About a month ago, when it started getting cold and when the heat was turned on, I started getting a sore throat and congestion. Two weeks after that I had a throat culture done and the doc said I had strep throat, so he put me on antibiotics, Zyrtec, and Mucinex. They helped my stuffy nose a bit but not my throat.

I've always been a bit stuffy when I was a kid, with indoor allergies, but I never got a runny nose or teary itchy eyes, just a stuffed up one and I always have to clear my throat.

Right now my nose is just a little bit stuffy, but my throat is sore. I take Zyrtec at night, Mucinex every 12 hours, two shots of Nasonex nasal spray at night, and saline nasal spray every once in a while. My throat feels only a bit irritated at home and on the weekends, but at school my throat and mouth feel very dry, I have headache, and a very sore throat. When I come home and drink some tea and put on the humidifier, it isn't as sore.

What is making my throat feel so sore? I'm not sure if it's something at school, if the drugs I'm taking are making it dry and irritable, or if it's post nasal drip. My docter said that my throat didn't look red, it looked fine, and that my nose was a bit inflammed. He said I should try the medications he gave me and go for a week on them, and come back if it still hurts. I had to drop choir at school because of my sore throat that isn't going away, and it's really irritating me. Sorry for the long post but can you please help me?