allergies

So I have kind of a funny history with allergies. I didn't know I had allergies until I was in college. Basically, I went to the doctor because after a cold I had a cough that hadn't gone away in months. The doctor looked in my mouth and nose and said that the cough was from a postnasal drip from my nasal allergies and prescribed me a nasal allergy spray. I was skeptical, but after using the spray for a couple weeks I discovered something amazing: I could breathe through my nose. My entire life I had thought it was just normal to have your nose too stuffed up to breathe through. Imagine my surprise when one day I found myself not just breathing through my nose, but through both nostrils at once!

Anyway, I have been using a nasal spray for a few years now. I didn't have any problems or any other allergy issues for a long time. When we moved to Providence, I had a couple episodes of itchy eyes, which was something I never had before, but they were brief and went away quickly so I didn't worry. When I came out to Indy for my job interview, Ben's mom gave me a bouquet of oriental lilies, and I discovered that I am allergic to them (or more likely, to pollen in general) as well through a super-runny nose and semi-itchy eyes.

Now I am having a bit more of a problem. Frequently, when I am at work, sometime between 2 and 4 in the afternoon I'll start having some kind of allergy attack. Runny nose, super itchy eyes. I pour eye drops in, hoping it's just my contacts drying out, with no luck. I *cannot* figure out what is causing this. Why doesn't it happen in the morning? Only in the afternoon? Could it be from allergens stuck to my reading glasses that somehow build up over the hours? More importantly, how do I get rid of it?? My usual rewetting drops are not working and it's driving me crazy!

Hopefully one of the allergy experts in LJ land will have some advice for me...