Springtime sleepiness - pollen or coincidence?

[Amw66]

Very interesting, yes. I go from severe to almost moderate most summers, the shift usually starts around May and peaks in September. I don't get outside at all in the winter, not that there's much light to be had anyway, so I supplement in the winter months. Hopefully this year I will get out more in the summer, now that we're on the ground floor and with a garden. I have used a solarium a few times, but usually in the spring when it might not be as helpful.

In the fall, before I start to get more severe again, I will try to go a few times a week to see if I can stave off the months of being stuck in bed. I do feel a lot better from using my IR sauna too, but that's more because of better oxygen supply to sore muscles and better skin. When I'm in a severe phase I can't manage that either, anyway. Seeing a chiropractor regularly helps a lot with headaches and knotted muscles, but again impossible at my worst. So if using a solarium bed can help me extend those interventions as well, that would make my winter months ten times better.

Roll on 21st June!

 

[FunkeXMix]

I am having a similar issue. It began last year 2018 (i'm 37 years old, no known allergies before 2018) end of April, when the pollen season starts in Sweden.

One day in April I started feeling extremely exhausted after a walk outside, it was a very windy day. If I remember correctly it passed after about 3 days. Then about 5 days later I got muscle aches and felt really tired. I thought I had a virus, and spent many days in bed. The muscle pain passed, but the exhaustion did not.

My symptoms:
* Bouts of extreme tiredness where I can't even sit. Gotta go to bed. Getting better during periods of the day. Drinking alot of coffe kept me somewhat functional during the periods where I at least had energy to sit.
* An slowly escalating tingling feeling in my fingers. Some would go numb during sleep. Later as it got worse it spread to my lower legs which prevented sleep for 2 nights.
(none of that typical allergy stuff, runny nose, irritated eyes etc...)

Did all kind of blood tests. Heart and lung exams. No issues. So the symptoms were a mystery. Lived with that shit for 3 months, was out of order most of the time. Since my symptoms had no relation with allergies the detective work to try to find out the issue didn't go in that direction. It was thanks to my dad that mentioned it might be pollen allergy that I started testing new things (Dr claimed it could not be). I tried staying inside for a couple of days. Yup, that helped. The tingling and numbing gradually lessened with every day. By the third day I was fine.

Sometime in August the problem went away, I could spend time out without issues, which also coincided with heavy rain fall for a couple of days prior. Sweden had unusually strong draughts last year and was not prepared for the amount of forrest fires it caused. So makes sense, pollen didn't wash away I guess.

Anyway. I have been fine from August 2018..until now. About 5 days ago tingling and numbing is increasing, extreme tiredness and muscle exhaustion as last year go with it.

I am trying Antihistamin Pills this time, maybe it can help. Otherwise I suppose the only thing I can do is stay inside as much as I can. Not great...