#187: Allergy Medicine is Killing Your Creativity (Just Stop Taking It)

May 26, 2020—After two decades of taking allergy medicine, I stopped cold-turkey and it transformed me from a zombie into a creative dervish.

I’ve been taking allergy medicine for almost twenty years. I started with Claritin, moved to Zyrtec, and then added a nasal spray (Flonase).

To be fair, they all did the job. But I’ve been on a health kick this year, so a couple of months ago I decided to scale back the medications I was taking.

My nasal spray was the first to go because it was constantly giving me nosebleeds. I mean…it was kind of badass in a way, but it’s not particularly practical to walk around looking like Rocky after twelve rounds.

The funny thing was, the nosebleeds were actually making my nose more stuffed up, and I felt less allergic when I stopped using my nasal spray!

Zyrtec: The REAL Culprit

In high school, I used to struggle to stay awake in class. Same thing in college. Even when I started a freelance design business, I’d need to drink a cup of coffee by noontime just to survive the next five hours.

I’ve struggled with depression and zombie-like behavior (in general) for years, so I finally thought What the hell…maybe I should stop…