Are You Claritin Clear?

After a (few) morning(s) of coughing, sneezing, nose-running and just plain being miserable, Donna finally reached the conclusion that she might have some sort of allergies. One late-night stop at Safeway and we had $19 worth of Claritin non-drowsy allergy relief stuff.

So Donna pops one this morning with her coffee, banana and oatmeal and 90 minutes later she's dropping me on our ride like she got Kit's turbo boost button on her handlebar or something. The last few miles of the ride I'm drafting big time and still barely maintaining her pace. Dang! She swears she feels like she's on speed (I'd like to know how she knows what that feels like but I don't bring that up) and that it's the Claritin thats giving her the boost.

So I can't help but wonder exactly what they mean by 'non-drowsy'? Is it naturally a drowsy medicine so they add some sort of speed to counteract the effect or what? It was great to hammer with my better half but not at the cost of possible health risks. So one more day, I agreed to let her try it to see if her body just has to adapt but if the heart is still 'a poundin', no more claritin!