Ah, but the faster the cold breaks out, the sooner it's going to go away. What I hate with mine though is the slight fever goes away and then the totally stuffed/can't smell or taste shows up! I remember how depressed I was eating french fries at McDonald's and not being able to taste them OR believe that I couldn't taste them! I so wanted to taste them or not eat them but force of habit kept my hand going to my mouth with the next fry. I tried to think it would be a good weight loss method, take people's sense of taste away through clogging their nose or something and then they wouldn't feel like eating because there'd be no point, etc. but my actions belied that idea.