I haven’t found an oral medication that works. Tried a nasal spray (Flonase) and felt immediate relief.

Yo! Eat local honey! The same stuff that is making you miserable also makes happiness. And, by eating the honey, you ingest the pollen and build immunity to it. If it doesn’t work, you’ve still eaten honey and that doesn’t suck.

I snort anti-histamines.

I'm only half joking. Pills did nothing for me.

But nasal sprays and eye drops give almost immediate relief. When it's particularly bad I will ask the pharmacists for two types, as "doubling up" on different active ingredients can allow for increased potency. Though that is something you should absolutely ask the pharmacist for a recommendation on, as combining any two isn't necesserily effective, or safe.

If pills work for you, but don't quite get it done, you can combine those with drops/spray too. Again, consult a pharmacist. Just tell them what you've tried, and ask for a recommendation on how to get a bit more potency.

For me, stuff that you apply directly is so much more potent, and I only tried it because a pharmacist recommended it when I said none of the pills seem to help me. It was night and day.

With the nose, it's a little tricky if it has already become stuffed. Try to clear out as much as possible, before using the spray, then let it sit for as long as you can bear. Once it starts taking effect, you really want to keep using the spray before your nose starts reacting, so it actually reaches the mucus membranes, and doesn't just hit mucus, only to be blown back out.

If you can clear out your nose by flushing your sinuses first, even better.

Another bonus of taking anti histamines this way is that it doesn't make you as drowsy, as it's applied much more locally. Though this varies. Some of the antihistamine in drops and nasal spray will still make it into the blood stream.

Antihistamines help for a short time. Local honey may help, (traces of pollen in the honey is thought to get recognized by the immune system and prevents it from treating it as an invader.

Long term, reducing your exposure to the allergen will gradually see your allergy lessen. I had an allergy to grass pollen that went away entirely in time. I developed it as a dumbass kid when I collected a handful of pollen then rubbed my eye. It was bad, and lasted for over ten years.

Medicines.

Cetirizine works like a charm for me, I only take if I start to have symptoms and I may be lucky because I've never felt any of the listed side effects.

Xyzal

Suffer.

I took allergy shots for years, and I'm still doubled up on prescription and OTC meds daily. It's not perfect, but it's manageable now. So...

Suffer Be inconvenienced.

I always start with nasal irrigation. For most of the year, nasal irrigation has eliminated my medication usage for allergies.

When it's not enough, I use flonase, but I think my sinuses mainly get irritated with prolonged exposure. Rinsing the pollen out has helped dramatically

Medicine, and I wear a mask when I go outside. LOL

Azelastine and loratidine 2x daily. It at least gets me through the day. Azelastine specifically has been a game changer for me with rhinitis symptoms, but it is quite a bit pricier than fluticasone (at least in the US). Worth it for me because fluticasone did literally nothing for me and had a laundry list of side effects.

I'm also currently trying a new type of allergy shots called ILIT but I had an anaphylactic reaction to the first dose so I'm not terribly hopeful.

Apart from medicine, I also bought a HEPA air purifier for my bedroom and that has helped a lot with puffy eyes and fatigue.

im not sensitive to pollen, but dust mites, which also causes my atopic dermatitis, which is a different beast than nasal allergies. i use ceterizine, diphenhydramine. nasal sprays dont do anything for me. i also have nasal symptoms.

get generic antihistamines i mention they are much cheaper online(dont buy instore generic, trial and error each one to see which one works the best. diphenhydramine will cause drowsiness though, but its useful for quick relief.

Washing face after going outside, keeping the house clean, and using an air purifier help a bit when at home.

First, reduce your exposure to pollen, windows and doors closed during the summer and get an air purifier to clean the pollen out.

Second, eyedrops and nasal spray, and normal eye drops work, they're just to wash the pollen out of your eyes. A steroid nasal spray really does work incredibly well to reduce immediate symptoms, Beclometasone is the active ingredient in the one I use.

Third, medication. I rarely need extra medication but my partner suffers much worse than me and uses it more. Fexofenadine based is the most effective pills we've found.

Flonase (fluticasone)

Get real cloth handkerchiefs.
It won't rub your nose and upper lips raw.

Some people report their seasonal allergies going away after going onto a zero carb diet. We don't know why, but I can speculate it's about plant lectins binding all over the body increasing immune response in general. https://whycarnivore.com/#Allergies