Terabith Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 Has anyone found anything that makes you feel at all better? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali in OR Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 Sleep, sleep, and more sleep. Fluids when you wake up. Then more sleep. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 Advil, sleep and zinc. Sorry you're sick. I had it a few months ago. It sucks. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terabith Posted December 8, 2016 Author Share Posted December 8, 2016 Part of what's so annoying is i am so exhausted but can't sleep at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 Part of what's so annoying is i am so exhausted but can't sleep at the moment. I took a lot of NyQuil when I had it. I was flattened out for over a week. The flu is rough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 sleep, NyQuil...time it just sucks...feel better soon I'm exhausted at the moment too and cannot sleep. I tried several times today to lay down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terabith Posted December 8, 2016 Author Share Posted December 8, 2016 Yeah, apparently NyQuil interfered with psych meds and makes me shake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justasque Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 (edited) Rest, if you can't sleep. Fluids. Healthy, easy to eat foods. My local Chinese/Sushi place makes an amazing egg drop soup full of goodness and easy to digest, plus it's very inexpensive. Not a home remedy, but for us, Tamiflu (anti-viral medicine) did seem to result in a much shorter, lighter case, but you do have to start taking it promptly when you first get the flu. It is not without the potential for serious side-effects, though, so after a few bouts with flu we've gone the flu shot route. Edited December 8, 2016 by justasque Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terabith Posted December 9, 2016 Author Share Posted December 9, 2016 So sounds like all I've been able to do is what I should do: liquids and rest and ibuprofen? Stressed because I'm taking a couple classes and havent been able to think or read or work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trilliumlady Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 Not as much now that you are in the thick of things but they aren't going to hurt and will help next time you feel something coming on..... fresh garlic cloves... mince about half a teaspoonful, put on spoon with good quality honey and down. Honey helps it go down. Do this a few times a day. You might smell a bit for awhile😀 Elderberry syrup..... very very very easy to make a seasons supply much cheaper than you can find in stores. Google recipe. Take one tbs day (I break from it on weekends as it is an immune booster and there is wisdom behind not having our bodies at top alert constantly) and if you feel something coming on can take three or so times a day. Use throughout the flu season. Echinacea tea, start drinking ask soon as your u feel something coming on but don't take for more than a week for the same reasons elderberry syrup needs a break. As mentioned above, lots of zinc, vitamin c, good hot fluids, good foods. This is our winter regimen which we stick more closely to at some times than others but we rarely get hammered. And homemade chicken noodle soup😀 Hope you recover soon! No fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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