Hayfever - started early

[Slow.Patrol]

After a number of years without issue, it seems the cold I thought was brewing is early hayfever.

Luckily I have some Benadryl one a day, in the first aid tin and it has reduced the symptoms, but not totally eradicated them.

Anyone else suffering and what is your medication of choice?

[geeks]

Glad its not just me, though I can see the daffs are out and we have blossom on a couple of our trees I am not too surprised mine is kicking off already. Treatment is via an enormous box of tissues (no not like that you filthy bds) and Cetirizine 1 a day tablets, twice a day

[Skodillac]

Tree pollen starts every February, as soon as the temp hits about 10 deg C in my experience. Straight on to the Loratadine one a days, with a snort of Beconase morning and evening too.

The only bright side of tree pollen allergy is that it's usually over by June for for me so I only suffer all spring, not during summer.

[Digga]

I'd been getting that sort of tickle on palate/throat last couple of days. It's been so mild even up in hills here in Mids that a lot of blossom trees are already out, so I guess there's pollen again. Decided to hit it early with the tablets.

[arcturus]

Yep, I started about 10 days ago. Allevia once a day sorts it for me.

[bigdom]

Slow.Patrol said:

After a number of years without issue, it seems the cold I thought was brewing is early hayfever.

Luckily I have some Benadryl one a day, in the first aid tin and it has reduced the symptoms, but not totally eradicated them.

Anyone else suffering and what is your medication of choice?

I use both Cetrizine and Loratadine each day, as recommended by my doctor. I'm not a glasses wearer, but I do have clear lenses I can swap in if not sunny, so wear those out and about to mititgate pollen getting in my eyes. If that doesn't keep it at bay, I also used a beconase nasal spray.

[HTP99]

Yep I have been suffering more recently, just looked at my weather app and tree pollen, which gets me, is "severe" today. I have been sneezing alot more recently and just seem permanently bunged up.

[snotrag]

Wondered if we'd have a 2026 thread - a fellow tree pollen afficionado here, mine kicked in about two weeks ago as soon as the temps start to creep up - this is natures signal to all the trees to start coming back to life!

Cetirizine and Loratadine every day here, it seems to take a few days for it start to really have an effect.

[pidsy]

2 weeks in, ceterizine once a day, can’t wear my contacts for a few hours in the morning, still able to breath through my nose though so that’s a bonus.

March and April are usually a write off for me.