Once upon a time, my husband went to the doctor complaining of allergies and really bad sinus problems. So the doctor prescribed Claritin-D. Funny thing about Claritin-D: it works because it has pseudoephedrine, which raises one’s blood pressure. (Side note: he was also smoking at the time; another thing that jacks it up and doesn’t help the sinus ( Read more... )

Monday, I saw my family doc for the usual "o hai u have bad thyroid, have pills, thankyoudrivethru." This one got scheduled a bit earlier than my yearly exam (in which I suffer the ignominy involved in making sure I don't have cervical cancer) because of the cognitive crap I'd been suffering in addition to dry skin, dry hair, hair loss, yadda yadda ( Read more... )