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Prisoner_Number_Six

(15,676 posts) Wed Aug 3, 2016, 08:19 PM Aug 2016

Ever taken a skinful of IV Benadryl?

Ten hours later and I'm still so relaxed I can barely sit up. (I get it along with my fix of Remicade once every 6 weeks. It stops any allergic reaction symptoms. Works great!)

Ain't modern medicine wonderful?

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Ever taken a skinful of IV Benadryl? (Original Post) Prisoner_Number_Six Aug 2016 OP

Benadryl has a weird effect on me. I don't like it. Tobin S. Aug 2016 #1

Me too. It's a paradoxical effect. Laffy Kat Aug 2016 #2

Happens to me and my mom as well. a la izquierda Aug 2016 #5

WOW, that WOULD be a knockout. elleng Aug 2016 #3

When the EMT got it into my bloodstream, I proposed. lindysalsagal Aug 2016 #4

Yes, with every chemo treatment. I was so scared the first time the nurses gave me Solly Mack Aug 2016 #6

Tobin S.

(10,418 posts)

1. Benadryl has a weird effect on me. I don't like it.

Reply to Prisoner_Number_Six (Original post)

Wed Aug 3, 2016, 08:22 PM

Aug 2016

It does sedate me but it gives me insomnia at the same time. If I take it before bed I won't be getting much sleep.

Laffy Kat

(16,402 posts)

2. Me too. It's a paradoxical effect.

Reply to Tobin S. (Reply #1)

Wed Aug 3, 2016, 09:30 PM

Aug 2016

The sleep aids made with diphenhydramine keep me up all night but it sure is good for allergies.

a la izquierda

(11,803 posts)

5. Happens to me and my mom as well.

Reply to Tobin S. (Reply #1)

Thu Aug 4, 2016, 05:48 PM

Aug 2016

If I do sleep, my dreams are weird as hell.

elleng

(131,601 posts)

3. WOW, that WOULD be a knockout.

Reply to Prisoner_Number_Six (Original post)

Wed Aug 3, 2016, 09:34 PM

Aug 2016

It's been years since I've taken Benadryl orally, and never IV. Using the cream often these day, anti-mosquito bite.

lindysalsagal

(20,829 posts)

4. When the EMT got it into my bloodstream, I proposed.

Reply to Prisoner_Number_Six (Original post)

Wed Aug 3, 2016, 10:31 PM

Aug 2016

True story. Full body poison ivy toxic shock for a week, blood pressure 156, predisone not working, called the emt's, was admitted for 3 days: IV stearoids.

Now, I understand drug addiction. Benadryl. Yes!

Solly Mack

(90,816 posts)

6. Yes, with every chemo treatment. I was so scared the first time the nurses gave me

Reply to Prisoner_Number_Six (Original post)

Thu Aug 4, 2016, 07:56 PM

Aug 2016

Benadryl from then on. I slept through my treatments.

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