Hi, i am new to this site and randomly found it when looking on the net for some advice...
was wondering if anyone can help me? ive been on flu since january an at first, i experienced every side effect you could imagine. After a few weeks though, they started to work an i felt great for about 2-3 weeks and then since then, i feel as though im never right...
the insomnia was the first big issue, i went ages without sleep and when i went to the docs, he couldnt do much but its been so long now, that im sooo tired, sleep is all i do!
then the lack of appetite starting having an effect, i literally have been eating a slice of toast for breakfast, an then pretty much nothing else!
but right now, i dont know whats up with me...i ache all over, and my throat is soo sore i can barely talk, let alone eat or drink! im planning on going back to the doctors as soon as..but was just wondering if all this (spesh the throat thing, as its killing me!) was normal when on flu or if i just had some sort of virus..and if so, what can i take for it considering im already taking medication for depression??
thanks,
Rach xxx
Hi Rach and welcome to the site
You sound exactly the same as me when i first went on flu appetite wise, it would take me half an hour to eat a slice of toast for breakfast and i only had that because i'd taken flu and needed something to push it down with. I'd eat nothing really for the rest of the day. I'd nibble at chocolate occassionally because i had no energy and that was easiest to eat. I lost a stone in 4 weeks, been on flu a year now and all the weight is back on!
I too suffered with a terrible throat. I thought i had the flu, i ached all over, glands were swollen and my throat was terrible. It lasted about a week i think and i just took neurofen to help with the pain (neurofen is not recommended when on flu). I too wasn't sure whether i had a bug or not.
I am now slowly coming off flu, since Jan. Everytime i cut down another tablet i feel the flu feeling again and sore throat. So i'm convinced its flu.
Hope this helps in some way. I'd say go to your docs though, you can have antibiotics if needed when on flu.
All the best, keep posting
SamB x
Hi, thanks for that..its good to know im not alone!
i went to the docs an he prescribed me some paracetomel for my throat which seems to be doing the trick, i also have to go back next week to have my dosage of flu increased!
i cant wait tbh, im on 20mg an have been since jan, an at first they had an effect but now they dont seem to do much..like now for example, everyones gone out to enjoy the sunshine an im sat here in my PJ's upset cos i couldnt get myself out of bed to go with them an so as a result have been left alone....im 22!! i shouldnt be angry at my family for leaving me alone....its soo hard, i just wanna feel normal again....
xxx
Hi Rachael
I totally understand where you are coming from. Stick with the flu and suddenly you'll realise that life is getting a bit better, just bit by bit. All any of us want is to feel normal again. I remember thinking everyone around me was just getting on with their lifes and enoying themselves and i couldn't. Didn't laugh at anything and that was hard.
You will get there. Let me know what the doc says when you go next week.
Take care
Sam xx