Pollen, Pollen, Get Lost

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Many people say that if you buy some LOCAL honey and eat a tablespoon per day or so, it will help you with your allergies to your local types of pollen.
Don't bother with supermarket honey imported from other areas- it won't do the same thing.
Support your local beekeepers!

[withm]

Clariton (well the generic version) and Flonase have changed my life forever and have enabled me to participate in outdoor activities whereas before I would have to hunker down in the A/C for weeks at a time.

But the extreme pollen blooms really attack my eyes. 3 out of every 5 years I will end up with severe allergic conjunctivitis (pink eye) for a couple weeks, as was the case this year. I would not wish this on anybody.

[CyclicChick]

So I finally broke down and went out for a short 15 mile ride yesterday. I came back home like I had just left Woodstock 1969. My eye flaming red and all the other usual symptom. I knew it but couldn't bear the though of rain coming up this week and been stock inside. I can't believe that my med cocktail is not doing it all. I think I will try Lisa's suggestion too and I'll try to find some local honey, not sure how but will try. Sounds wholesome and I like that.

[Crankin]

Woke up yesterday and the allergies seem to be diminished. Thankfully. Usually after 2-3 days of Claritin, it starts giving me palpitations and I feel hyped up. But, it worked and I am just on the Flonase now. The pollen count is still dangerously high, but rain is coming.

[goldfinch]

You might try Patanol eye drops for some immediate eye relief.

[withm]

You might try Patanol eye drops for some immediate eye relief.

If only ... it's more like a placebo for me. I use it but my eye allergies can be so severe that it really does nothing for me.

[goldfinch]

If only ... it's more like a placebo for me. I use it but my eye allergies can be so severe that it really does nothing for me.

Part of the problem is that once the allergies are fired up it is hard to get ahead of it.

[Brandi]

We are having winds right now that make it super hard for me to go outside and enjoy it. Try taking your meds at night before you go to sleep. It helps you from being to tired during the day. And drink a ton of water! That is what helps me but really it has to take it's coarse.