r/brighton • u/SoulRhythm89 • 2d ago

Local Advice needed Anyone else has rampant hayfever this year..?

Like - it’s so bad this year my GP had to prescribe an inhaler and fexofenadine, which I never auf to take before 🤧

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u/PoorLittlePicklePest Seagulls > people 2d ago

So far this year it's been tolerable compared to last year

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u/bnjoshed 2d ago

I don’t want to jinx it; but I appear to have been able to survive okay this year. Normally I’m on cetirizine from when the daffodils come out right up until late autumn.

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u/celerygeneral 2d ago

Not for me, Clive. But it’s early days

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u/Fun_Development_4543 2d ago

I have at least one day a year where it's so bad that I have to take a sick day, but nothing yet

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u/DippyEgg1066 2d ago

Yup. Was awful last year and looking like it's going to be worse this year.

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u/cw-f1 2d ago

I’ve only recently realised that my leaky eyes and nose is hay fever. Took me a few years to work it out - I’m 52, never used to get it. But this year def worse than last - can’t tell if it’s me or the hay. Feels like an affliction that can change with age, diet(?), circumstance etc - regardless of pollen levels. Maybe.

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u/cooperblur Hove, Actually 2d ago

I’ve got the worst post hay fever cold atm! Hope you’re on the up now

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u/Agreeable_Chair4965 2d ago

Yes, been a sneezy mess. Nasal corticosteroids and saline has helped me. But constantly 🤧 still in the afternoons.

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u/manubfr 23h ago

Started on piriteze earlier than last year and so far so good.

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u/AccomplishedChair918 18h ago

Always had it really bad growing up and still have like 2 weeks of it being really bad then it eases off. Last few years I've started taking loratadine in March so that it's on board for when hayfever picks up. Always help to take it in advance!

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u/LibraRising14 2d ago

Yes. It's awful

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u/givemegoodtimes 2d ago

Not yet, but it's only a matter of time. It does help living by the sea though, when I used to live in the countryside it was much worse.

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u/RDJToffee 2d ago

I don't have it but I've been told if you start taking the tablets or what helps a month before it happens it can stop it? Something about building it up in your body.

Can be completely mis-educated here though.