So Drowsy Today

I didn't study the last one week and feeling guilty and thinking of catching up and follow my study schedule closely this week. But alas! my skin itch* that started again one month ago is getting from bad to worse. Finally I decided to see a doctor yesterday and was given the following medication:

Atarax (antihistamine, night, cause drowsiness - for itch)
Rinityn (antihistamine, morning - for itch)
Gentrisone (dermatitis cream - for itch)
Votraren (for inflammation of my arm)
Cimetidine (for inflammation)

10.30 p.m. last night:
Took my medication and within one hour I already felt the drowsy effect from Atarax.

12.30 a.m. last night:
Couldn't stay awake any longer and had to go to sleep (one of my earliest record).

12. 30 p.m. today:
Awaken by a 'wrong number' phone call. If not for that I would still be sleeping. Still feeling drowsy but decided to get out of bed anyway. Ate my 'breakfast cum lunch' and did some readings. Other than the undesirable effect of drowsiness, the medication did help as my rashes and itch have subsided. Perhaps what Chris said about resting helps recovery did make sense now when used with Gentrisone.

3.30 p.m. today:
Took my medicine again. I thought that Rinityn wouldn't cause drowsiness since it's not stated on the label, but somehow I felt so drowsy soon after taking it.

5.00 p.m. today:
Went to take a nap unwillingly. :(

8.00 p.m. to night:
Forced myself to get out of bed for dinner, as sleeping so much made me like a 'vegetable'.

I guess I will sleep early again tonight but hope I could stop the medication totally by tomorrow.

(*About 4 years ago I kept some hamsters and quails at home as pets. I loved them very much and enjoyed watching them play everyday. But soon I started to experience non-stop 'running nose' and skin itch, especially when I was near them. I didn't know that those were symptoms of allergies till I went to see a doctor. I was referred to the skin specialist and I went through a series of tests at the hospital. The specialists could not establish the cause of the allergies, and could only guessed that the pets I had at that time had triggered the reaction. )