Should you take Sudafed when you wake up, or before you go to sleep?

Question

Does it make most people feel drowzy, or feel more jazzed? (...within normal dosages, obviously...)

Answer 1

It does make some people drowsy, but why even take that if you are having allergies. I would suggest Zyrtec that doesn't cause drowsiness and helps the running noses and itchy watery eyes a lot better. If you take some of the others like Benadryl and Sudafed for quite some time, they start to affect your inside organs, mainly the kidneys. They will put your kidneys to sleep. I know because that happened to my wife and just recently one of my Sons. The Doctor put him on the Zyrtec and he does 100 percent better. Maybe a good idea to think about it. I wish for you the very best young lady, and I hope that whatever you choose to take, you do real fine on them. Good luck.

Answer 2

Sudafed (the old formulation) is pseudo-ephedrine.  That will make some people jazzed (too bad i never felt it).  Sudafed PE is the newer formulation, since I guess it's more difficult to make into meth.  It's not supposed to have the central nervous system stimulative effects that the original Sudafed had.  I can pretty much take it any time but others can't take the original stuff right before bed.  So, your mileage may vary and you may have to pick a night to experiment.  Good luck.