Achoo

The midwest is just HELL on allergies. I haven't slept a night through in days since I've been waking up coughing and sneezing, despite taking double-Claritin plus Benadryl.

Today I took Zyrtec and I think that will help. (Only one since I still had 12 hours left on that double-Claritin, and was spewing snot and tears like there's no tomorrow.) I had figured it as being "pretty much the same" as Claritin but I read a post by an allergist that cited Zyrtec testing significantly better. I was down to my last two Zyrtec so I went to get more, and this is just baffling, at Walgreens the cost including sale prices was staggered like this (for generic):
5 pills - $5
30 pills - $15
90 pills - $20
300 pills - $45

And never mind comparing them to the brand-name. It was just all so confusing. I wasn't ready to drop $40 on meds so I went for the 90 pills. I figure in three months we'll be over the most brutal allergy season. I did also see some antihistamine eye drops there that looked promising. I've been pretty pissed off about that $120 eye drop these past few days, considering the tax burden that's on me, and how little I get back for it >:-(

I often think about applying to be Canadian. I disagree with so much here on so many levels. I'd rather give my money to Canada.