fine after some of those.
Reply 7
Piriton worked for me for a few years, though I've now become immune to it I think. I've got some antihistmaines on prescription that work now, anything I've got over the counter doesn't seem to work as well.
hm will have 2 have another hunt for antihistamine too then... thanks guys :smile: god i hate allergies

incidentally, how do you quote *properly*, with the person's name who posted the quote etc?! also for some reason when i quote it never works and i have to use the edit option to make it work :confused:
Reply 9
*Bethany*
hm will have 2 have another hunt for antihistamine too then... thanks guys :smile: god i hate allergies

incidentally, how do you quote *properly*, with the person's name who posted the quote etc?! also for some reason when i quote it never works and i have to use the edit option to make it work :confused:

just click the icon at the bottom of each person's message that says 'reply with quote' when you go over the top of it. i think it is a pen and scroll with reply written next to it.
Reply 10
I use Claritine or something like that I think.. sounds right but cant be sure as mum sorts it out for me. It works wonders and I have asthma so must be pretty good!
Lau_Ls
I use Claritine or something like that I think.. sounds right but cant be sure as mum sorts it out for me. It works wonders and I have asthma so must be pretty good!

testing this quote thing lol...thanks esme :smile: claritine... will note that down too :smile:
wow :biggrin: exciting :wink:
Reply 13
*Bethany*
testing this quote thing lol...thanks esme :smile: claritine... will note that down too :smile:

you're welcome.
Reply 14
It affects my eyes the worst, the first lesson I had with my flute lesson in the summer, the 1st thing she said to me was: "Do you have hayfever?" I remember also when I had to go and watch my brother playing cricket, and my eyes still were awful.

I have eyedrops and antihistomenes (can't spell lol), they help, but are not a cure really.
Reply 15
I find claratin and piriton absolutely useless but they work for some people I think.
Reply 16
The honey thing is supposed to work, as if you are allergic to flower pollen, then it builds up your antibodies. It has to be from the local area though. But it wouldn't work for me as I am allergic to grass pollen, and some people are allergic to fungus spores.
Reply 17
*Bethany*
Does anyone else get this so badly it makes their eyes go tiny, pink, puffy and watery; their nose sneeze continuously; and generally make them feel like utter sh*t?!

If so, has anyone discovered a cure that ACTUALLY WORKS?! I become immune to all the tablets i've found so far within a week :frown: and i hate honey!

am dreading the summer... :frown:


since i was 10 there's been one or 2 days every summer when i just go back to bed because my eyes are so sore and i cna't breathe. and it drives me crazy when non-sufferers are like "it can't be THAT bad..." Yes it is! so i sympathise deeply.

last year i had a steroid injection (into my bum!) which seemed to help on minor days but it was still bad on bad days. maybe ask your GP about that because i know a few people who've had it who it's worked really well for. some doctors won't prescribe it, though, and you're not meant to have it every year either, but mine was fine with it just for last year when i was doing my a levels.

however, my most recent thing that worked wonders was kinesiology. it's an alternative healing thing and it sounds crazy but it really helped, and i'll definitely go again this year. the lady who does it has completely cured people in the past, so i'm planning on going for a few sessions. if you can't find a kinesiologist, reflexology or acupuncture have also helped friends.

as for anti histamines, i take clarityn but that is really down to the person on what works for them. i also had some herbal things that seemed to help a bit but you had to take a bout 10 at a time...

i hope some of that helps. and if you ever want to whine about feeling rough, i'm here for you! (although i may moan back!) in one geography exam last year i got through a whole toilet roll, resorting to a "tampon" shoved up my nostrils - maybe not very pretty, but i had to concentrate!

my boyfriend suffers badly too, so when the pollen count is high we are quite funny - we sit and mope together in a darkened room!

PS if your GP is, like mine, unsympathetic towards hayfever, try and get another. they often come up with more suggestions then :smile:

EDIT: i forgot the honey thing but others have mentioned that already anyway :smile: i love honey so eat loads anyway but i get local stuff and it helps, or seems to. the way i feel in thr summer though, i don't care if it's placebo, psychosomatic or what, as long as i feel better!
Reply 18
Aww. Your sounds really bad. I hate it in the mornings when I have to prise my eyes open because the pollen has glued my eyes together.
Reply 19
NickiM
Aww. Your sounds really bad. I hate it in the mornings when I have to prise my eyes open because the pollen has glued my eyes together.


eww yes. i get grass rash too if i sit on it.

doesn't it just feel really unfair? i love summer!

oh another remedy that's not a cure at all - i find my hayfever is MUCH better by water - whether it's a swimming pool, lake or the sea. i'm so going to live on the coast when i buy a house! (though not too close so's it falls in :smile: )