Annual 'fcuk you, hayfever' thread.

winnie the schtink

a dark smokey pub, the perfect cure......

Cold War Kid

http://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2015/06/10/woman-with-hay-fever-to-spend-all-day-talking-about-hay-fever/

:pac:

Only messing btw.

I used to be the above woman. Had dreadful hayfever for about 15 years - didn't mind the sneezing, but the blocked nose - and the *itchiness*, oh Christ the itchiness. Itchy eyes, nose and... gums (a weird one that not every hayfever sufferer relates to). The gums was the worst. It was the roof of the mouth and I'd have to use my tongue to scratch it, until it was raw and sore. Not sure what it was about - presumably an itch that "spread" from the sinus area or something.
The itchiness was never-ending. My eyes and nose used to be so red and swollen - looked like I'd been in a fight. I'd be fine, and then walk past one tiny little garden and I'd be off. It'd actually exhaust you - sometimes you'd be fit for bed and would have to go home early on nights out due to feeling like you had a severe head-cold. Your eye-lids would be stuck shut when you woke up. Wear eye make-up and you'd look like Kiss/Alice Cooper. It would often flare up into an infection for me. I found the cortisone nasal spray better than any tablet though.

And then... it just stopped. The last time I had bad hayfever was six years ago. Since then, even when we had those two hot summers, I have barely been bothered by it, apart from the odd sneeze. Absolute bliss.

Must be an absolutely heavenly time of year for Kleenex. :pac:

LordSutch

Spent decades suffering with hayfever not knowing about anti antihistamines, then one day somebody at work commented on my sore swolen eyes, and my constant sneezing, which led them to suggest me trying something called claritin (or was it zyrtec)? I can't remember, but I do remember being cautious and sceptical how such a tiny pill could make my symptoms disappear, but amazingly they worked, and to this day I can't believe that I suffered for so long not knowing about antihistamines!

Just thinking back now, even my leaving cert was hard going due my eyeballs being swolen like balloons with my nose constantly irritated and running.

PS; Age helps, as the older I get the fewer symptoms I get.

Menas

LordSutch wrote: »

PS; Age helps, as the older I get the fewer symptoms I get.

God, I wish my symptoms would ease off with age.
I remember been mildly irritated at exam time in university every year but now my hayfever starts in may and last until well in to august.

Makes me more of an irritable bastard then I already am. :mad:

rainbow kirby

I suffer badly back in Ireland in July and August, but seem to be fine in London over the same time period. Maybe the air pollution takes care of it...

daheff

rainbow kirby wrote: »

I suffer badly back in Ireland in July and August, but seem to be fine in London over the same time period. Maybe the air pollution takes care of it...

No grass/trees/nature in a big city like london :cool:


Have to say the last week has been a nightmare for me for hayfever...havent had it this bad in quite a while

Penny Tration

daheff wrote: »

No grass/trees/nature in a big city like london :cool:


Have to say the last week has been a nightmare for me for hayfever...havent had it this bad in quite a while

I haven't had it this badly ever.

Menas

I got kicked out of the bed on friday night as was sneezing and sniffling too much.

Streetwalker

My take on the hayfever season. I suffered for years with it and I don't mean the odd sneeze but the full on hide in your bedroom with the blinds and windows closed kind of suffering. I tried everything until I started to take a combination of things starting in mid May and religiously sticking to a routine until last week in July. Seriously I can't stress enough the difference it has made to my life I can actually enjoy the summer now without the annual dread of what's in store. Price was a huge problem for me also with the chemists charging outrageous prices for the named brands and inevitably running out and not having enough stock at home.

I buy all my meds from chemist direct in the UK and it costs about 20 euro (including delivery) for the whole 9-10 weeks worth compared to 150 euro here as I couldn't find the generic brands in Ireland due to chemist price fixing.

1. Cetirizine Hydrochloride tablets. Take one in the evening about 8pm. At times I increase this dose with a half a tablet in the morning if I know im going to be walking in the mountains or doing a lot of work outside but only at peak season (like at the moment). It's basically a generic Zirtek that only costs 90 cent a pack (30 tablets) compared to 8 euro for (7 tablets) Zirtek.

2. Nasobec Aqueous nasal spray. A nasal steroid spray that I take twice a day once in the morning and once in the evening. One spray for each nostril increasing to two sprays in peak season. Think it cost 3.50 a 30ml bottle and is the same as the branded spray (can't remember the name) which cost three times that for half the size bottle. Two bottles does me for the whole season.

3. Mylab Allercrom eye drops. Once a day in the morning two drops in each eye. Can't remember the price of this think it was 1.50 a 10ml bottle that does the whole season actually this is from last year it lasts ages.

The tablets by themselves I found useless but in combination with the spray it's been fantastic. Had the injection once before and found it rubbish but that's just me might work for some. Actually thinking now last year chemist direct refused to send over the nasal spray because of some regulation or another so got it up in Newry but this year I had no such problem actually got this years and next years supplies sent over to save their 5 quid postage fee next year. Good luck and I genuinely feel for anyone suffering at the moment.

Just wanted to add ive zero connection to chemist direct in the UK and you can get the meds from a varied amount of online chemists all at very similar prices.

Menas

Fcuk me. Today is a bad one! Am afraid that every time I talk to someone my nose will dribble one of those super fast ones that come out before you get a tissue to it!

Also Starring LeVar Burton

daheff wrote: »

I've been told since i was a kid i'd grow out of asthma....never had, never met somebody who had either. I think its a cruel joke they tell kids to get their hopes up.

However I can say I've learnt how to manage asthma better since I got older

Since you mention it, a mate of mine used to carry 2 or 3 inhalers around with him in primary school and early secondary school. Haven't seen him with one for at least 10 years, that I forget he ever had asthma. I must ask him, is it gone completely or what's the craic...

Back to hayfever though, mine went away the last few years, but arrived back with a vengeance this summer... Hopefully it's only a one summer relapse - forgot how agonising it can be...