I've never been a fan of pseudoephedrine.
I like real ephedrine.
So my allergy meds are not decongestant, as I'm already taking a daily decongestant (not for that purpose, but really... I've been cutting back as it was for attention in class and now it's just a daily ritual like caffeine - take away and me angry, but other than that it serves no more purpose in my life. baseline is dead at this point, lol).
Then again, I'm also noticing my meds like Zrytec are absolutely weak as shit... these allergies are still killing my eyes and nose. Antihistamine eyedrops (Zaditor [OTC]: ketotifen fumarate), Zyrtec (cetirizine), and my regular daily Bronkaid (ephedrine and guaifenesin). I don't always use the eyedrops, but if I use the eyedrops I do still tend to take the Zyrtec. Some days, I've tried a Nasonex sample... it seems to help a little with the constant nose drainage... but the eyes, ugh.
And anything else that happens to dry them out even further, on top of allergies? Worst dry eye feeling ever. I dry Dry Eye Syndrome - anything else on top of it compounds and all effects are magnified and made worse. Allergies? Running eyes, not exactly? Rarely, but they might get a little extra watery from time to time, especially if I try and adjust the contacts through my eyelids or move the lids around. But then it just gets worse - because tear quantity is fine with my eyes, it's tear quality... and extra tears doesn't do a damn thing unless there's actually a loose particle in my eye. Eye drops are hit and miss - sometimes a drop I use frequently really helps, other times I have to try one of my other drops. I have a whole mess of different drops for different uses, half of them rewetting/refreshing - either for contacts or for naked eyes.