It helps me breathe, which also helps me sleep. But also it makes me drowsy, which also helps me sleep.

    • hactar42@lemmy.world
      41·
      1 year ago

      That stuff scares me after hearing about people getting brain eating amoebas from it. Of course that was like one person using tap water in a rural area, but it is still enough to make me not want to try it.

      • anomnom@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        My wife uses distilled water and saline packets from the drug store. It did wonders for her congestion.

        Long term Benadryl use has links to dementia, which already runs in her family, so we’re trying to reduce contributing factors as much as possible.