#2242 cold or allergy?

Yesterday when I woke up I felt that old scratchy throat with a lump that made it hard to swallow. I was sneezing and my eyes were watering. I thought, "Aw hell. Allergies." I took an allergy pill that was marked non-drowsy. The same type of pill had alleviated my allergy symptoms in the past and didn't put me to sleep, but yesterday it not only made me really sleepy but it also did nothing to dry up my sinuses, stop the grating cough that had developed or make me feel better. In fact, I ended up leaving work just after 2 pm. I got home around 3 and went immediately to sleep from which I did not wake up until 8 pm. I was up for about an hour, then went back to bed.

This morning I slept through my alarm and woke up at 7 am, feeling chilled and with a cough and runny nose. I texted my boss, rolled over and went back to sleep until about 9 am. For most of the day I have been laying down, dozing off and on, reading and playing Dots on my phone. The throat is still a bit sore and my nose is stuffy, but I think I'll be okay.

I want to say it all started as an allergy and ended up as a cold, but what do I know?  I don't even know what medicine to take, so I just drank a bunch of orange juice. I'll probably take half a Benadryl here in the next little while and go back to bed. 

That's all I've got for today.