feel like shit holy hell.
Headache and shivers
Everything hurts
Fuck this country, fuck it so hard.
If getting a Paxlovid prescription is not an option, 2 other things you can do to reduce the viral load of COVID while you are sick with it, which decreases the severity/lowers your risk of long COVID:
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Use a mouthwash containing .07% CPC (like Parodontax or Crest Pro-Health) twice a day while you are sick [1]
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Use a Carrageenan nasal spray like Flo nasal spray 3x per day [2].
Sources
[1] Efficacy of CPC mouthwash for decreasing the viral load of COVID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8941951/
[2] Efficacy of using a nasal spray while you have COVID to decrease the severity and make you get better faster: https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9969373
Although Paxlovid is the first/most important thing to do to decrease your likelihood of long COVID, using CPC mouthwash and nasal sprays while you have COVID is a good idea to do regardless, with or without Paxlovid.+1 for getting paxlovid asap if you can. a comrade posted some instructions in here this fall/winter for getting a script through telemedicine that really helped me.
this wasn't it but looks helpful, I had to get mine the day before thanksgiving and paid retail for it from an out-of-network pharmacy because every pharmacy in my area was going to be closed
Unfortunately you can't get paxlovid in Australia unless you're over 70 or immunocompromised
https://www.instantscripts.com.au/covid-antivirals-1/
"Yes I was hospitalised before, but was so out of it I don't remember any details!"
This is clutch advice. I can't take paxlovid because of benzos. Last time I just had to ride it out and hope for nothing too long lasting.
I use both and prefer Covixyl, but I'm not aware of any ELAH nasal sprays sold in Australia
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Reminder that CBD and its metabolites (but not THC, which seems to actually impair this effect) seem to both inhibit infection as well as replication after infected
Strikingly, only 1.2% of the patients prescribed CBD contracted SARS-CoV-2 whereas 12.2% of the matched, non-cannabinoid patients tested positive (p=0.009), suggesting a potential reduction in SARS-CoV-2 infection risk of approximately an order of magnitude.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7987002/#:~:text=Strikingly%2C%20only%201.2%25%20of%20the,approximately%20an%20order%20of%20magnitude.
i still think it's wild that this study exists and has essentially had 0 impact whatsoever on people taking CBD as a covid prophylactic
but like, ivermectin, hydroxyquinone or whatever? people were eating that shit up. CBD is basically one of the safest drugs that exist, so if it can cause a 90% reduction in infection incidence and severity without causing you to shit out your intestines why the fuck aren't people on this shit?? That's HUGE
Unless some studies have come out indicating that this one i've linked is bullshit I legitimately do not understand the lack of attention it gets. Breaks my fucking mind.
If nothing else you'd think the CBD industry would have run with this because aren't we massively over producing ("over producing" in the capitalist sense where they have to mulch so much of it to keep prices up) weed???
Ngl I kinda think my heavy weed habit (addiction? I'll face that later) has helped me dodge covid so far, along with the regular measures like masking, vaccines, being a hermit, etc.
I'm not doing it any longer, but I started vaping CBD about
810 months after my infection and a whole bunch symptoms I wasn't even clocking as being covid related (GI issues, non-stop heartburn, panic attacks, issues with my running, focusing issues) turned off like a light switch. Totally anecdotal, and possibly coincidental, I know. But honestly, I'd still be vaping CBD if it didn't bring it's own mental focus related issues for me.edit: fixed the months.
Get well soon, your shitposts mean a lot to me and I mean this sincerely
Damn, beat my record by a couple years. Get well soon, comrade. If there's any games on your Steam library you wanted to get around to, here's your chance.
Has the exhaustion hit you yet? That was always the worst part for me.
Shit, that sucks
Make sure to follow the flu protocol
Lots of fluids, plenty of bedrest, if you feel faint or have trouble breathing call for help
The next five days are going to suck for you Im so sorry to hear, I hope you have a good irl support network, I was caught out with low supplies last time and had to get comrades to bring me food
I'm getting a covid booster soon, I hope i dont get it before then
Even if you don't get long COVID there will still be a recovery period of a few weeks to a few months. Be careful, don't push yourself too hard. I'm sorry you got this shit. I've had it twice. It's fucking awful.
I hope you feel better soon, comrade!
