Hayfever 2009 - The thread

[FWDRacer]

Right, WTF is going on this year?

Last week in May, First couple of weeks in June, I have streaming nose... itchy palate and eyes and general wrotten demeanour. Best if you don't come anywhere near me, because if I don't snot on you, I'll be bloody grumpy

This year I have been drug free so far and have hardly any symptoms. I haven't even been mardy...

How are things for you so far...? When do you suffer (and have you isolated the pollens)? Oh and what drugs do you swear by...

[LukeBird]

It's been st this year.
Taking two types of pills and neither seem to be doing anything!
I think mine is mostly affected by grass, but not sure of anything else that affects me!

[garycat]

I havent suffered much this year so far, but when i do Beconase is about 95% effective at stopping the sneezing. Still get itchy eyes though.

[FWDRacer]

Grass pollens for me too - which Levo Cetrozine sorted out (a bit in previous years). This year... Symptoms? So far... Nowt... Nothing...Nadda.

I will regret typing that I fear..

[Mc lovin]

i dont usually get it at all, but i have had it this year, as have a few other people i know, i get it from the OSR they plant all around oxfordshire the bds!

[WorAl]

not been too bad for the last few years, but this year is worse than last. I tend to find its grass pollen and oil seed rape pollen that effects me most, oh, and the sprays that farmers put on crops (wkers).....anyway, I swear by cetirizine hydrochloride, 10mg tablets you can get on prescription, its an anti-hystamine, only take one a day (when Palate feels itchy, my first symptom) and its gone, stops all itching, snotty nose, sneezing etc etc, 100% effective.

[edmellor]

Until last week I was fine, then I woke up the one morning and could barely see or breath, but now im hardly getting any symptoms at all again.

The pollen seems to be peaking a little funny at the moment.

[RobM77]

Fairly normal year for me I also swear by Cetirizine Hydrochloride (or however you spell it!).

[bobthemonkey]

Citirizine has never done anything for me. Fexofenadine works but makes you feel like death. A shot of a steroid called Kenalog and ever symptom goes. You only need one shot a year.

[tim2100]

I usually get it pretty bad, last couple of years have been ok. Worse this year though.

I swear by Fexafenadine or Telfast 180mg, and then when the sneezing is bad that add in some flixonase nasal spray.

Keeps me ok then.

[VinnyTheGolfMan]

I had it real bad all my life, last year it went away early (July). I haven't had any this year (hoping).
I'd always use zirtec.

[Pints]

After 30 years of virtually hayfever-free summers, this year has had me sitting at my desk with tears streaming down my face and getting more "bless you"s than a Catholic Christening.

[Munter]

Tis an odd year. I'm done now I think. Last 2 weeks I was on the drugs. But I've not taken any for a few days now....

Thats done it right. I'm going to pay for it now...