I'm just starting to feel better. I literally felt like my body was going to give out and die. The brain fog was the worse. I felt like I was going absolutely insane while having a massive headache and feeling extremely cold. Went to the hospital after the second day of catching it and tested positive. Was given Tamiflu and some other meds. Maybe equally as bad was being at the ER for 6 hours. I didn't even get a room. They had me in the waiting room sitting in a chair for 6 hours and an hour with an IV bag with wheels on it. I was almost ready to just get up and leave and seemed like I only got discharged when everyone was leaving their shift. I'm 36 and now I'm wanting to start to get flu shots because I never want to feel that way again.

So I've had the flu for about a week now and the worst part has been this cough which is persistent. My doctor prescribed some cough medicine called Promethazine which has had minimal effect and now the bottle suddenly won't open so I got some Robotussin from the store which also seems to have limited effect. I feel like there's gotta be something that's more effective. It just sucks when I'm coughing nonstop.

Any suggestions?

Anybody else getting whatever cold/flu going around that’s severely screwing up your voice? Day one was achy, then I had a sore throat. No nose issues. Then it migrated to my lungs. I have a terrible cough now and it’s killing me to talk. I sound all raspy. Never had my voice box hurt so much from a cold before

Basically pneumonia and bronchitis is going around in my school and now I'm starting to feel ill I have no fever I have a headache that's been there for 1 week or two,and loss of appetite...

It's that time of the year; it's coughing time, stuffed noses, sore throats, and the lovely incapacitating headaches and sneezing. The worst part, besides the pain and suffering, is that it's affecting me in my work. I hope it disappears on its own because I already can't afford other medical bills. 

The first four weeks weren't too bad - I just felt run down, but last week was terrible and this week even worse - pretty much housebound.

Anyone else had a similar experience? Am conscious it could be correlation not causation.

I threw up about 8 times last night and it was awful. Now I have a horrible headache that I can’t get rid of. I’ve tried heat, cold, essential oils, lying in a dark room but it’s just throbbing. I know that taking f Tylenol or Advil can upset the stomach so I didn’t want to take that if I didn’t have to …I don’t want to start vomiting all over again. Anyone have any remedies or am I overthinking the Tylenol thing? Would it be okay to take it? It’s been several hours since I last threw up.

so i caught the flu 5 days ago, symptoms kicked in 4 days ago, went to the doctors 3 days ago and continued my medication (standard stuff tamiflu, neurofen, sore throat medication) and everything is alright except i have a really bad cough now preventing me from sleeping and i feel super dizzy, headache and pain around the eyes mostly. doc said i had Influenza A, in japan atm really wanna go back home.

feeling super emotional as well and just missing my family and girlfriend in general i can’t wait to see my parents and hug my girlfriend she’s my everything oh my god here we go again i’m gonna start crying. any advice on how to stop being so emotional? coz i just drink water and then cry it out

please and thank you!

I have the flu and my doctor said I should drink a lot of water. I was taking my medication (Tamiflu) earlier with a glass of water and ended up throwing it up. I'm not sure how I'm supposed to drink a lot of water if this is the result. Any suggestions?

For the past 2 winters, I have been getting sick on and off throughout the whole winter. It starts with throat pain, then next day it’s super sore, and my whole body is in pain, my skin, my joints, my bones. I haven’t gone to the doctor cuz these are general symptoms of flu. I have never gotten the flu shot, or covid etc, did that 2 weeks ago and didn’t get sick. I mean I guess it’s my immune system that’s really weak? Cuz I’ll get bed sick every 1.5-2 months through out the whole winter, and it takes me out of work, gym, just life it just makes me feel like shit. I’m 33 M if that matters but Any ideas what I can do better?

hi! i’ve been really ill the whole week, not sure what it is exactly, but i’ve had a fever, nausea, vomiting, full body aches, coughing, and sneezing. im now getting a symptom i’ve had in the past as well that i’ve never been able to identify, and can’t find any answers on google. i hear a noise in my ear, almost like water, and then it makes my eye droop and water. it almost feels like needing to sneeze. it’s really uncomfortable and i wish i knew how to make it stop, or even what it is. anyone know anything? or experienced similar?

Okay so I live in upstate New York and we recently had a problem with mice in the kitchen, it could be about a month since it started ?! Anyway 2 days ago my nose was runny, I had bathroom problems yesterday but today I don’t, my left rib site has a bit of an ache. I took Vick DayQuil and my nose is fine today.

Could it be that I got some kind of virus from the mice ? Like the hantavirus or something or could I just have the flu ?

My husband and my son both seem fine.

I gotten sick with a stomach virus that has been going around, and then I got an allergic reaction and now I have a cough all in two weeks has anyone else been experiencing similar issues? I just have been getting sick and sick. I also have like intense anxiety from the sickness and I have no idea why, anyone else having similar experience?

So weird how I flip flop back and forth between feeling fine and feeling like trash. The moments of feeling good are giving me optimism. I need that.

My only symptoms are nausea, sweating and feelings of anxiety.

The first 2 days I went through 2 boxes of tissues and then on day 3, nothing.

I got sick around 3 weeks ago and 3 days after getting sick I started to feel really depressed and anxious. I have absolutely no history of being depressed or anxious so it has hit me like a ton of bricks. I feel very hopeless, existential, negative, bleak outlook etc... It has sapped the enjoyment out of everything I am doing.

It seems to come in waves and I have a moments where I start to feel normal and then all of a sudden I am right back in the thick of it again. I am trying to tell myself that its just post viral and it will go but i am worrying myself that I have suddenly become depressed overnight and that this is here to stay.

I don't feel like i have improved much mentally, if at all over the past 2 weeks.

Has anyone had similar and did it go away?

I've been sick for like two weeks now, first week I was starting to feel better then out of no where started feeling like crap again. I threw up the first day I haven't thrown up since I just have diarrhea. It hurts to get up, and walk and well do anything. Anyone else feeling like crap how are you holding up?

Fever

Sore throat

Runny nose

Stomach ache

Sweating chills

Headache

Nausea

Loss of appetite

Fatigue

Coughing

Hello, so I’m on day 6 of being sick with an upper respiratory virus. Went to my doc today and tested negative for both the flu & covid. Started last Wednesday with a bit of a sore throat the. By that evening felt pretty crummy (body aches/chills.). Last Thursday was the worst but laid around all day, stayed home from work then felt quite a bit better Friday. Then Saturday, I had a sinus headache all day and just feel bad again, all lot of nasal congestion. Yesterday (Sunday) I felt better again except I was constantly clearing my throat and it started getting raw & hurting. When I went to bed I couldn’t stop clearing my throat then (the worst part) horrible heartburn, to the point I almost got sick to my stomach. I don’t really have heartburn today but def reflux where I feel like water keeps coming up in my throat even though I took a Prilosec and have only eaten a few bland foods & water/hot tea all day. I can barely eat and I’m so tired I’m delusional. Anyone have an experience similar to mine? Hope it gets better, I’m sure it will but I’m so frustrated and just want so desperately to feel better. 🤒

Guys I am sick every other week and I’m sick of it. (Pun intended) I’ve had 3 colds/flu in less than 1.5 month and now my body hurts and I feel like I’m coming down with something yet again. The problem is I live with my parents, sister, her husband and their 3 year old kid who gets sick every single week because she just started school. At work my boss and his wife also have a 3 year old kid who also gets sick as often as my niece and I’m not in a safe environment there either because they are sick too. My only means of transport is also a 125 cc scooter so even when I’m sick I expose myself to cold temperatures but this is the only year I’ve been sick so often. I can’t keep getting sick days because I lose a lot of money and our financial situation is really bad.

Please anyone who has been in this situation how do you protect yourself? The moment I am in touch with someone sick I get sick myself and it’s pretty bad and lasts for so long.

I have exams 2 weeks from now which means I have to study, I work 46 hours a week and I have a singing show in a month and I can’t practice that either

I’m desperate, thank you

Every year I get sick twice with fever. It usually happens a couple or days after a social event. So I guess there is someone infected there that infects me. The thing is that nobody else gets sick in my circle of friends. I've moved around cities quite a lot, so I've met people and usually ask out of curiosity if it is normal for them to get a fever every year. The answer is +90% of the times no. I've met so many people and they just don't get sick. Why is this? I do gym and basketball 5 days a week, eat very balanced diet (tbh people I meet just don't care about excersise, diet and they even smoke or go out partying a lot).

My guess is that obviosly people get the virus as well (that's why they infect others), they just don't develop synthoms.

I'm quite tired of getting sick with high fever twice a year or so.

I've been sick for around a week now and out of curiosity I decided to check my weight. i used to weigh 60kg (around 132 lbs) and now i weigh 56kg (around 123 lbs). it didn't seem believable to me but i have 2 scales and both give me the same result each time. i know that losing weight when you have the flu is normal but is it normal to lose that much weight in a week?

I’m on Day 11 of this upper respiratory infection and I keep getting this symptom I’ve never had before while sick.

When I wake up at night (which is normal for me), I feel absolutely terrible, even if I felt pretty okay during the day. I feel hot, disoriented, nauseous, weak, and panicky. No fever. I have no idea what this symptom is or even what to call it. Does anyone here have any insight?

11/28/24 EDIT: FINALLY starting to feel better from what ended up being an acute sinus infection and just wanted to share here that sleeping with my head elevated really seemed to help! From what I gather, I was having trouble breathing while asleep due to my inflamed sinuses/mucus build-up, leading to waking up in a disoriented panic. Once I started sleeping with my head elevated, these symptoms improved a lot!

I got my flu shot yesterday and I woke up with body aches and a terrible smelling fart. I’ve also noticed I’ve been passing gas more often. I’m not lactose intolerant, nor do I drink milk or eat cheese etc. on a regular basis, so I know it’s not that. Is anyone else having a similar experience?

I’m on day 5 and overall I feel words better from fever, body aches, cough (still here), stomach pain, inability to keep anything down, severe fatigue and headaches. However now that I’m at the tail end of it (I hope) my muscles feel almost fluttery. It’s like someone is lightly tickling me from the inside and it’s driving me NUTS. It causes me to twitch from time to time and I’ve been managing panic attacks around it. Does anyone know what that is?

I’ve had weird back pain for 2 months - mid back achy and radiating chills was told was a sprain.

Fast forward to this week I came down with I think some type of virus but my anxiety is telling me something is wrong that steam from weird back pain.

I’m on day 6 of feeling awful. Negative flu and Covid. Blood tests normal.

Symptoms: Very weak and fatigue Chills Internal shakiness Headache
One day was nauseous- one time threw up Back achy and radiating chills

No fever or congestion which is what’s weird. This is the sickest I have felt and no signs getting better. Went to urgent care and they said likely a virus.

What should I do just wait it out or is something else going on ?

Hi! I started experiencing body aches and a high fever on Monday, and although I feel a lot better now, everything I eat—whether it’s soup, electrolytes, or water—just makes me vomit after a few hours. I might go to the hospital for IV fluids since I’m extremely dehydrated. This flu has been the worst, and I don’t even know how I got it.

Hi all! I came down with flu a (confirmed) on Sunday. I had fever, chills, headache, sinus pressure, horrible body aches. The symptoms have gone in and out, and Tylenol has broken my fever, but it just keeps coming back. Yesterday and today, the sinus pain has been horrible. Throbbing in back of head, ear and face. Also very bad neck pain on one side, I think from the position I’ve been laying in for the past 4 days. Tonight at the end of day 4, horrible sinus pain, 101.5 fever (after Tylenol) and the right sided neck pain and body aches. And nausea. Is this still normal at this point? I’ve reached out to my doctor, but want to know if this is just a gnarly strain. No flu shot this year cause I’m dumb. I haven’t been this sick in literally years.

Who has gotten the senior flu shot and felt really bad after it? I didn’t know that was what I was getting, but I am 65 and supposedly that is what they do without asking.
I felt bad up to a week after. Heart palpitations, nausea, fog…. Still have heart palpitations.
I didn’t know that they gave that to seniors automatically. I thought they would ask if I wanted a senior one. I wanted the regular one, and just assumed that’s what they gave everyone. I should have been more proactive and known not to rely on anything. I messed up.