Zyrtec-D

[lithera]

That's my new allergy medication.

Let me show you something and highlight the ones I'm experiencing:

What side effects may occur?

More common side effects may include:
Dry mouth, fatigue, sleepiness

Other side effects may include:
Dizziness, excitability, headache, insomnia, heart palpitations, irregular or rapid heartbeat, nausea, nervousness, restlessness, sore throat, weakness

The part that gets me the most is this stuff, in the middle of the 12 hours dose, makes me want to crash hard into sleep. Except when I do... I wake up ALL THE TIME. So, I'm going to see if this evens out over a few more days. If not, with the sleeping parts (or lack there of), I'm going to stop taking the dose at night and see if the coughing comes back,as my doctor has much the same problem when she's taking it.

I've never had something make me amazingly sleepy and yet a little jittery at the same time before. So weird.

Comments

[jameel.livejournal.com]

Decongestants do just that to me.

[m00t.livejournal.com]

Roll 5d20 on Table C for Side Effects.
Roll 4d20 on Table D for Other Side Effects.

Note, mutually exclusive side effects must express themselves simultaneously.

Note, Table C's side effects are all mutually exclusive from Table D's side effects.

[lithera.livejournal.com]

*snerks*

Thanks.

BTW, we never did decide what night for dinner or even where. Just a warning, I'm rather poor atm.

[m00t.livejournal.com]

Hrm, not sure. Is Mongolian too heavy?
or Thai?

[lithera.livejournal.com]

Mongolian would be just fine, actually.

[m00t.livejournal.com]

Woot. There's a not terribly expensive Mongolian place in downtown Bellevue.

Would that be too far for you?
http://seattle.citysearch.com/review/10731562

[lithera.livejournal.com]

Not at all. Tuesday or Wednesday?

And 8ish, you said?

[m00t.livejournal.com]

8ish is good for me, I can come straight from work :)

Tues or Wed is fine for me.

Tomorrow, then?

[lithera.livejournal.com]

Sure. I might bring Holly, depending on how things work out. (She has Krav Maga in Bellevue and I want to go sit in on a class and see what it is like and it is on Tuesdays and Thursdays.)

[m00t.livejournal.com]

Ah, cool.
Holly is goodness.

[lysistratah.livejournal.com]

I'm actually on Zyrtec-D. Personally, I find it incredibly effective, but then I also have a ridiculously high tolerance for drugs. (This is a bad thing any time I go to the dentist. They never use enough drugs, and if I haven't been to that dentist several times recently, it's hard to persuade them to just charge me for extra shots in the mouth. Lamest ability EVER.)

My doctor said a lot of people find it too sleep inducing, so she puts them on other stuff. If the effects don't settle down in a week or so, change drugs. It's no big deal to do so. There are new ones on the market all the time.

[lithera.livejournal.com]

I'm sleepy and jittery at the same time. I'm always starting to drift off and then I can't ACTUALLY SLEEP. So annoying.