Made a mistake last night. Tired, with a nagging sinus headache, I took a half diphenhydramine* and a decongestant that normally keeps me awake if I take it alone. This made me much more sleepy than usual, but given I'd worked twelve hard hours, I didn't pay much attention. When I could barely wake up at nine, D- knowing I would not want to sleep longer - woke me. Sometime amid the involved dreams, involving the army and inspecting a huge geological feature, I remembered that I had double dosed myself. I'd taken a 24hour, non-drowsy antihistamine, as soon as I'd gotten home.
Want to know what happens when you take a long acting and short acting antihistamine? Somnolence. I've been dopey all day long. And how does this happen to someone who should know better, with the license to prove it? Same as anyone else. Inattention, distraction, pure mistake.
My sinuses did feel much better.
*No, I did not have to look it up or spell-check that word.
3 comments:
Sinus headaches are a relatively recent addition to my life. It is truly debilitating to be woken in the night by a headache that lasts several days. I too have been known to try different remedies in an attempt to get something to work. Glad you feel better.
glad you feel better, BUT...you're giving yourself a message that twelve hour shifts are no good to anyone in whatever position in life.
Although speaking from experience, there are times when it seems we have no choice
*No, I did not have to look it up or spell-check that word.
That made me laugh. Looks like the drugs are wearing off!
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