Pollen Allergies Ragweed

[Cocolove]

The past month has been pretty bad. I went to live on a farm for a few days and had to leave because I was mentally an physically exhausted, and sneezing and blowing my nose constantly. I have been mostly inside, but at my home the ragweed isn't as bad. I will be going in a couple days to a farm for a month. I won't have air conditioning, and am worried I will have to wear a mask/ventilator thing 24 7. I have been struggling for my whole life, some months out of the year I am just out of commission and unable to do what I could otherwise. 

Any advice would be appreciated. I eat very very healthy, organic at the least, lots of permaculture biodynamic food. I've been vegan and omnivore, cut out dairy, I've tried allergy shots for like 4 years, helped but didn't last. 

[Average Investor]

I found drinking honey in water helped a bit with symptoms. You can download a pollen tracker on your phone too. From what I know typically the morning hours would have the least amount of pollen to worry about. The tracker may alert you to another allergy you may be unaware of. 

Consider investing in a quality hepa filter for your room. Stop bringing your shoes into your room and if you can just leave them outside all together. Have clothes set aside for outside use only and rinse off with a quick shower if you go outside. Masks are pretty in style right now, so it would not be a bad choice to wear one while you are out and about. 

I assume you are trying to avoid use of antihistamines. This is a good choice for sure and I went the same route. More suffering, but you will be much healthier overall and have a much stronger immune system. The fact that you are getting this sick is actually a sign of a strong immune system. 

[Brian Wolfe]

Ragweed causes symptoms like sneezing, stuffy or runny nose, & itchy eyes. Also it can trigger asthma flares. People who have ragweed allergies are reacting to its pollen. During ragweed season, one plant can release a billion grains of it into the air.

[Sri McDonald Trump Maharaj]

I had started the carnivore diet just before last summer and it wasn't as bad as it used to be but this year it was practically gone. I've been walking over newly cut grass multiple times.

Edited September 16, 2020 by Sri McDonald Trump Maharaj

[Cocolove]

@Average Investor

yea I ordered some masks that will block out ragweed. I was tested so I am pretty sure it's just ragweed and tree pollen. When I'm inside it's pretty much fine. The problem is being outside. My life purpose is sustainable agriculture so this is an issue. At this farm I will be going to, I won't have AC or any filter. Maybe I should get one before going. Yea, I am avoiding those. I tried one this year and it didn't even help.

@Michael569 I already have a bunch of Paul Stamets mushrooms including a mixture of 5 types and lions mane, I will try this. Great advice thanks

@Brian Wolfe I know lol

@Sri McDonald Trump Maharaj That's fascinating maybe in a few years if nothing else works. Carnivore scares me.

 

Thanks so much everyone!

[DrewNows]

drink your urine, say goodbye to allergies. The body is so intelligent, it will produce whatever you need, just trust it's safe and meant for consumption. 

[Cocolove]

@Michael569 Very interesting post, its been a while now and spring allergies are in full swing. Paul stamets medicinal mushrooms didn't seem to help. I might try moducare.

@Sri McDonald Trump Maharaj

I have a bunch of extra pasture raised meat, might give this a try soon. Would a week be a good test time?

[Girzo]

I have tried the mushrooms, too, they are shite. I haven't really researched what I am buying, just bought a generic brand from a local pharmacy, so it might have been not a fair shot at trying them.

The way is to learn to manage this effectively. Antihistamines don't hurt much. After taking them for a few weeks you have more or less tolerance to the sleepiness effect. For now (Baltic Europe) I just go with a big pill of fexofenadine, 160 mg in the morning and plan on adding to it up to 3 times per day 5 mg of levoceterizine, according to the needs when the polen season gets into a full-swing.

Fun-fact: LSD works like an antihistamine, so you don't have to take any allergy medication when planning to trip in nature. 

[Girzo]

47 minutes ago, Michael569 said:

How's your gut health?

Last year around April I have still had terrible, destroyed gut from antibiotics.

This year it's a happy vegan belly full of beans and other fart-producing materials, haha.

Will see if it makes any difference, but I don't feel like it does yet. It seems that the weather, and thus the pollen count in the air, has a much more profound impact on the intensity of allergies than any changes in diet.

[Sri McDonald Trump Maharaj]

5 hours ago, Cocolove said:

@Michael569 Very interesting post, its been a while now and spring allergies are in full swing. Paul stamets medicinal mushrooms didn't seem to help. I might try moducare.

@Sri McDonald Trump Maharaj

I have a bunch of extra pasture raised meat, might give this a try soon. Would a week be a good test time?

I'm not sure but I'd say at least a month.

[Cocolove]

@Michael569 I think perhaps that could have to do with it. I think it is pretty good. I eat pasture raised raw and fermented dairy, I make and eat lots of lactofermented vegetables. My digestion and bowel movements are very good. Around 4 years ago as a newly pubescent boy I took antibiotics daily for I think multilpe months for acne. It wasn't even that bad of acne, I wish I hadn't done that but I didn't know any better. Also used an acne skin cream until a year a go I realized it was an antibiotic and full of other chemicals, then stopped cold turkey, acne got worse for a bit, now it is so much better that's its nearly gone. Apparently that has a lot to do with microbiome. Should I take probiotics to repopulate or has time and lots of natural bacteria from the diet had time to help? Also, I've allergies my whole life. I bet my microbiome wasn't that good as a kid, because of standard american diet. 

Nice website!

 

@Girzo Yea, antihistamines work wonders. Higher risk of dementia and alzheimers is worth it for me because they make such a difference. If only there was something I could do about the pollen. Wearing a mask does that but its so uncomfortable when its hot out and im gardening. After raining, my allergies go away as the air and buds are clear of pollen.

[Hap E-Boi]

For me zinc supplementation and fatty fish as well as reduction of histamine intake did wonders after I learned pollen allergy was one of the symptoms of undermethylation. What antihistamines can do, you can also do naturally. For me it has an even greater effect and no side effects. Unfortunately I had to break my vegan diet in order to tackle my undermethylation, but with great succes for my health. Other than fish everything I eat is still fully plant based though. Perhaps do some research about the methylation cycle as well as epigenetics, and decide for yourself whether or not it's worth trying?

This can be a good source to start:
https://www.walshinstitute.org/
 

Feel free to shoot any more questions.

Edited April 28, 2021 by Hap E-Boi

[Girzo]

26 minutes ago, Cocolove said:

Also, I've allergies my whole life.

If you are twenty-something then you are probably in your worst period allergy-wise. My doc said it gets better the older you get.

I think we are just made to live in Spain, Mexico or some other hot, fun place, haha. When I was in Spain, even during the peak of the pollen season, I had zero allergies, that's probably because of how little plants grew there.