The reason symptoms mainly affect the eyes and nose is because that's where pollen lands and irritates your immune system. Once your immune system detects the little pollen dust in your body, it overreacts. It misidentifies the pollen as dangerous and sends out an antibody called immunoglobulin E to fight it off.
Some of the more popular prescription sleep medications include: 1  eszopiclone (Lunesta), which is a non-benzodiazepine sedative. 2  ramelteon (Rozerem), which is a melatonin receptor agonist. 3  trazodone (Desyrel), which is an antidepressant of the serotonin antagonist and reuptake inhibitor class.
Types of insomnia meds include: 1  Prescription sleeping pills â like Ambien, Lunesta and Rozerem. 2  Non-prescription or over-the-counter sleep aids â like Unisom and Sominex. 3  OTC antihistamines â like Benadryl that contains diphenhydramine. Prescription sleeping pills â like Ambien, Lunesta and Rozerem. 2  Non-prescription or over-the-counter sleep aids â like Unisom and Sominex. 3  OTC antihistamines â like Benadryl that contains diphenhydramine. 4  Anti-depressants â like amitriptyline and trazodone that do better jobs of inducing sleep.