A recent Facebook meme stated, “In Georgia, it does not snow… it pollens.” All the cars are covered in that yellow powder while prayers beg for the rain to come and wash it all away. In actuality, most people suffer the most with the pollens that we cannot see, usually a week or two before the yellow stuff makes its appearance. Symptoms are not always a stuffy or runny nose. Fatigue, headaches, insomnia, mood changes, even joint pain – all are symptoms of a toxic overload from pollen that is not visible. When I was a child growing up in the Atlanta area, every Spring I would fall asleep during class and have terrible headaches. The first doctor my mother took me to feared it was a brain tumor. Thankfully, that was ruled out and a more compassionate doctor decided it was Spring allergies. While I am certainly glad it was not a tumor (insert my best Arnold Schwarzenegger impression from Kindergarten Cop), I still suffered from pollen allergies with headaches, fatigue, watery eyes, etc. Continue reading→