How Did the Cholinergic Urticaria Hives Hold Up at DollyWood?
This past weekend I tried a basic Zyrtec for the first time as an experiment. I have taken Zyrtec D before, and it does help some. It isn’t a 100% way to stop the hives, but I would say it helps at least 20-50%. But I had never taken a plain Zyrtec that I can recall. But anyway, the basic Zyrtec made me really drowsy for some reason. I was tired all night, and a little the next day. So I decided I liked the Zyrtec D much better (it doesn’t make me drowsy at all), and my wife & I ran out to the store the night before DollyWood so I can manage my hives easier without being so drowsy. I made sure to take a Zyrtec-D before leaving in the morning, and also packed a couple just in case anyone else had an attack of allergies. Overall, I would say it did help quite a bit. I was actually lucky, and it was cloudy most of the time. It was forecast to rain most of the day, but we were once again lucky and avoided most of the rain as well. So the clouds helped a lot with the temperatures. The first
