Back from the Allergist – New Prescriptions to try to escape the Benedryl fog
August 11, 2009 12:57 pm Doctors Visit, MedicationI don’t know how else to put it, but the benedryl fog. The last month or 2 benedryl has helped to keep me from experiencing the worse stuffiness/tinnitus/spinning, but it’s making me feel like a zombie. I take a full dosage in the evening around bed time, but several days I have also had to take a half dose during the day. I’ve been taking one in the morning and if necessary (more crackling/stuffiness) then one in the late afternoon. That along with astelin and I feel like I’m just a fraction of myself. I don’t have energy or spark to get out and do anything. I spin my wheels at the work that I start, I feel like I’m thinking in oatmeal or molasses. So, today the question was what else can I try to keep the stuffy head stuffy ear/ear pressure away while I’m continuing with the allergy shots.
So, I have a few fresh prescriptions to try. One for allegra which I had tried some years back, although since the shots it seems that the allergy medicines have a better chance of doing something. Also, I have a sample and prescription for veramyst which is a new one for me. I really hope that between these I’ll be able to taper off the benedryl and not get back to where I was late May/early June. This seems to be an unbearable equilibrium I’m at these days. Either take medicine and be doped up or don’t take the medicine and spin, have vertigo, lose hearing. Gee…. isn’t there a third choice?
Anyway, we also talked about the possibility of adding aspergillus (sp?) to the shot routine which is a possibility if these other items don’t make a difference in the coming week/weeks.
It’s kind of funny, he noted that I had a bit of congestion as he checked out my nose, (I had taken a full benedryl last night at bedtime and a half dose this morning along with astelin at bedtime and this morning.) I told him that really this was pretty good as far as things went and was worlds better than 2 or 3 years ago.
This site is really coming in handy for me though as it gives me a good way to go back and review my case history before I go to the doctor. Everything is running together for me over the last few years. I have a hard time remembering when it was I started with which treatment or when I last had a more serious attack, etc. The paper journal that I was keeping I haven’t kept up with in some time so most of my events get recorded up here.
Well, time to press on and attempt to get some work in this afternoon. It’s really hard though the benedryl took my get up and went!
On the plus side I have had some promising news in other areas today so, maybe I can use that to psyche myself up to get some things done!
