As with most things in life, there are pros and cons to taking allergy medicine. If you're like me, you'd love it if you could not have allergy symptoms, but also not have to take any medicine. Unfortunately, for people like us, that's just not always possible. Sure, you can ...
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A reminder about alcohol and antihistamines.
Bob
Sunday, September 09, 2007 at 10:10 PM
I've never had problems with antihistamines for my pollen allergies, other than most of them not being 'strong' enough to work.
I went for a hike recently and felt the preliminary symptoms coming on, so I took a phenergan. All good. That night, I had around 5 drinks (G&Tonic) at home before heading out, which is a typically tolerable amount for me. My friends lost me when I ran off. I was later arrested and locked up for my own safety. I don't remember anything except being very angry and violent (which is simply not in my character). I'm told I was jumping fences and running along train tracks. People called the police to come and get me. I'm lucky they did. I barely even remember leaving home.
My friends and the police were all wondering what I took? When I went back to the police station to apologise later, I don't think the police believed me when I said it was a reaction to mixing antihistamine and alcohol.
I am now battered and bruised from resisting arrest, thrashing about in the cell and god knows what else. I didn't even recognise my own mother. It's a shameful and embarrasing thing. I'm a father.
Alcohol and antihistamines don't mix.
I've never had problems with antihistamines for my pollen allergies, other than most of them not being 'strong' enough to work.
I went for a hike recently and felt the preliminary symptoms coming on, so I took a phenergan. All good. That night, I had around 5 drinks (G&Tonic) at home before heading out, which is a typically tolerable amount for me. My friends lost me when I ran off. I was later arrested and locked up for my own safety. I don't remember anything except being very angry and violent (which is simply not in my character). I'm told I was jumping fences and running along train tracks. People called the police to come and get me. I'm lucky they did. I barely even remember leaving home.
My friends and the police were all wondering what I took? When I went back to the police station to apologise later, I don't think the police believed me when I said it was a reaction to mixing antihistamine and alcohol.
I am now battered and bruised from resisting arrest, thrashing about in the cell and god knows what else. I didn't even recognise my own mother. It's a shameful and embarrasing thing. I'm a father.
Alcohol and antihistamines don't mix.