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Does colds and flus exasperate your symptoms?

BipolarPrincess
BipolarPrincess
I know when i get sick I go from not being normal to irritable and moody. And cranky. i am sick right now and I wanna roll over and die and
I tried sleeping it off but I just can't seem to fall asleep. I took some tyllenol sinus stuff and that stopped the drippage but it seems like no matter how much herbal tea I drink the sore throat and pain just won't go away! I just want this all to end. If I didn't have family that love me more medicine would sound good right about now and lots of it.
Community Leaderacuriousfish
acuriousfish
I have to be careful what i take when I'm ill. Lots of things have ephedrine in them.
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deleted_user
Effedrinindem.

Great rapper
tommymott
tommymott
I like to sip hot bouillon broth but what really stops a sore throat is getting an iodine swab from the doctor! I know that if I run a fever it will affect my mood in a big way so I try to keep that under control. I agree we should avoid certain OTC meds.
deleted_user
deleted_user
In October I had swine flu. A few weeks later, I was hospitalized twice for manic psychosis (apparently it wasn't really under control the first time they released me). They said that being ill could DEFINITELEY cause mania- especially in my case because it probably set my lithium levels way, way off.

Be careful and get well soon!
deleted_user
deleted_user
lol i think everyone gets cranky when they're sick.
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