Antihistamines--how I hate and love thee...

Ugh, I hate allergy season. I am normally never sick, and up until now, I haven't been battling allergy problems at all, which would normally bug me for a few months. But they are back, with a vengence. I started my morning off today with a lovely episode of machine-gun sneezing. That lasted at least a minute, and I am proud to say I got off at least 30 sneezes. That was followed the rest of the morning with a perpetual sneeze-face. You know, where you can hardly keep your eyes open for fear of intense tearing and your nose has the perpetual tickle.

Finally this afternoon around 3:00 I decided to stop the madness and take an antihistamine. And I only took one, figuring that would be enough to stop all my allergy symptoms and not cause the "marked drowsiness" side effect. Well, I was wrong, dead wrong. Around 3:30 I sat down on the couch, and around 5:45 I came to--where did those 2 hours go? I have no idea. I woke up and it was dark outside. Now I am in that post-nap/medicine hangover haze trying to figure out how on earth i am going to get to sleep tonight...

At least I am not sneezing again...yet.