The 2012 hayfever thread

Woden · 19 Jun 2012 at 11:38

Piriteze has yet to fail me. I stock up in autumn when its buy 1 pack get 10 free*.

*Money saving offer may be exaggerated.

TommyV · 19 Jun 2012 at 11:52

Mien kicks in during mid-late afternoon, sneezing fits galore.

Feels frikkin awesome though.

Sleeping with tissue up my nose isn't favoured though.

chriscubed · 19 Jun 2012 at 12:45

Taking Loratadine daily and nose spray when it gets bad. Keeps the symptoms manageable but I'm always blocked up. Also I seem to catch colds very easily so I'm blocked up pretty much year round!

http://www.chemistdirect.co.uk/loratadine_v_2416.html
79p for 30 tablets, beats the Tesco etc own brand tablets by 50% or more usually.

Zefan · 19 Jun 2012 at 12:56

Been feeling it in the past day or so.

DAMN MY EYES.

schumi84 · 19 Jun 2012 at 12:57

I seem to be more of a tree-pollen sufferer and this year it seems to have hit me in fits and starts due to the random weather. The only tablets that seemt to do anything are Piriton or Piriteze, Clarityn and the others don't relieve anything at all.

Luckily I don't get affected that badly, or at least as badly as some people I have seen. Weirdly, wearing contact lenses seems to help stop the eye itching symptoms that I used to have awful issues with.

janp · 19 Jun 2012 at 13:04

Diphenhydramine is the only antihistamine that works for me. I get it on prescription, have to take it the night before though as it knocks me for six. I am an extreme sufferer though, I was hospitalised several times from it as a kid.

grudas · 19 Jun 2012 at 13:14

Sirrel Squirrel said:
Beconase + a cetrizine hydrochloride works without fail although this year I haven't yet bought the Beconase, so I'm really suffering this morning!

i just got mine.. tesco shelves are pretty much empty

but they have tescos own nose spray and its exactly the same as the baconase

and 2 quid cheaper

Minstadave · 19 Jun 2012 at 13:15

grudas said:
i just got mine.. tesco shelves are pretty much empty but they have tescos own nose spray and its exactly the same as the baconase and 2 quid cheaper

Mmmmm, bacon.....

Narj · 19 Jun 2012 at 13:19

AHarvey said:
I've been using local honey 3 times a day for the last 3 years during . It used to be really bad and kicked my asthma in.

I had my first Asthma attack in about 10 years last week, it seems my hayfever and a few other factors made it kick in.

Back to keeping a pump in case because that scared the **** out of me!

On topic: I usually take Zirtec but I'm not sure if they're working. Whatever happened to the jab you used to be able to get years ago? I've been told they don't do it anymore by my local surgery.

anything I don't mind · 19 Jun 2012 at 14:05

I was on the overground two weeks ago, first time on it. All of a sudden my eye starting itching realy bad. by the time i got to richmond my eye was all swollen and has been itching ever since off and on. If i take hayfever tablets it gets better but it kind of feels like something is in my eye.

janp · 19 Jun 2012 at 14:14

PianoBasher said:
On topic: I usually take Zirtec but I'm not sure if they're working. Whatever happened to the jab you used to be able to get years ago? I've been told they don't do it anymore by my local surgery.

I asked my GP, after my 3rd visit to A&E, if they could test and tell me exactly which strains of pollen I'm allergic to. Like you, I got told this wasn't done anymore (along with the jab) due to high costs.