What to take

[stillaneon]

I think I have the flu. I have no health insurance.

I have already taken a Dayquil/Nighquil regiment for two days and even Tylonel Cold and Flu.

nothing has helped. What works to quickly get rid of this??

[Reaper]

peptobismol/robotussin fixes all

[Brett]

Thera Flu or Nyquil will knock it out, you dont need to go to a Dr. just for the flu, Dont be a pu$$y!! LOL

[stillaneon]

I cant afford to. Its just hard to sell cellphones when your coughing. And I am the only person here so I cant take a day to rest

[Brett]

Yeah I feel ya but seriously for the Flu I think a Dr. visit isnt needed anyways

[On_Her_Face]

xanax

[stillaneon]

I just figured a doctor could give me stronger meds to combat the symptoms. I hate doctors visits.

And that NYquil gave me some ****ed up dreams last night..

[stillaneon]

xanax

Dont want to see another xanax for the rest of my days. just got done doing almost 3 months because of that ****.

[The Ninja]

This'll fix you right up.

[On_Her_Face]

Dont want to see another xanax for the rest of my days. just got done doing almost 3 months because of that ****.

it was a joke in the end, but good job on staying away

[Revmaynard]

Dayquil/Nyquil worked for me. It took about a week of that, but it worked. I can breath again!

[stillaneon]

Yeah its working slowly (besides for the dreams) but I just didnt know if there was osmething that would work faster....

[Revmaynard]

I hear Zicam is good, but I didn't personally use it.

[sr98219]

I'm on the 2nd round of that **** and the first time I took Mucinex and DayQuil and this time I went to the doc and she gave me a prescription for some stuff and told me to keep taking the Mucinex.

[stillaneon]

yeah a friend told me to try mucinex, I just havent been to the store yet (still at work) sounds good

[redpanda]

drink a lot of water also

[stillaneon]

Yeah, I have probably had 12 bottles of water today. I just wish the Fever would break

[Leisa]

Take Tylenol Cold.. it works great

[stillaneon]

I have. Hasnt worked yet

[Blitanicle99]

Yeah I have the flu too... And still going to class...

Anyways... Im on Zicam cough which makes you stop coughing for the most part for like 6-7 hours. And also Airborne or Airshield... Its like a huge multivitamin for when your sick. Its been working wonders.
Of coarse, lots of water, OJ and cough drops for the sore throaght.

[stillaneon]

cool. thanks

[DESTRO_91]

Thera-Flu works pretty well, Alka Seltzer Cold Medicine does too, but definitely stay hydrated and eat normally.

[Sledlude]

you need tylenol to break the fever.
and unfortunately, the flu is a virus so you really can't do much but treat symptomatically and get plenty of rest/ water.
airborne/emergenC is a good idea because you'll get the vitamins you need.
try claritin and advil cold n sinus for head congestion. If you have a sinus infection (and you will know because your snot is green/yellow) take anything with guiafenesin in it, it should help drain them. not sure if you can get it over-the-counter.
When it moves down to your chest, do mucinex. When it turns to a cough, thats when you do robitussin.
sore throat- gargle with warm salt water.

hope it helps. getting sick ****ing sucks. best thing you can really do is sleep and eat.

[TheGodfather]

I saw someone reccomending both Zicam and Airborne, but both of these are remedies for the preflu or beginning flu stages, and would not provide as much help now that you have had it for a while.

Zicam essentially claims to prevent symptoms from starting, which I have used it for and it was effective, but also claims to shorten symptom times, that I am not sure of. Airborne is essentially vitamin C times a million. So it builds up your immune system before colds, but it could help with a flu I guess.

Just be very careful if you do decide to take Airborne because too much of a bad thing is possible and you can have too much vitamin C. So don't overdo it, your body can only retain a certain amount of vitamin anyways.

Good luck and feel better.

[stillaneon]

Thanks to all of you. I went and got some mucinex and Ricola coughdrops last night. Between the dayquill, Nyquill and the mucinex I already feel better and the coughdrops are doing their job. I should be better soon