Today, my allergies are killing me. I took a Benadryl to help, but the allergies are still here. I'm now chugging Mountain Dew at 9:30 in the morning to keep from falling asleep at my desk. Thanks for nothing Benadryl. FML
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Today, my seasonal allergies are so bad that I can’t function. I have two choices; I can either take Benadryl and be knocked unconscious, or I can take Claritin D but it makes me so jumpy and jittery, I feel like I’m losing my mind. Even the prescription stuff doesn’t work. FML
Today, like many other days before, my allergies decided, "screw you, you're dealing with me year round, no allergy medicine will keep me away, and you're going to break out in sneezing fits at the worst possible moments, which includes while you're driving on the highway." Shocking that I haven't been in a wreck yet, but still… FML
Today, I'm tired, on Benadryl, temporarily moved into my mom’s house because my roommate chose to get an ESP dog who sheds, even though I told them I'm anaphylactic crazy allergic. They won’t get rid of the dog and I can’t afford to break the lease. I'm also flunking all my classes. FML
Today, I found out about allergies suddenly getting worse out of nowhere when it happened to mine. I can hardly step outside without feeling like hell when I get back home, which was never the case before, and I'm going through allergy medicine like a drug addict (almost). FML
Today, after a week of no side effects, my bronchitis medication decided to screw me over. I'm running on 3 hours of sleep and half of my face is sunburnt in randomized patches. Guess who has a huge presentation today. FML
Today, my mom forbade me from taking any allergy medicine, because she is afraid that I'll turn into a meth addict. I have horrible allergies and can barely see or stop sneezing without them. FML
Today, seasonal allergies are whooping my ass again. The last time this happened was… only two weeks ago. Even more unfortunately, today also marks the day I discovered that while hot tea does help soothe my poor, inflamed throat, if I drink too much of it without a break, I throw up. FML
Today, I have a zit on the edge of my nostril, along with severe allergies. I can no longer tell if my tears are from pain or hay fever. FML
Today, due to the high pollen count and despite taking hay fever medicine, I passed out in the bathroom from not being able to breathe. My mother accused me of doing it on purpose to make her late for work. FML
Today, I got sent home from work for appearing stoned/under the influence of drugs. I suffer from severe hay fever, which no antihistamine has fixed yet, hence the red and glassy eyes. FML
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Bearsmomma 30
Non-drowsy is a better choice when you have to participate in, ya know, life.
revan546 24
Take a second generation antihistamine. Claritin and Alegra will give you relief with minimal drowsiness.
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mushie12 21
Are the dates wrong on anyone else's?
pharm121 21
Are you a regular allergy suffer? I know for me if I don't take my Zyrtec everyday then I'm at the mercy of allergies. If over the counter antihistamines aren't working maybe talk to your doctor about Singular or other prescription strength allergy medications.
ajs828 8
I take Claritin and Mucinex-D (guiafenesin and sudafed) for my allergies year-round. Sometimes I don't need the Mucinex so I just take a plain sudafed with the Claritin. All are available OTC and work great. Claritin-D has sudafed in it too, so you could try that. All of them are non-drowsy, but the Claritin works best if you take it daily, not just as needed. Flonase works great too, if you can stand the smell/taste when you first take it.
FYlife604 18
I've been there done that, during meetings too. really fun trying to stay awake in the most boring meeting ever...
pandalover69 26
Why didn't you take a non-drowsy medication??
aelarol 5
I had a HAAD kid when we had no artificial colors or flavors left in the house my allergies to animals was also gone. That was 35 years ago. Three pickle chips have enough dye to bring them back for 3 days. Read the labels.
sawtooth 3
Allegra, this stuff is the best I have tried by far. kicks it out of you fast and doesn't make you tired. I also made the benadryl mistake, never had allergies before and took one at the start of my shift. was a long horrible day lol.
FantasyMistwood 6
Benadryl during the day isn't the way to go. There are a lot of "non-drowsy" allergy medications, that can still cause drowsiness for some people, but they aren't nearly as sedating as Benadryl. I'm sorry your allergies are so bad, though. They can be miserable. During the day, you can try Allegra, Claritin, Zyrtec, or Chlor-trimeton. The most effective of those, in general, is Zyrtec, though that varies from person to person. Flonase and other nose spray corticosteroids are good too. I have severe allergies, and I take Zyrtec and Flonase for 24 hour coverage, Benadryl at night, and when I have really bad flare-ups I have eye drops for my eyes, I do sinus rinses and use ocean spray to clear allergens out of my nose, and I take Pseudo-ephedrine as a decongestant. Sometimes I also turn my humidifier on high and breathe in steam for a few minutes. Don't take pseudo ephedrine close to bed. It is a stimulant. I hope you feel better!
Sora_McKain 36
I made that mistake once when I had a bad cold combined with my normal horrible allergies. I got home from work (I work nights so it was 7am), took my NyQuil then took a pseudoephedrine. The warning on the pseudoephedrine says that it may cause sleepiness but also that it may cause wakefulness. I didn't think anything about that though. That was the worst nights (days) sleep I ever had. The combination of the NyQuil knocking me out and the pseudoephedrine keeping me awake was horrible.
Raquichi 2
Benadryl makes adults sleepy. It's the ingredient in zzzquil
haveyou000 22
This is one of the most boring FMLs I've seen