My life was inhibited by the effects of allergy to tree ...

1. Guest 25 April 2006 at 20:03PM
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   My life was inhibited by the effects of allergy to tree pollen from February to May each year. I began to look 10 years older in April and May thanks to the symptoms (losing fluids and dry itching/flaking skin around my eyes, nose and mouth). I take Fexofenadine 180 from January to May each year and for 2 years was symptom-free. This year was less succesful but I still had 2 months free. It's difficult to get people to believe that you hav "hayfever" months before anyone else, and 4 months is 1/3 of my life so I used to get fed up and irritable. I hope that the Fexofenadine works better next year, otherwise my only option is injections.

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2. carol 12 April 2007 at 21:01PM

   ive got sympathey with you there, i started january this year and im feeling quite down with it, and like you say when you tell people they say \"already thought that was a summer thing\" i have to explain as we have had a mild winter and the trees have got the blossom on aready the pollen is in the air. Gosh its hard work , anyway can you get your medicine over the counter or do you have to have a prescription off the doctor, i take hayfever and allergy tabs from boots and allergy eye drops and the artificial tears , but i still suffer.

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3. TsukiUsagi 6 September 2011 at 16:32PM

   I suffer from hayfever all year round and on top of that mould allergies too. I'm on 120mg twice a day and sometimes even then in late summer I find I'm still rubbing my dry eyes that somehow water so badly I look like I'm crying.

   I've been told if they don't hold me I'm stuck to cetirizine 20mg three times a day, if that doesn't work then I'm stuck.

   Haven't had any side effects luckily, just hope they work for next spring and summer when I suffer the most!

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