To ask how to stop snot???

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I've got a job interview tomorrow but woke up with a cold and have been sneezing, blocked up and sniffy today. Otherwise feel ok. If I move the interview I won't get another shot.

AIBU to ask how to temporarily stop the sniffing, sneezing etc without having to blow my nose every three seconds?

Take a decongestant?

Lilet up each nostril?

Ice breaker imo!!

Decongestant, paracetamol and one of those Vicks nasal bullets you snort. All taken 20minutes before the interview

Beechams cold and flu capsules are ace. Get those and have a good nights sleep!

Get some decongestant nasal spray (the good stuff with chemicals) and squirt it up there.

Sudafed pseudoephedrine (decongestant).

Cold compresses to your sinuses, then at the first sign of movement - blow!

Make sure you take tissues with you, along with antibac gel, as nobody's going to appreciate you sneezing and then holding a hand out to shake.

Antihistamines can help dry things up too:

Don't have any dairy until after the interview.

Hayfever tablets dry things up!

Defo the Sudafed mentioned above; doctors hate it because it suppresses natural production of snot but for an interview it will work! I think it's pseudephdrine or something similar.

Thanks - I've never taken anything like this before, are there side effects?

OK so after reading about pseudoephedrine I don't think I should take it. I already can get shaky and racing pulse when I'm nervous and they can be side effects. Don't want to risk that. Is there anything else?

The spray! It's localised and topical and works fast. Vicks or Sudafed.

Just don't use it for more than three days or you might get rebound congestion. But it works wonders for a quick fix.

Definitely Sudafed nasal spray. It shouldn’t give you too many side effects, I sometimes take it before bedtime when I have a really bad cold just so I can sleep.