It is really hard to seperate out the mental factors from the physical factors. We know that 'Type A personalities' (people who work all the time and worry all the time and live high stress lifestyles) have higher risk of heart attack. Does that mean that heart attack has a psychosomatic component? In a sense, yeah, it does. I know that it is terrific if we could just take a pill and make it go away, but quite often mental and physical conditions both require us to make changes at the mental and physical levels...

Allergies can be exacerbated by psychological factors. So can asthma. So can dermatitus. I know it sounds strange... But people are at much higher risk of getting sick (immune problems e.g., cold and flu) when they are stressed / upset / worried about something. When people are stressed they seem to have less white blood cells to fight off infection. Allergies (and asthma) can be exacerbated. Amazing to think that rashes and stuff like that have a psychosomatic component (a rash is as real as anything!) but finding disorders that are purely physical is actually rather tricky...

What do I know about this? I'm not a doctor. I've studied psychology (mental disorder in particular) but I don't know everything (not even most things!) so you would be wise to be cautious...

But on the upside... Sounds like your doctor doesn't really know what to do about it. I'm surprised that they didn't suggest an allergy test. Did you suggest it to them? What did they think about that? On the upside... If it is significantly psychosomatic then therapy could help alleviate your symptoms. There would thus be more hope for your getting better than there seems to be at present...

I guess that optimally... I'd try both avenues. Sometimes people conclude that something is psychosomatic because they can't find anything wrong. In some instances later they find that there was indeed something medically wrong that wasn't picked up on before. Usually an attack on all fronts is most likely to lead to quickest improvement and prevention of relapse... Therapy in conjunction could help.

It would be great if you could eat fruit and vegetables again.

What do you eat if you can't eat fruit and vegetables?

ALso... I'm fairly sure you can get over the counter anti-histamine tablets. Have you tried taking those to see whether your symptoms stop?

I got hayfever a couple years back. I got it during the spring (grass-seed the doctor thought) but I haven't had it before or since. Just the one season. It was a particularly stressful time for me because I was finishing up my thesis... Had to take anti-histamenes and it took a couple of days for them to kick in. My eyes were streaming and my nose was streaming and I was sneezing just about constantly. No itchy ears, though...