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2026-07-07 00:50 UTC
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@Murse@slrpnk.net 2026-07-07 03:34
Growing up with severe allergies to pretty much anything with 4 legs, and the self control of a toddler who just spotted a cute-ass puppy… yeah I went through a lot of benadryl. What I’ve learned after a lifetime of eating that shit like candy: you gain a tolerance to it like any other drug. My super power now is I can eat a whole handful of that shit and it’ll do nothing. No drowsiness. No hatman (is that actually a thing, or is this just some weird internet bullshit?). The tradeoff being: no relief from allergies. Which is kind of a bummer considering allergies can do things like close your airway. Morale of the story: ROTATE YOUR ANTIHISTAMINES!! If you’re taking that shit every day, use benadryl one day, then loratadine the next, then cetirizine the next, etc. Give your body breaks from any one of them so you have time to shake that tolerance before it develops. Cuz when you need it to work, you NEED it to work!! Bonus tip: read the back labels of your meds. You’d be amazed how much shit is just rebranded and price-jacked diphenhydramine (benadryl). Especially sleep aids… like that “Zzzquil” shit is just stupid expensive benadryl. Bonus tip tradeoff: you just lost any benefit you might have been gaining from the placebo effect. Sorry.
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@OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world 2026-07-07 04:34
4 Benadryl is also known as “teleportation spell, level 1.” Because you will doze off and then a few hours later wake up somewhere else, with no recollection of how you got there. I’ve tested this accidentally once. It works. I took two, fell asleep for a few mins, woke up and having forgotten I’d already taken some, took two more. I woke up at 11pm on a Sunday night inside the closed & empty cafeteria of the local community college, with no car.
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@resipsaloquitur@lemmy.cafe 2026-07-07 02:37
I got allergies late in life. I thought “Benadryl — like ibuprofen, right? Two to just get started…” Took two. Nose still dripping like a faucet. Took two more. Then went for a motorcycle ride. An hour into the ride: “I should just lie down in the middle of the road and take a nap…”