What do you take for your Hayfever? Does it work?

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I take Cetirizine - it takes the edge off the sneezing and runny nose, but doesn't help with the itchy eyes. They are so bad this year! I'm trying Sodium Cromoglycate drops (Opticrom preservative free) but they aren't keeping it under control.

Does anyone have a miracle cure? I am prepared to try Voodoo at this point.

loratadine,have it on prescription, what a relief i'm no longer scratching my eyes out.

Gosh yes, that sounds frightening. I should be grateful my breathing isn't affected.

An antihistamine tablet as soon as I wake up.

Nasal spray - Beconase works well.

But the biggest thing is keeping my bedroom pollen free as much as possible. So no windows open in the day except for 15 mins in the morning to air the room, make sure I wash my face thoroughly on a high pollen day and use Vaseline as a barrier around my eyes and nose. Yes I look little greasy, no I ducking don’t care.

Sometimes it’s really bad so I’ll have to give my face a good wash and rinse out my nose!

But the biggest difference has been leaving London.

No hay fever (I don't think, but I've been on 4 antihistamines a day since I was 12 so who knows!) but I Take cetirizine and it is so much cheaper to buy online. I use money saving experts health post and check where the cheapest is. Sorry if teaching granny to suck eggs and all that
Plus it saves me bickering with the chemist that 4 a day is an overdose not dead yet

Agree to leaving the city - I am 10x worse in a city than when living rurally. It's something about the combination of pollen and pollution, I think - a bit like a petrol lawnmower is instant disaster for my lungs - chopped up grass + pollen + petrol exhaust.

When it’s really bad I do loratdine in the morning, ceterezine at night, and beconase nasal spray as needed. If it’s milder I drop the ceterezine

If we go down to the beach for the day it is wonderful, no greenery just fresh air. I could live on a boat at times

I use becanase spray (or home brand stuff with the same active ingredient). (Make sure they give you the right one, twice my local chemist has tried to give me a different nasal spray).
Start using it before you develop your symptoms.
My hayfever is worse early evening when the pollen returns to earth, so i stay inside during those couple of hours. Also, I'll use a vaseline barrier around the inside of my nostrils.
Glasses/sunglasses help stop the pollen getting into your eyes, although i found wearing contact lenses helped too.
If i have an attack, I'll have a shower if i can, to wash the pollen off me (including my hair). At the very least, I'll wash my face/eyes.

I hate hayfever, although now i live up a mountain in Wales, i am much better than i used to be.

Yes, I never had hayfever until I moved to London. If it was this bad all the time I'd be up a mountain in Wales or living beside the sea too, I can tell you.

Not even Fexofenadine touches the sides for me

Check you're on the highest possible dose of Fexofenadine. I need a high dose despite being a short-arse.

The highest dose seems to be 180 (I'm on 120) but I'm wondering if it's worth the bother? I'm just not convinced it's doing anything at all for me, in which case an extra 50% of nothing won't make much odds.

I'd personally give it a try, and then you'll at least know. I found the 120mg no good at all, but 180 is great, though usually hits peak effectiveness after two or three days.

As well as medication:

(Tumble) dry clothes indoors (sorry). Drying outside covers them in pollen.

Keep windows shut, or windows open and curtains shut to keep pollen out.

Wash fringes/ sunglasses when coming home.

Keep sunglasses on outside.

Smear Vaseline inside nose to catch pollen.

DEFINITELY dry bedding indoors, otherwise you breathe in pollen all night.

Avamys is a miracle cure for me. Nothing worked for me and I can now do anything with no problem. You do need to get it on prescription though.

I'll give the 180 a go - can't do any harm! I'm also off Google Avamys.

Flexofenedine, Beconase and eye drops . It's that time of year again and also asthma inhaler .

I’ve been taking Benadryl but worked out it’s sendng me to sleep, so bought something new today. Googling nasal rinse - I have saline spray would that help?

At the moment clarityn. It’s not working, none of the over the counter things have been working for a few years. I was given fexofenadine for a couple of months a year or so ago and it was a revelation. I am currently washing my hair a lot and wearing my big framed glasses when I go out.

I used to take Fexofenadine for mine until it abruptly stopped working. Now I use Flonase (fluticasone) nasal spray and my GP prescribed hydroxyzine. It made me REALLY sleepy for the first couple weeks, but after that I acclimated to it. The combo really works!

@justasking111 I seem to be at the gp so much these days but in all honesty, they're not really interested. They write me a prescription for steroids and send me on my way. The asthma nurse pushed for an allergy referral for me, but I saw them and they've just referred me on to the severe asthma service. I should expect an appt within 4 months apparently. I'm 33 this week, and since January 2018 I've been on steroids more months than I haven't. Asthma care is shocking round these parts.

Pollonese spray is the best thing for me. Since I started using it a couple of years ago it's been a lot more bearable. The tablets don't seem to do much but I guess it's so trial and error for everyone. It's not particularly expensive and a bottle lasts a long time as well.