me: what’s worse, when my sinuses make my teeth throb or when they make my ear have an icepick stabbed through it?

my sinuses: ¿Por qué no los dos?

me: goddammit

@djsundog Reminder that Afrin is extremely fast-acting and also forms dependence extremely fast. Sometimes "use only as directed" is just the traditional thing to say, here it's a hard requirement.
@aschmitz I am lucky(?) that Afrin shreds the lining of my sinuses like I’m snorting fiberglass shards so I end up avoiding it like the plague, but I just put myself back on the government-mandated list of potential meth manufacturers by giving the pharmacist my ID to procure a 15-day supply of generic Claritin-D so that should help
@djsundog Best of luck! (And yeah, every now and then I end up restocking that and it always feels just a little sketchy to ask the pharmacist for "as much as you're legally allowed to sell me".)
@aschmitz lol every single time. “largest box, as many as I’m allowed, no I am not a drug remanufacturer, reseller, or refiner, thanks.”
@djsundog I probably should diversify between extended release and otherwise though, since they each have their place, though somehow I've ended up with both at the moment anyway.