I can't work out which cold medicines are effective--so far Nyquil and Delsym have barely relieved my stuffed nose.

Try a behind-the-counter decongestant. Stimulants don't affect you much, right?

the sudafed red pill is the fucking BOMB. I'm serious. it has saved my ass prior to flying more than once.

neti pot is also awesome. My first few times I felt like an idiot, but since I could breathe afterward, my embarrassment soon passed.

Nyquil is more or less useless except as a sleep aid, IMO - too many conflicting ingredients to have any real effect. It's got enough alcohol to knock you out, but wouldn't you rather just have a gimlet?

For congestion relief, I prefer Mucinex to Sudafed - it loosens up the gunk so you can cough it out rather than drying you up. (I dearly miss the old blue Sudafed...crystal meth decongestant PLUS guaifenesin = SO MUCH RELIEF.)

Yeah, Nyquil doesn't knock me out. I'm pretty much immune to oral benadryl, unless it's to make me hyper when I have too much.

I have one more dose of the multi-symptom Delsym left, and then I'll go to the pharmacy at lunch.

ita, I have given up on anything but the Sudafed stuff for my allergies. Aleve-D is the best for my sinuses, since it also has a really good painkiller in it, but the Claritin at least helps, and it doesn't put me to sleep like the other stuff.

Sad that Table Talk will never drink fruit punch again.

Awww. I found TT via Salon, waaaay back in like 1995 or 1996; I remember getting my account in 1997, and posting under my real name for quite a while, until someone started the Fic thread. Then I changed my handle so I could talk fic.

Congratulations, Kathy! Half-way there! Woot! ::shakes pompoms::

I ate a chocolate honey-dipped donut this morning, and it was just what I needed. NOM.

I'm a big fan of Advil Cold & Sinus. It has saved me on many occassions.

I found Table Talk because the local paper reprinted something Anne Lamott had written about Mother's Day. I don't know if it was originally written for Salon.com, but Salon.com was mentioned.

So I went and found the forums and started reading all of them. Found the Buffy forums and started watching Buffy again.

I found Table Talk because the local paper reprinted something Anne Lamott had written about Mother's Day. I don't know if it was originally written for Salon.com, but Salon.com was mentioned.

I think Teppy came for Ms. Lamott as well. JZ might have too.

Afrin, baby.

I am having a shitty morning. I need to leave in about an hour to catch a plane, and so far I have punched a hole in a Coke can (yes, it was messy) and have a frozen iPod.

I think Teppy came for Ms. Lamott as well.

Nah, after I started watching Buffy in the 4th season, I was trying to find info about it online, and some link led me to TT.