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I haven't tried lately (moved on to aother anti-histimines) but with a Driver's license, I could pretty readily get ahold of it. Then had to disengage based on

I haven't tried lately (moved on to aother anti-histimines) but with a Driver's license, I could pretty readily get ahold of it. Then had to disengage based on what it was doing to my blood pressure.

jamiek88 3y ago
Were you using a ‘D’ version? Like Claritin-D? I got that by accident once and my heart pounded like I was on speed. I’m highly sensitive to that stuff, same at the dentist the local anesthesia makes my heart race. Third generation antihistamines are amazing. Zyrtec changed my life. I used to majorly struggle with ‘hayfever’ as we called it, to the point it ruined my summer. I was miserable as a child, only winter gave relief as I was allergic to both tree and grass pollen. Then zirtec came out. Originally as a prescription and that coupled with Flonase completely got rid of my symptoms without fatigue! The old antihistamines I’d have to take so many to get help that I could barely keep my eyes open. Then I moved to Texas from UK and the flora was completely different thus I didn’t react at all! It was heavenly. Then I moved to Oregon and many, many, trees and plants are the same as in the UK and my allergies came back. Much weaker this time as a lot of people age out of these types of allergies, as my mother did. OTC zirtec sorts it out. Anecdotal really but I thought I’d share.
- Damogran6 3y ago
  Yeah, I cycle between kirkland nasal spray and eyedrops. And now going back on-site, the headcolds you pick up with proximity to people, Sudafed was AWESOME, it's just a pita to get and I shouldn't use it a lot.
- hn_throwaway_99 3y ago
  > my heart pounded like I was on speed. Pseudoephedrine literally is an amphetamine, and famously the precursor to meth(amphetamine). I don't have a similar reaction but I'm not surprised some people are more sensitive.
- p1mrx 3y ago
  Note that Zyrtec's patent expired in 2007, so it's now available as generic Cetirizine.
- kerblang 3y ago
  Surprised this is the only comment mentioning the amazing Zyrtec (with Cetirizine) (probably misspelled, even with the bottle in front of me), in poem form. But yeah it does work, smashingly. Also I found changing my AC air filter helped.

I haven't tried lately (moved on to aother anti-histimines) but with a Driver's license, I could pretty readily get ahold of it. Then had to disengage based on what it was doing to my blood pressure.

jamiek88 3y ago

Were you using a ‘D’ version? Like Claritin-D? I got that by accident once and my heart pounded like I was on speed. I’m highly sensitive to that stuff, same at the dentist the local anesthesia makes my heart race. Third generation antihistamines are amazing. Zyrtec changed my life. I used to majorly struggle with ‘hayfever’ as we called it, to the point it ruined my summer. I was miserable as a child, only winter gave relief as I was allergic to both tree and grass pollen. Then zirtec came out. Originally as a prescription and that coupled with Flonase completely got rid of my symptoms without fatigue! The old antihistamines I’d have to take so many to get help that I could barely keep my eyes open. Then I moved to Texas from UK and the flora was completely different thus I didn’t react at all! It was heavenly. Then I moved to Oregon and many, many, trees and plants are the same as in the UK and my allergies came back. Much weaker this time as a lot of people age out of these types of allergies, as my mother did. OTC zirtec sorts it out. Anecdotal really but I thought I’d share.

Damogran6 3y ago
Yeah, I cycle between kirkland nasal spray and eyedrops. And now going back on-site, the headcolds you pick up with proximity to people, Sudafed was AWESOME, it's just a pita to get and I shouldn't use it a lot.
hn_throwaway_99 3y ago
> my heart pounded like I was on speed. Pseudoephedrine literally is an amphetamine, and famously the precursor to meth(amphetamine). I don't have a similar reaction but I'm not surprised some people are more sensitive.
p1mrx 3y ago
Note that Zyrtec's patent expired in 2007, so it's now available as generic Cetirizine.
kerblang 3y ago
Surprised this is the only comment mentioning the amazing Zyrtec (with Cetirizine) (probably misspelled, even with the bottle in front of me), in poem form. But yeah it does work, smashingly. Also I found changing my AC air filter helped.