ITCHY!!!!
Trying to make my health a little better. I have chronic hives and therefore take antihistamines everyday. I'm getting fed up with side effects ! This is day one after not taking zyrtec the night before. Use to take it in morning but heard they can make u sleepy so take at night. Now I hear they can cause interruptions in sleep ,which has been happening a lot! Plus I have headaches all the time! This morning my head barely hurts. Anyway I'm going to try taking the probiotics every day in hopes that's part of the problem. And using saline rinse to reduce sinus allergies which I believe to be the other part. None of this will fix the arthritis but I can deal with that so far. Mean while I am soooooooooo itchy! LOL!
Hoping not to give in and take anything! Pray for me! (((HUGS)))
Hoping not to give in and take anything! Pray for me! (((HUGS)))
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By the way was too soon but I kind of knew that! Will try again in a few weeks!
:P (((HUGS)))
Ok so I have been off Zyrtec for a few weeks. The first week I took OTC called chlortabs a walmart brand. It\'s a 4 hr. little yellow pill and I only took one when in the morning and the next when I started itching and breaking out badly. At night for that first few days I took generic 8 hr Allegra 60mg that I had since 2008. They helped through the night for a few days. When that wasn\'t giving me enough relief I took one Hydroxyzine 25mg at night before I went to bed. Which was also an old prescription I had left over. I didn\'t take it again for a few days but found I didn\'t have to take any antihistamine all day for a day! Now weeks after only taking the Hydroxyzine only a few times I find the hive episodes are less often and short lived. The only other thing I have been taking differently is grape seed extract two capsules w/meals three times a day. Hoping that I will get to the point of only taking grape seed extract. : )