This was one of the worst years for “tree sex” here as well! I was miserable, but yes! Like you, I could not stay indoors! Ha!!
The all the trees are leafed-out now…
Usually if you eat a teaspoon of local raw unfiltered honey starting a few weeks before pollen season you develop an immunity to local pollens. It has helped me a lot. Sometimes I still get the itchy eyes, but a half of a Benadryl takes care of that.
Hi Jude – if your ears are affected by allergies perhaps try sipping on a cup of plantain tea? Just a few sips here and there throughout the day does the trick for me. More than that tends to be a bit laxative. Ground ivy helps too,
although it tastes a bit metallic.
It does make me tired. I do find Flonase helps . If you do those type of meds. It takes a while to become effective. A week or so. And rinsing off in the shower before bed..otherwise the pollen on your hair will be on your pillow and you’ll be breathing & rubbing your face in it all night. 😩
Me, too Jude. I tried an otc allergy pill but felt so fluxomated (personal dictionary 🥸) and stopped after a day.
I may peace with the pollen on an event (tiny eruption and redness) by event basis. Susun Weed and I talked this approach through and we old women view it like a mirror of the earth erupting over all the this and that’s …
She (the earth) has a way of dealing with irritation; I’m betting many of us are sharing her burden this season.
✌️💜
Hugs and sympathy. Allergies can be so miserable. They have been bad here this year also. Worse after rainy years; more mold and more blooming plants. On bad days I now resort to Flonase. In the past I had to have allergy shots, 6 a week. Got me over my fear of needles LOL.
This was one of the worst years for “tree sex” here as well! I was miserable, but yes! Like you, I could not stay indoors! Ha!!
The all the trees are leafed-out now…
Ginger tea ( or mint) helps…
yeah, and growing both of them!
Usually if you eat a teaspoon of local raw unfiltered honey starting a few weeks before pollen season you develop an immunity to local pollens. It has helped me a lot. Sometimes I still get the itchy eyes, but a half of a Benadryl takes care of that.
the honey works on my sinuses but the ear thing, is new and different,
Hi Jude – if your ears are affected by allergies perhaps try sipping on a cup of plantain tea? Just a few sips here and there throughout the day does the trick for me. More than that tends to be a bit laxative. Ground ivy helps too,
although it tastes a bit metallic.
ah, the plantain is just coming… I will try…
It does make me tired. I do find Flonase helps . If you do those type of meds. It takes a while to become effective. A week or so. And rinsing off in the shower before bed..otherwise the pollen on your hair will be on your pillow and you’ll be breathing & rubbing your face in it all night. 😩
I hate taking meds, I am so used to sitting outside on the porch all day sewing… it is hard to stay indoors.
Me, too Jude. I tried an otc allergy pill but felt so fluxomated (personal dictionary 🥸) and stopped after a day.
I may peace with the pollen on an event (tiny eruption and redness) by event basis. Susun Weed and I talked this approach through and we old women view it like a mirror of the earth erupting over all the this and that’s …
She (the earth) has a way of dealing with irritation; I’m betting many of us are sharing her burden this season.
✌️💜
I love this, thank you!
I take one tiny non-drowsy allergy pill a day, and it works well 👍🏻
It’s an over the counter Walmart brand (equate All Day Allergy Relief).
This is the first year it has affected my ears…
Ears…that’s what makes me break down and take medication. My ears are so itchy without it, and then they plug, and then I feel off kilter…
plugged ears are difficult, eek
For reals!
yuck
Me too! People who don’t have severe allergies haven’t a clue.
I take Banophen, 50 mg, in the morning. It has saved me.
first year ever that I considered any kind of meds.
It’s an alternative reality…
Hugs and sympathy. Allergies can be so miserable. They have been bad here this year also. Worse after rainy years; more mold and more blooming plants. On bad days I now resort to Flonase. In the past I had to have allergy shots, 6 a week. Got me over my fear of needles LOL.
Never took allergy medicine but I am considering…
It’s happening, that’s for sure!
It’s worse here in the forest…
Here, there’s a majority of hemlock trees, so not sure it’s worse, but maybe?
Forest fungus, my doctor call it…