Oh, how I hate Spring

[mndwrm]

Apparently today is the first day of Spring. I wouldn't care, except that with Spring comes hay-fever. Happens every year, and so for the next two or three weeks I'll be a horrible, snotty, red-eyed mess--unless I decide to take benadryl, in which case I'll be groggy and blank-faced for three weeks

Comments

[silver_rabbit]

Don't take Benedryl unless you're planning on sleeping for awhile. Try Claritin or Claritin-D, they won't make you sleepy. Some people like Zyrtec, but it made me just as sleepy as if I'd taken Benedryl. If the regular kind doesn't work, try getting the D from behind the counter, or take it with the fake sudafed stuff they sell nowadays.

(Yes, I know my allergy meds. >_<)

[mndwrm]

Strangely, I can function at a low level with Benadryl. However, non-drowsy Sudafed kicks my ass into a coma. I am obviously not the person this medication is designed for--isn't human biology grand. I'm thankful for the info, and as I have not tried Claritin in any form, I may consider trying that stuff.

[silver_rabbit]

If you can't handle Sudafed (the real stuff, not the fakey stuff they sell off the shelf), then you should probably try the regular Claritin (or a generic, as it can be pricey) and not the Claritin-D. In this case, the D stands for Decongestant and not, as I originally assumed, Dracula.