Antihistamines

If you jumped into the conclusion that this is a post about drug abuse… NO. it is not.

Its just that, for the past 2 weeks or so, my eyes have become extremely itchy and watery…and I just have not been able to resist the urge to scratch ‘em every once in a while. and I…scratch them, and they become all watery..

So, I tried Claritin D, Benadryl and then finally after seeing (and succumbing to) the uber-cute, albeit a little bony, chick on TV commercials for Zyrtec, tried it out yesterday while at work.

Observations:

• Ingested the said drug (tablet) around 2-3 pm… Interestingly enough (for me), watery eyes TOTALLY stopped…within a few minutes of ingestion… which is probably a good thing?
• Felt really sleepy around 4 or so… so much so that, I was actually dreaming about sleeping while at my desk… (sorta like LSD symptoms, no? )
• Reached home around 6pm….and felt the need to sleep even greater! was struggling to keep my eyes open, like REALLY HARD.
• finally crashed at around 10.30, cos I didn’t want to stay awake the entire night by sleeping early.
• Haven’t had watery-eyes problem so far…. for roughly 24 hours after ingestion.

So I conclude based on scientific observation, that Zyrtec is definitely promising in fighting seasonal allergies.

Assumptions: I do have seasonal allergies.

For all I know it could be something else, but I am not paranoid enough to believe I am an alien, based on my looks, so I think the results have a more than fair level of credibility.