At first it seemed like the antibiotics were working. I felt like I was clearing out, and it was a whole new world of smells, let me tell you. I drove to work and the second I stepped into the building I was caught completely off-guard by the intensity of the stench. Usually, I can smell it a little bit for a few minutes, but then my nose gets used to it and I don't smell it any more, but now that stuff can actually get in there to get smelled, WOW, I had forgotten how smelly my lab was. No wonder Scott keeps asking me to take a shower.
Anyway, so it seemed like I was clearing up, but now I'm just not so sure. I'm still taking Sudafed constantly, and it helps a little, but I can't take it at night because it keeps me awake, so by the time I wake up in the morning I'm miserable all over again. So I'm thinking that it's either viral or allergies, both of which antibiotics don't help at all. LAME. And my intestines are just so pleased about taking them, too.
So what am I supposed to do? Sudafed until I die? Cleansing my sinuses (yuck) didn't seem to help at all (plus it was unpleasant), and there doesn't seem to be anything else I can do. So, I'm permanently snotty, I suppose. Lovely.
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ugh. sorry to hear that. hope you feel better soon...
my doctor has me on the most fantastic cocktail of pills and syrups on the planet: antibiotics, just in case it's bacterial; the meth-head version of sudafed; claritin, just in case there's a pollen aspect to this whole debacle; and codeine-based cough syrup at night. ooh, that one is FUN. so far, so okay. still coughing and cloggy, but it's a lot better. the volume got turned from 10 to about 1 1/2, which is deal-with-able...
Have you tried allergy meds? Zyrtec and Allegra are the best ones out there, in my opinion. Maybe there is something that's bothering you and because you're trying to get over an illness it's making it worse.
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