I can’t take a lot of cold medicines, but I wish I was unconscious right now.
What makes you feel better in this situation? Hot showers? Whiskey? Soup? Watching that comfort movie your mom put on when you were a kid?
Sleep. A lot of water. Alcohol makes it much worse, don’t do that. Try to hibernate for as long as possible basically. Spicy soup will help clear the sinuses.
Probably double check with your doctor before drinking alcohol if you’re not allowed to take other drugs, as alcohol is also a drug.
I’d recommend soup and other hot drinks like tea or hot water with honey and lemon.
Also gargling salt water or iodine gargle or mouthwash can help a lot if you have a sore throat, or even better is sore throat spray with topical anti-inflammation such as Benzydamine, but I guess maybe check that with your doctor too 🤷
Lots of hot liquids. my grandma picks linden blossoms during July, dries them and gives me for the winter colds. I’ve learnt that it contains natural compounds that makes your body sweat like crazy which is a good thing when you are sick.
also thyme, daisy, rasperry leaf teas
Lots of blankets/heat. Sweat it out.
I have the best/worst fever dreams.
when I got covid the first time I had a fever dream last three days. in those three days I watched myself die and be reborn at least 100 times.
fucked me up for a long time, I didn’t want to get out of bed at all because death was so fucking amazing and I just wanted it all to end.
fun times.
Hot, steamy showers. Warm blankets. Soup for your throat.
Orange Juice and Chicken Soup.
I never take medicine for a cold; they don’t help cure it, they just alleviate symptoms and in my experience, not well enough to bother wasting money on it.
I take 3 grams of vitamin C, some ibuprofen and zinc for the first symptoms, that often helps. If I get properly sick I drink plenty of ginger & lemon tea and eat berries and something easy like porridge. What helps a lot is rinsing the nasal cavity with warm salt water several times a day, I don’t have a netipot so I just use a drinking bottle or something similar.
please be sure to use distilled water for this and not regular tap water.
Hot and Sour soup always makes me feel better.
That sounds amazing
Yes to nostalgic comfort movies! Plus hot salty soup, ginger ale and, why not, saltines. All the nostalgic sick stuff. :P
Cream of chicken soup
Hot toddies to ease the sore throat.
Which drugs can’t you take??
I read hot tiddies to ease the sore throat and was so confused
That would make me feel better!
that too, why not
They might distract me!
Cough suppressants and nasal decongestants, apparently? I can take antihistamines but I try to avoid them.
Hm, I do have whiskey, but I wonder if I still have honey left?
I love a good hot toddy, but alcohol is poison so I’d advise against drinking much until you’re better.
Hot showers (for steam), spicy food, pine-orange juice.
Three consecutive bong hits.
I should keep a pack of weed gummies on hand and keep them in a nyquil box for times like these
Videogames and naps
For me what always worked is, drinking tea (usually cranberry tea), eat warm soup take hot shower and sleep. I never take any medications for this. so just drink water and tea, eat and sleep.
I remember reading an article years ago about how little good cold medicines actually do against the illness, so I’d already been mostly avoiding them. Except when I’m too congested or coughing too much to sleep. Then I miss them SO much.
Idk about medicine, but also eat vitamin C rich fruits like oranges and similar they also are very helpful.
Get a lot of tissues if your nose is running. Sometimes I will lay down and listen to a podcast, other times I might try to do something at my desk.
Hope you feel better, OP.
