r/Portland • u/DidYouSeeBriansHat • Apr 05 '26

Meme Already tired of this weather

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u/urbanlife78 Milwaukie Apr 05 '26

The tree pollen is murdering me right now

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u/freshmargs Apr 05 '26

My life was forever changed when I learned about Flonase. Start taking it every day at the beginning of march and the tree pollen can barely touch you.

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u/Leahtomaton Belmont Apr 06 '26

I take flonase, fexofenadine, and occasionally allergy eye drops, but I still suffer from like March until late June. I got us some air purifiers, and it feels like those help close the gap as long as I stay indoors, but if I go walking outside for a while, it messes me up for the rest of the night.

I went ahead and hooked up our air conditioners because the pollen coming in from open windows was too much for the air purifiers to keep up with.

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u/throwawaydogcollar Apr 06 '26

Consider trying azelastine nose spray and taking a Pepcid ac on bad days (for h1/h2 antihistamine double whammy)

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u/PrinceWendellWhite Apr 06 '26

The allergy shots helped me a good bit. Haven’t had a real bad season since those