I know. Cough candies need to be used in moderation. I know. I know they’re not that good for you. If you feel strongly about this, you may cringe a little bit during this post.
While our colds are lifting around here, I spent a good chunk of yesterday evening coughing. Cough isn’t a big deal until you’re trying to sleep. And forget me! When my baby boy isn’t feeling well, and is sleeping lightly, my coughing became a much bigger problem. Its at that annoying point where I just have a constant tickle in my throat. Constant. We’ve been sick SO much this year, and I’ve been prescribed codeine a small handful of times, one time specifically because I was coughing constantly on absolutely nothing, and the only thing that would bring healing would be to stop coughing. Therefore, the medication helped me sleep through the night and give my throat a chance to heal.
I will admit that it crossed my mind last night. I debated taking one, to guarantee a better sleep for myself, as well as my husband and baby boy, yet it seems pretty extreme to take codeine for a common cold. So instead, I just popped a cough candy. I fell asleep partway through it, which was fine. It happens.
We woke up with Solly after a while, and I still had a piece of the cough candy tucked into my cheek. However, being awake, I sucked on it some more, and finished it off. The second it was gone, I was hacking away again. I couldn’t stop it. So I went against what I’ve been told, and popped another one.
And THAT is how I got through my night. I would wake up with a tiny little shred of candy left in my mouth, it would dissolve, and I would start coughing and coughing.
BUT! It worked. Hopefully just for one night, maybe two if necessary. I don’t care for this method, really. My mouth tastes vile in the morning, my tummy hurts, and I have little burn spots inside my mouth. But we slept a bit better than we would have!
So I salute you, Strepsils. I couldn’t be sleeping if not for you!