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.
Yeah, I know any sleep I get with the booze, it won’t really help. I wish I didn’t know that, though. A hot toddy sounds nice, but…ah, well.
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?
Hot and Sour soup always makes me feel better.
That sounds amazing
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.
Not sure what constitutes cold medicin. I use over the counter pain killers that reduce fever. Plenty of water and sleep. Any activity that gets the blood pumping. Just for a little bit, makes me better for the rest of the day. I avoid decongestants unless I can’t sleep. The more rarely they are used, the more effective and lasting they are.
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 🤷
I think it’s an NSAID? That’s a “use with caution” situation, then. The salt water gargle is something I forgot about. I’m glad I posted this question. It’s reminding me of all the stuff that’s helped before in case the coughing gets worse.
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.
The first sleep paralysis episode I had I was convinced the whole time I had died and was in this weird ghost zone where I could hear people and see a bit, but couldn’t move. Fucked me up, too, though in my case I was scared of sleeping for a while. It doesn’t sound as bad as your experience, though, damn.
Yes to nostalgic comfort movies! Plus hot salty soup, ginger ale and, why not, saltines. All the nostalgic sick stuff. :P
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
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
Hot showers (for steam), spicy food, pine-orange juice.
Oh, pineapple! Whew. I was like “i don’t think pine and orange would mesh well…but if I feel really sick…”
Spicy food does sound like a good idea!
Haha, yeah. I read once that pineapple juice is better for colds than orange juice. No idea if it’s actually true so I hedge my bets by having both.
Videogames
The only medicine I take is medical cannabis. Obviously if I was fucked up or whatever I’d take Babylon medicines but cannabis is the cure for what ails you probably 85% of the time
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.
