hugs to you my friend.
(((((HUGS))))
bizi

Thanks Bizi and Donna.

well i shot myself in the foot suspending the steroid spray. i got 10 x worse without it. i've been having sinus pain since yesterday (it's tuesday here). i am waiting for 8.30 to call the doctor for an appointment tonight. maybe he will send me to an ENT. and i have to talk to him about the cough too - unrelated. i am not looking forward to this conversation. too many things and need scripts too. he gets irritable when there's too many things. sigh. i have been putting it off and now it's one more thing.

i just hope he lets me have my chlorpheniramine. sht. maybe i should get the scripts first, and see him on a different day. but if i do that i'm afraid i'll put it off indefinitely.

well thank goodness i haven't had any more "Zoloft headaches" with this going on.

~ waves ~

Waves

Keep us updated.

Donna

Dear Waves,
Day Three already!! That's great!

Did you call the doc and get an appt for tonight?

Let us know about whether or not he sends you to an ENT.

I looked up chlorpheniramine. Wikipedia says it could have SSRI properties. Interesting.


'Sorry about the ENT symptoms.
'Happy that you are headache free.

Thanks for the updates.

M.

Dear Mari

the doc had a recording saying he wasn't taking appointments during this period (i.e. walk-in only). probably means the other doc in town is on vacation and he's covering. likely the office will be jam packed.

i am seriously thinking of just getting some scripts for now. if there are a lot of people, i might just call them in tomorrow morning so i can pick them up without waiting, and see him another time. the sinus stuff seems to be getting under control again. i have been throwing everything in the medicine cabinet at it, and doing saline rinses.

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SSRI properties were originally discovered in brompheniramine - another 1st generation antihistamine - it is structurally identical to chlorpheniramine but with a bromine atom instead of chlorine. several in that class of antihistamines were tested and chlorpheniramine had the strongest SSRI properties apparently.

i found out about brompheniramine some time ago but only recently that chlorpheniramine was even more active. i took antihistamines in this class verrrry frequently ever since about age 5. i asked my pdoc if he thought my serotonin "circuitry" could be underdeveloped due to the use of these drugs in childhood. he said it was theoretically possible but no way to know, no research on that stuff.

chlorpheniramine is, to this day, the most effective antihistamine for me. everyone is touting the second generation ones but i've tried two so far and they just didn't work as well for me. here chlorpheniramine is prescription only.

~ waves ~