For me, I need a day or so for Zyrtec to kick in, but when it does, it is joy. Allegra doesn't work for me.
Lorne: Once the word spreads you beat up an innocent old man, well, the truly terrible will think twice before going toe-to-toe with our Avenging Angel. Spike: Yes. The geriatric community will be soiling their nappies when they hear you're on the case. Bravo.
'The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco'
Spike's Bitches 46: Don't I get a cookie?
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
ChiKat - Mar 18, 2011 11:23:28 am PDT #17905 of 30000
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
beekaytee - Mar 18, 2011 11:33:17 am PDT #17906 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
Huh. Okay, I'll take the Zyrtec again.
It says one in 24 hours, so I can't try it again until the morning.
Blergh.
Just blergh.
Zenkitty - Mar 18, 2011 11:36:34 am PDT #17907 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Zyrtec kicks in for me pretty quickly. Claritin never did shite, but then I never took it for days on the hopes of someday being able to breathe.
Allegra plus decongestant (Allegra+D or just taking it with a separate decon) causes me to collapse into a raging depression. I later found out from Dr. Internet that depression is an anecdotal side effect of Allegra+D. Just FYI; if you take it, be aware.
beekaytee - Mar 18, 2011 11:48:54 am PDT #17908 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
I'll hold off for a couple of days.
The loading dose, of course, makes sense. I just wanted relief a lot sooner than that.
While the Claritin did nothing at all, I can say that I have not felt like I'm gargling with glass on the Zyrtec. My throat still hurts, with occasional stabs, and I just feel awful in general, but it isn't as acute. Maybe that is all I can expect.
In other, I'll feel better soon, news...I 'started' 9 days late this month. Which is contributing to my overall ickyness.
I took a nap today that pushed me down so hard, it felt like narcotic sleep. Restful only in the 2x4 upside your head way.
Whiny. I feel whiny. I'll shut up now.
WindSparrow - Mar 18, 2011 12:58:48 pm PDT #17909 of 30000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Laura, so much ~ma for your mom.
bonny, I'm sure you don't need me to tell you this, but coughing so hard you spit up is something that is worth going to the doctor for. And I say this as the person who waits until the cough is so bad everybody in the waiting room tells me I should go to the ER.
beekaytee - Mar 18, 2011 1:03:46 pm PDT #17910 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
Bless you, Sweetie, it was just that once...or, rather, once per day.
It's just a reaction to the build up of ick.
NOT being bronchial, or bacterial, are the only saving graces of this whole affair.
smonster - Mar 18, 2011 1:56:37 pm PDT #17911 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Hope you get some relief soon, bonny.
Man, I just waltzed through security forgetting to take out my quart bag o' toiletries, and no one said a peep. I was distracted by 1) oh shit did I leave my work phone behind and 2) a guy behind me was ribbing me for having too much stuff and taking too long. He then gave me his business card and asked me out. Um, no thanks.
Hil R. - Mar 18, 2011 2:42:31 pm PDT #17912 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
It's Purim this weekend! I should bake hamentaschen. I'd need to buy a rolling pin.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Mar 18, 2011 3:07:51 pm PDT #17913 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
Things get baked for Purim? I have only been told about the dressing up as Esther etc. I'm clearly being neglected by someone who doesn't want to bake for me. Hmph.
Hil R. - Mar 18, 2011 3:11:09 pm PDT #17914 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Things get baked for Purim? I have only been told about the dressing up as Esther etc. I'm clearly being neglected by someone who doesn't want to bake for me. Hmph.
Hamentaschen! Triangle-shaped cookies filled with poppy seeds or fruit (or with chocolate or nuts or various other things if you're being modern about it.) Traditionally you give boxes or baskets of food to other people -- the ones I've usually seen pre-made have a few cookies, a little bottle of wine, an orange, and then a few other candies or whatever.