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I'm one of the really lucky people who can take Piriton with no or negligible CNS effects- whoopee! I'm also one of those who get crappy itchy eyes for about, uh, 6 months......
My regime is piriton twice daily, flixonase (corticosteroid nasal spray similar to beconase) and chromoglycate eye drops- cheap and about as effective as any I've tried. It works fairly well, I resent being on the shit for months on end. As above it helps to wash your face when you came back from a ride/ being outdoors, and do all you can to cut down on exposure- hard if you commute by bike at the two pollen peaks in the day!
Interesting that people feel systemic effect from the minute doses of corticosteroids that you get in nasal sprays.....