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Had an asthma review earlier this week where the nurse suggested I start taking daily antihistamines now in order to minimise my spring/summer allergies starting in a month or so. And I was all, sure! Why not! I’ve done this before but stopped for I don’t know why, couldn’t have been important!

Started on Friday, and woke up Saturday tired, anxious, and generally in a bitch of a mood. Oh, right…that’s why I stopped. Sigh.

Going to experiment with when in the evening before I can take these (since their effectiveness and, potentially, side effects peak in 8-10 hours) and sleep through the worst of the bad-brain effect, or quarantine it to the morning at least. Partner advises (since he takes one every evening) that I might adjust in a few days or a week and no longer be so affected…cross fingers there. I tend to be one of the poor SOBs who get the rarer or more extreme reactions, so we’ll see.

Either way, it’s motivation to start our pre-spring allergy…diet? Detox? I hate all the words that could describe cutting out foods that make allergies worse – primarily booze and sugar, ie anything ending in -ose…should also quit caffeine but *clutches coffee mug* this is my emotional support bitter bean juice officer. Anyway, that starts Monday. We’ll be miserable for a week and feel awesome after the second. Sigh. Yay.