Oh Christ

[ashinae]

So I have a wee problem. Late last week, I woke up, my lips were so dry and chapped they were bleeding. This problem continued for a while. Lots of Burt's Bees lip balm applied. Some Ozonol to try to heal the cracks and bleeding.

A day or so later, I have what appears to be a wee reddish pimple above my lip.

This problem gets owrse. More spring up. It gets itchy. Lips? Still painfully dry; eating anything with pretty well any seasoning makes lips sting. The way they would if they were all dry and chapped and, hi, bleeding if I smile too big. Or yawn to big.

Cue yesterday. Mouth very swollen. Rash all the way around. Ithcy as fuck. Go out to dinner with my parents -- chinese food -- very salty and spicy and my lips hurt again on top of the itching. So we stop at a shoppers Drug Mart on the way, I go to the antihistimes. I've tried a lot of stuff for my allergies (since I have some very severe enivironmental ones) and grab Benadryl, since it's one I've never tried. Talk to the pharmaicist; he's all "yes, hon, you DO need to see your doctor" as well as saying that the Benadryl may cause drowsiness. However, take two as soon as possible, and then one every four to six hours.

Took the two when I got home at 7:30 ish last night. Was pretty well unconcious on my feet by 9:00. Went to bed. Still, despite how groggy I was, managed to actually wake up around 12:30 and again at 6:00. Took one pill each time.

HOLY CRAP I FEEL LIKE I'M HAVING A BAD TRIP AND I HAVE TO GO TO WORK AND AGH. As I get to this point, LI have been typing this entry for a half hour to ensure it's coherent. I'm shaky, very aware of my heartbeat, and I just want to go back to bed but I have to leave for work in ten minutes. I am very aware of things, but I'm spacey, it's strange, and it's taking so much concentration to be coherent. Agh.

This? Is exactly what I went through when I was having those problem siwth my back last summer and was taking extra strength Robaxecet (muscle relaxant) so I could sleep at night and be somewhat functioning through the day.

I DON'T LIKE IT. THIS IS WHY I DO NOT DO DRUGS. It is bad. :(

OK. Off to work with me. HA HA HA HA this'll be a fucking JOKE.

Comments

[caras-galadhon.livejournal.com]

Argh. That sounds awful, m'dear! ...You have made an appointment for doctoring, hmm? I hope so.

[ashinae.livejournal.com]

Doctor at 10:00 tomorrow; they'll "squeeze" me in. So I shall take a book and probably my gameboy and settle in for a nice long haul. Wear something comfy, etc. *G*

[lilithilien.livejournal.com]

Oh you poor thing! *hugs* That sounds just awful.

[ashinae.livejournal.com]

It was NOT FUN, let me tell ya. I'm still feeling very, very tired.

Also, hungry. Was desperately hungry almost all day. WEIRD. D:

[wytch-sansmerci.livejournal.com]

Ouch. That sucks big time. And to reiterate, go see your doctor!

[ashinae.livejournal.com]

Yes'm! They are very busy but are "squeezing" me in at 10:00 tomorrow. Should be interesting to see just how long I'm there *g*

[linden-jay.livejournal.com]

Saying Benadryl may cause drowsiness is like saying 'kittens are fluffy' or 'Ontario is too hot in the summer'... it should be followed by the words DUH. No more Benadryl for you until you go talk to your doctor... and when you get home, I want to know the medicinal ingredients that are apart from the Benadryl 'cause I've got extra strength Robaxacet here to look at the package on, and you must be reacting to something that's in both.

Which all more or less translates to DOCTOR. NOW. silly poor ashabie.

[mandieleigh.livejournal.com]

Y'know, it sounds like you may be having an allergic reaction to the benedryl. My husband is allergic to benedryl (I know, it sounds stupid), but he gets the same reactions that you sound like you had. Do you have reactions to novacane?

I'd stop immediately and go to your doc.

[ashinae.livejournal.com]

It's funny; the Benadryl did, actually, make all the other allergy symptoms go away; no itching around my mouth, my sinuses were the clearest they've ever been, and now that the Benadryl is clearing my system, I'm feeling all "GAH, ALLERGIES BAD" again. I'm not sure that I've ever had a reaction to novocaine; I'm not sure that it's ever really been used on me. All I remember about medical-related woes in that vein is that after I had my wisdom teeth out, and the nurse and my dad were trying to wake me up after being put under, I thought I was dying. *g*

And I have a visit to the doctor in my schedule for tomorrow morning. :)

[savageseraph.livejournal.com]

Cripes. I hope you feel better soon. I had the same thing just before Florida. It was horrible. For me the dots were definitely cold sores, which are horrible. I was using Burts Bees on the lips and Aveda on the cold sores for weeks.