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Flu and now weird feeling I can’t shake

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chris12276
chris12276

Good afternoon, Saturday (1/27/18)  it started with a cough, then by the end of the evening the chills started…by Sunday the run-down feeling started to take place….and by that evening I got the whole nine yards of the flu…now as of today (Friday 2/2/18) the chills, headache and fever are gone…but I still have a that phlegmmy cough and a little runny nose…but the big one, is the weird feeling at the back of my head like wearing a heavy weighted scarf, along with my legs and arms feeling like their weighted down….at some points throughout the day I will get the cold flush feeling like when you have a severe injury and and you go in a cold sweat...now this is much worse (as in the morning as in this morning)....then Tapers off a little during the day and comes back at night.....my appetite sucks...i went from 291-279 in 7 days because of this....and as of today I’m forcing myself to eat because i never feel hungry...nothing seems appealing....I’m also still tired even though I slept the majority of the night without real problems..I don’t know if it’s being caused by the flu or not…today marks day 7 as i stayed home Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday from work and was back to work yesterday and and am here again today…but still not feeling the person I was a week ago…I’m on venlafaxine 75mg for anxiety....I’ve been taking it like usual every morning and didn’t miss a dose and I’m wondering could this just be my anxiety going out of control due to the flu that I have?…I have heard that the medication does not work well when someone is sick with the flu and their anxiety goes out of whack even when they are medicated for it. If someone can help me please

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  • borderriever
    borderriever chris12276

    Posted

    I was talking to one of my next doors and they have had the flue. They told us even after five weeks they still feel rough it seems to have been a real corker

    With all the phlem go to the chemist and ask for a decongestant that will work, in the old days we used benylin although these days I do not know if you can still get the stuff.

    One time when I was bad the GP gave me a cough medicine with Codeine to calm the throat. Again that was some time ago.

    I find a milky honey warmed milk can also help. You could also try Fishermans Friends sweet they settle the throat well after flue and cold

    BOB

    Good Luck, get well soon

    • chris12276
      chris12276 borderriever

      Posted

      Thank you...I’m on day 9 and its been a real douzzy....went back to a doctor yesterday me they said I have the oncoming of pneumonia in the lower right lobe of my lung...so I’m taking an antibiotic for it and last night sucked for sleeping but as long as I’ll feel better
    • borderriever
      borderriever chris12276

      Posted

      Chris

      Keep warm and raise the height of your pillow so you cough if needed, the cough will also not be as bad if sitting more up than down,

      Has your GP given you a cough Linctus ??

      BOB

    • borderriever
      borderriever chris12276

      Posted

      If your lungs are infected use several pillows or cushions to raise your head up, this will help control your coughs and clear the lungs You will gurgle if you lie flat.

      Have you a good decongestant, Have you anyone who can call at the Chemist and get advise on the best products to decongest your lungs

      BOB

      Moving around will also help to clear the infection, Hot lemon will help clear the throat as well

  • RVF
    RVF chris12276

    Posted

    Try  herbal remedy with licquorice and drink enough... ginger and lemon are good for coldy stuff.

    Decingestants can make you feel jittery so i would not advise and may not agree with your antidepressant.

    im on my 4th week of the virus and my weakness is the sinuses...pain around eyes, nose cheeks...not nice!

    Take care x

    • chris12276
      chris12276 RVF

      Posted

      OH Man 4th week....that’s terrible!!!....I am sorry to hear that....so I guess I’m not alone in this pit of misery...my body is trying real hard to fight this and I can feel it taking it’s toll....I’m hoping....realllllly hoping a few more days...but if your at week 4 i would still have 2.5 more weeks or this
    • MusicMaker
      MusicMaker chris12276

      Posted

      Hang in there. The antibiotics for the pneumonia should start to kick in another day or so. I used to get a lot of infections that went to my chest and usually by about the 3rd day of antibiotics I was beginning to feel better (but it is still important to finish the course of antibiotics). With the antibiotics dealing with the pneumonia your body is free to deal with the remains of the flu.

      I always liked Lemsips as the heat etc helped to clear my throat and windway, there is usually a decongestant in it (may depend on which kind of lemsip) to clear the head, and the paracetamol helps soreness in the throat and any muscle aches from the flu

      Make sure you don't take too much paracetamol in each 24 hours including any medications it is in. Also pharmacists are very good (sometimes better than doctors) at checking if it is safe to take anything with the anxiety medication and with each other. If you are finding it difficult to eat, try soups- the warmth again should help sooth your throat area.

      Finally take it easy and give your body time to recover. Don't try to go back to work too soon - you won't be very effective anyway and could set back your recovery if you push yourself too hard, so don't feel guilty about having to take time off

  • chris12276
    chris12276

    Posted

    Couldn’t take it anymore and went to the er yesterday and told them my problems and went over everything with them....they did a full blood work and flu strep Check...and everything came back normal...no flu strep or pneumonia....which is great and it’s good news....except they found that i have abnormal liver function (which had an alt 131 / ast 67) I have no idea what that could mean...but they diagnosed me with what’s called “viral syndrome” in which I’ve never heard of it and the doctor said it could take 1-2 weeks more of recovery (maybe longer) they really didn’t know....I am freaking out because they didn’t give me anything for it....and they said to drink and rest...sleeping is a nightmare now...will get 1-2 hours of sleep at a time...like, I’ll close my eyes and think I’ve slept for 5-7 hours and a couple hours has surpassed...I wake up to a very very dry mouth...I don’t know what else to do now
    • borderriever
      borderriever chris12276

      Posted

      A viral syndrome is a virus infection in the liver, It is a mystery/unknown and it will go in several weeks so do not worry. You will have a something to talk about. Agatha Christi would be at a loss. There are many virus knocking about in the winter.

      BOB

    • chris12276
      chris12276 borderriever

      Posted

      Thank you...if i know it will be one in a few weeks that puts my mind at ease a little bit...how do you know it’s a virus infection in the liver?...anyway I’m back at work today and the mornings are going to be the roughest....but I’m confused on who Agatha Christie is? And how she relates to this...
    • chris12276
      chris12276 borderriever

      Posted

      Here’s the abnormality

      ALT: 131 unit/L

      AST:  67 unit/L

      But everything else checks out good for the blood work... the alt is 2.5x higher than normal...but I’m glad that it will be a few more weeks...the last 2 days have been a roller coaster...I’ll feel good for a few hours and then get bad and then come back up and feel good again and back and forth is that normal?...I’ve also noticed the morning are bad none The worst when i wake up i feeling like i got hit by a truck....any reason to that?

  • borderriever
    borderriever chris12276

    Posted

    This flu has been a real dozzy, I was watching American news yesterday and they are having real problems with it. They are calling it Australian Flu.

    BOB

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