Nasal Spray

So, yeah. I'm addicted to nasal spray called Otrivin. Guess I should've seen it coming, "don't stuff it up your nose and squeeze for more than 10 days in a row", indeed. Of course, they don't say why, else I might have actually thought twice about that 11th day.

Thing is, without the bloody thing, I'm more or less unable to breathe. With it, I obviously can - but that's not all, I noticed an interesting, more "complacent" mood shift after taking the medicine. So, today, I decided to break free of its clutches and I'm not taking another drop of it. Even if I won't be able to sleep a few nights.

Of course, it'd be too simple if I just had decided to stop taking the nasal spray shots. Thing is, amusingly enough, I actually had the shakes. As in, withdrawal effects. Nearly half the day I felt like an ADHD patient, not able to focus on anything for more than ten-fifteen minutes. Rather an interesting feeling, to be quite honest, except the ever-growing anxiety really gets to you in the end.


Summary: Don't take nasal sprays for longer than recommended.