From the beginning of May/June - depending on where you live - take 1/2 a hay fever tablet; I use Piriton - they are easy to break into 2 pieces! Then, during hay fever season, if the pollen count reaches 6/7 take a full tablet; waiting until symptons start is just too late! Most of my colleagues do not know I suffer from hay fever because this works!

Two things that make life a bit more bearable for me: Smear Vaseline on the inside of your nostrils - it will catch at least some of the pollen. Drink a HUGE amount of water - I don't know how, but if you drink a mammoth amount it seems to dilute the histamines that are raging around your system or somehting. Good luck.

After almost 30 years of misery and trying every new tablet and natural cure I went to the doc again about5 years ago he gave me Xyzal,I could not believe it after being a really serious sufferer I can now live in the summer without a hankie up my nose or my face in a basin of cold water, I really do not sneeze and use ordinary eye and nasel drops if necessary.

As a 30 year hayfever sufferer, I reckon I've tried just about everything on the market. One thing I have found, and some people will disagree with me, is that herbal cures JUST DON'T WORK! At least low-cost hayfever tablets are now available in the supermarkets, when they used to cost a small fortune, so you can try a few different ones without wasting too much cash. I'm currently on cetirizine dihydrochloride (Morrisons own) with the odd blast of Beconase nasal spray when things are particularly bad, and that combo seems to be doing the trick. Good luck anyway - I know it's a nightmare! :0(

Honey. Try to buy your local honey, ie from around your area. Take a spoonful every day and it will ease your symptoms. You really should start this before the hayfever season starts ideally,but give it a go worked for me anyway.

I have endured awful hayfever for years and what i've found recently that works the best is the simplest thing! Religiously have a shower or bath before you go to bed and leave the clothes you've been wearing outside your room (preferably wash them). Throughout the day you can pick up pollen on your skin clothes and in your hair, so wash it off and you can avoid the night time sneezing fits and hopefully wake up feeling refreshed and non-puffy eyed!!

I have now read the instructions on the allergy eyedrops (much cheaper now & available in supermarkets & pharmacies) & now understand they have to be used as a course just like antibiotics. I put 4 reminders in my phone around 6 hours apart & after a while my eyes were much better - why did the vendor of the drops not tell me this!!! xxx