Hey Tansen,
I admire your commitment to your treatment regimen. Maybe I can offer some observations.
I'm not going to question the underlying rationale for the honey therapy. You seem to believe in it and that's important. As for the vendor's suggestion of using some extra pollens, that's not such a good idea. Presumably the idea is that it will result in desensitisation and thus greater tolerance to ongoing natural exposure, meaning reduced symptoms. Unfortunately that won't really work. It may make your symptoms worse but any improvement will be incidental and not attributable to the intentional pollen exposure.
Unfortunately many people who employ natural or alternative therapies and experience improvement assume that the treatment should be credited. This is the
post hoc, ergo propter hoc (after this, therefore because of this) fallacy. It may well have resulted in the improvement and it may not. Sometimes we know it hasn't yet people will still believe it has. Provided the treatment doesn't actually cause harm and it causes no financial hardship there appears to be no real problem with this situation.
I see that you suffer from both allergic rhinitis (the stuffed nose and irritated eyes) and occasional hives. I note that you resort to assorted antihistamines. People certainly differ and it can be a case of horses for courses but during a careful treatment program like you are attempting it is important to have a plan and to stick to it. Jumping between different drugs isn't the way to go. If you feel the need to use pharmaceuticals for symptom control then try to stick to just one. Many will have other favourites and want to argue but the best choice given your symptoms is Loratidine (you probably buy it as Claratin or Claratyne).
Over many years of clinical practice I gradually became less and less inclined to use pharmaceuticals. I quite endorse your willingness to both take personal responsibility for your health (taking personal responsibility is an excellent attribute for trading so you are on a winner) and to try alternative therapies. The real clinical picture is much more involved however.
Your immune system is very active and constantly at work. Without it you would not last long. What most people don't know is that better that 90% of the cells forming the immune system can be found in the abdomen surrounding the bowel. They are there for a very good reason - the bowel is the entry point of the greatest threat in terms of constancy of assault on your physiological functioning.
Most people (probably literally everyone actually but no one likes absolutes) have some degree of reaction to one or more foods (well, stuff they ingest, not always having sufficient nutritional value to qualify as food). In most cases this is so mild it will never be noticed. For many however, there will be some degree of noticeable reaction, typically a bowel complaint like bloating or cramps or constipation or diarrhoea. Ignored for long enough this will progress to chronic conditions but I'm getting controversial so I'll leave that there. Some people of course will have full blown, life threatening anaphylactic reactions, the classic food allergies (such as those to shellfish or peanuts for example).
The strict food allergies are easy to identify and their impact on immune function is readily measurable. The food sensitivities are a different matter entirely. They are frequently ignored and sometimes actually denied (that is, some of my colleagues claim they do not even exist). It is indeed quite possible for people to react to foods and remain unaware of this.
Clinically, I consider that all patients presenting with hay fever (like you have) actually have one or both of two things going on in addition to whatever specific allergens may be triggering their presenting symptoms. Those things are unmanaged stress and some degree of food sensitivity.
My approach is immediate symptom control with Loratidine while exploring and dealing with the other two issues. Invariably it is those patients who constructively address levels of stress and make changes to their diets who eliminate their hay fever and no longer require any drugs.
To appreciate what is going on it may be best to think of your immune responses as operating at a variable level but normally below a critical threshold beyond which signs and symptoms of problems emerge. As you expose yourself to one assault after another your dutiful immune system goes about its work. At some stage however one or more things happen that push your system beyond the threshold and symptoms occur.
The aim is to take whatever steps are necessary to get functioning back below that threshold. Antihistamines appear to do this but they don't really do anything more than mask symptoms. This is useful for your comfort and day to day functioning but it is unsatisfactory for anything other than an occasional and very brief intervention. Of course it is all anyone will ever be offered if they do nothing about those other two issues.
When people react to pollens in seasonal rhinitis it is probably because their immune function was already subclinically stressed (that is they had some problems but were unaware of them) due to general psychological stress levels and consuming a reactive diet. When the pollens hit they become the trouble at the margins, so to speak, and the immune system loses it and generates symptoms to get your attention. If the underlying issues can be addressed the pollens may still provoke an immune system response but it will not be severe enough to produce symptoms.
So, try to become a bit more disciplined in your treatment plan. Try to stick to just one antihistamine and avoid the chemical soup effect. Work on good stress management. Identify and eliminate any causes that you can and then engage in regular vigorous physical activity to burn off the excess stress hormones. Examine your diet and see if there are any foods that you seem to react to. If you know of any, just avoid them. If you feel no abdominal symptoms whatsoever and believe you have no components in you diet that you don't tolerate so well, then focus on some groups and do a trial elimination (with hay fever, dairy is a good place to start the avoid list).
Anyway, despite a long and successful clinical and academic career I am now retired and have no registration or licence to practice so this is non-medical medical advice or mere education. I hope you don't mind my input. Best wishes.