(March 22, 2018 at 11:46 am)Catholic_Lady Wrote: Here's mine.
Natural, healthy things to do:
1. Start taking zicam immediately, continue every 3 hours throughout the cold.
2. Start taking a multivitamin immediately with plenty of antioxidants and B vitamins, if you didn't already do so.
3. Thoroughly Brush your teeth 3-4 times a day and use mouthwash. (Oral health effects overall health, so keep that mouth clean when sick)
4. Drink lots and lots of water. Not soda, not sugary fruit juices. Unsweetened Pedialite if you have diarrhea. No gatorade.
5. Eat well and balanced, even if not hungry. Preferably at least one serving of garlicky anti inflammatory soup per day. A little spicy if no sore throat, to help drain sinuses.
6. Take it slow for the day, don't overwork yourself. And keep warm.
7. If it's warm outside, open your windows and let the fresh air flow through. Lay out in the sun for a while. Vitamin D, biotches!
8. Use netipot or nasal irrigator once a day with distilled water to flush out the sinuses.
9. Use nasal saline spray throughout the day as needed.
10. Take hot showers as needed to help soften and drain mucus.
11. Use a humidifier.
12. Drink Throat Coat tea (from traditional medicinals) if experiencing dry throat.
Meanwhile, here are the best medicines to take, imho:
1. Upon waiking up, take 2 doses of Mucinex D 12 hour relief to combat mucus and congestion simultaneously. You'll need to get it behind the counter and show your ID because it contains real sudafed (pseudophoedrine), not the fake shit that doesnt work. Always take pseudophedrine sudafed. Do not take later on because it keeps you awake.
2. For headache or sore throat, take 800mg of ibuprofen (usually 4 pills), and 1000mg of Tylenol (usually 2 extra strength pills). Take them together. The 2 different pain meds work differently for maximum pain relief. Do this up to twice daily.
3. For cough, Tessalon works great, but you need a prescription. Rubitussin doesn't do shit.
4. Before bed time, use Afrin for decongestion so you can sleep well.
5. Cepacol Sore Throat lozenges work better than any other. Take as needed.
...So there's my protocol. Share yours if you have one. Also, I'm sick if you can't tell lol.
Wow, you've really thought about this. I mostly ignore it, soldier on and look forward to it being over. If excessive mucus is a problem I'll take something. If my throat is very sore I'll see someone about it, same with a really bad cough.
