Nestof3 Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 Today, the corner of my left eye became slightly puffy and irritating. This happens when I wash my husband's clothes if he's gotten into poison ivy, and it happens at other times as well. Today, it annoyed me, so I took a 24-hour non-drowsy caplet. Now my scalp is itching like crazy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rowan25 Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 Various members of my family do have this type of problem with nondrowsy cold medicines. Dimetapp, Sudefed, Contac are the ones that come to mind. It makes us wired and gives us what we call a "numby" head. The whole scalp tingles and sortof itches in an extremely non pleasant way! Sounds hilarious, but it's really annoying! :lol: We have to be careful what we take. I found out that my son is going to be one of us. My daughter can take Children's Claritin with no problems. We gave it to my son. :tongue_smilie: He was up all night, fussing, crying, whining, and rubbing his head. He rubbed it with his hands and tried rubbing it on the mattress. He was frantic in the bed too. It was terrible to watch, especially since I realized what was going on and knew there was nothing I could do except let it wear off! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nestof3 Posted April 27, 2009 Author Share Posted April 27, 2009 Yes, this is the exact sensation. It is indeed unpleasant. Thanks for sharing -- at least I know it's not my imagination. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorax Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 Anything with the ingredient pseudoephedrine absolutely makes my skin crawl. It's the active ingredient in many of the over the counter antihistamines. http://www.drugs.com/pseudoephedrine.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenpatty Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 Sudafed does that to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaxMom Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 Well oddly this happens to me when I take Benadryl. I take it for seasonal allergies and it sometimes makes my skin itch like crazy. Yep, me too. And it makes me hyper. Delightful. (Zyrtec worked well for me in the past, both managing the allergies and not producing the weird side effects) Also, if I take anything with pseudoephedrine or guaifenesin, I get that yucky weird scalp feeling, sometimes all over my body (especially with the long-acting ones). :ack2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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