When do you finally break down and take that medicine?
 

I hate medicine... I have a lot of side effects especially drowsiness and weird shakes afterwards.

I don't like the taste no matter what flavor it is. Ew. Medicine tastes horrible.

I read a lot of studies about how cold medicine only temporarily stops the symptoms, not cure the cold.

So, this morning, I woke up and was sniffling and sneezing the whole morning. Our house ran out of tissue paper so I ended up going through a whole roll of toilet paper... that's when I thought I better get some help.

I was blaming my cold on the sudden cold front but I remembered I didn't even have 24 hours of sleep at night this week... ugh.

SO, I finally broke down and took some cold medicine. I stopped sniffling and sneezing. INSTEAD, I now have the shakes in my hands and arms and a hot feeling along my spine and back of my head...

I kinda regret taking the medicine. This shaking in my hands won't stop!!

So, discuss *do not copy and paste and do a survey with these spoonfeds!!!*:

-When do you feel like you need medicine?
-When do you finally give in and take medicine?
-What's your view on cold medicines?
-Do you use toilet paper to blow your nose?
-What side effects do you get from medicine?
-Are these shakes in my hand normal?
-Is it starting to get cold where you are yet? (I live in Florida and a cold front just came)

-When do you feel like you need medicine?
Lol, the most medicinal thing I'll take is Halls. I never feel the need to take medicine. XD
-When do you finally give in and take medicine?
Never!!
-What's your view on cold medicines?
I think they're bad for you.. I mean, sure they get rid of the cold symptoms for a while but then there are like, 600 side effects.
-Do you use toilet paper to blow your nose?
All the time, I'm usually too lazy to find the tissue paper.
-What side effects do you get from medicine?
I never take medicine so I don't really know. XP
-Are these shakes in my hand normal?
No... I don't think thats normal at all. DX
-Is it starting to get cold where you are yet? (I live in Florida and a cold front just came
Its been cold since like, the beginning of October. Haha, crazy Canada weather.

@Hokuto-
dang. I forgot to tell people to not copy and paste my spoonfeds...

You never take medicine?? Wow. I hope it's because you don't get sick much.

Heh. They say it's bad to use toilet paper instead of tissue paper...

Uh, it's not normal? I'm starting to get shakes all over... >.<

Re: When do you finally break down and take that medicine?
 

Hmm. I don't like taking medication. I get headaches from allergies (food and pollen both), and I take Ibuprofen or Anacin for that. I'll take Pseudoephedrine and Mucinex if my allergies are really acting up.

I've never had any bad side effects from medication before, really. I was on Ritalin for a week when I was a kid, and it made me depressed. And I think my brain is weird or something, because Nyquil keeps me awake, but I use caffeine pills to put me to sleep sometimes. But I've never had any other weird side effects.

I don't think much of cold medication. When I have a cold or a stomach bug or something, I just start drinking massive quantities of orange juice and getting more sleep, to baby my immune system. (Hey, I managed to fight off the lung infection that took over my dorm last year without antibiotics!) I trust my body to kill anything I contract.

I hate taking medicine too. I almost never do. The last time I took medicine was when I had a terrible headache. The only asprin we had was extra strength excedrin. It said to take 2 pills, but I only took 1/2 a pill because I hadn't taken asprin in years.

My headache went away almost immediately, but I started throwing up. Yuck. It's pretty worthless how a lot of medicines will do that to you. I'm just glad I didn't take the 2 pills recommended.

Cold fronts don't cause colds though. Being cold has nothing to do with catching a cold. Viruses cause colds and temperature doesn't affect it. I just learned that in biology this year and I was really surprised. It's just weird to think about the fact that putting on a coat won't guard against catching a cold.

I don't bother with cold medicine - there's no cure for a cold, you just have to ride it through. Painkillers and soup are my best bets for a remedy.
The only medication I ever take regularly is my hayfever stuff in the summer months, and I'll take that whenever I wake up with a tickly feeling in my nose. Which is most days from April to August.
Apart from that, if I'm prescribed something, I'll take it regularly no matter how nasty it is, since I'll be needing it to get better. But I've rarely had to take prescribed drugs for anything serious.

@Ashtara_Silunar - darn! I ran out of OJ. Will eating an orange do? >.< I only eat allergy medicine when it's a rash. My allergies act up and I just usually tough it out.

@juniper_silver - I don't know why, but I've always just went to bed with a headache instead of taking aspirin. I'd cry in pain and fall asleep that way. Yea, I meant I was feeling cold and I thought it was from the actual cold and not from getting a cold. I feel the shivers sometimes when I have a cold. I learned that a long time ago that the cold doesn't have that much effect on whether you'll catch a cold, but my mom never believes me... she's so old fashioned thinking that an extra coat would protect me from catching a cold!!

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@Splatterdash - Yea, I need to stop the sniffling so I can do my homework or I would've just gotten some sleep instead of medicine... but now I have the shakes and can't concentrate on my homework...

@Juniper - I wish medication worked that well on me. >.< I have a really high tolerance for pretty much all medication, so if I have a bad headache, I usually have to take twice the standard dose of Ibuprofen. My doctor okayed it, though.

Oh, and being cold for long periods of time does weaken your immune system, so it does indirectly help you catch a cold. Not that the virus cares.

Edit - @life - It's got Vitamin C, so it should work the same. I just like the juice because it helps me stay hydrated at the same time.
Hope you feel better soon!

Re: When do you finally break down and take that medicine?
 

My brother is autistic, and if he drinks caffeinated drinks, then he calms down. So we always make sure to give him regular soda instead of diet soda.


I don't take drugs (as I like to call all medicine, be in prescription pills or street drugs) unless I absolutely have to. As in, I feel like my head is about to explode from a headache, or my stomach is about to rupture. And if I get to the point where I need to take drugs, then I try to go straight to bed, because that's how out of it I need to be in order to let myself be medicated.

Although, the other day I had to take a plane ride, and I get motion sickness. So I took so Tylenol, but it ended up that I didn't... erm, keep it down long enough to take effect. Might also have been the fact that it was cold and cough Tylenol, not anything for motion sickness. Oops.

I don't think I've ever taken medication just for a cold.

I take medicine when I feel like it's getting bad enough. It's my own personal decision. Now, as for your side effects...

I also get extreme side effects. Unfortunately you can get some shakes and jitters from coled meds. If it's getting really bad, talk to your doctor or try taking half doses. Even try switching brands.

Also remember, if you're not getting sleep then shakes and jitters and sweats may be due to nervous issues. Your body can't handle as much on low sleep. Take a day off, get some rest. Sleep all day. After all, your immune system does it's best work while you sleep.

My drug of choice is Advil, but whether I'll take it or not depends on the situation. I work in a kindergarten classroom, and if I feel a headache approaching while the kids are still around, I'll pop two of them as quickly as possible so the screaming and crying and whatnot don't aggravate it.

If I'm on my own, at home after work or a weekend or whatever, I'll only take them if I'm in so much pain that I can't watch television or read or anything because I'm too focused on my headache.

As for cold meds, I only take those if the symptoms are so bad that I'm considering calling in to work sick. I got a hell of a cold my first two weeks of kindergarten and I was drugging myself up every day so as not to use up my sick leave.

@Clavietika Tres Ojos - Hey everybody! My shakes finally stopped - but I still feel the shivers... *sigh* At least, without the shakes, I can go back to my homework... *not looking forward to it*

But the meds say it's going to wear off around now...it's almost four hours now. I wonder if that's why the shakes stop. I'm a bad patient... I'm not taking another dose of medicine until I feel my nose running and headaches again from the cold... >.<

Dang. I hope I don't have to take anymore...

I generally just don't take medicine at all, unless I get really sick and a doctor prescribes it. Or sometimes when I get a reaaaaaaaaaally bad headache like I do sometimes, I take some Advil or something.

I will only take medicine if I need it. I mean REALLY need it. I have to be pretty much dying to be convinced to take anything. I don’t like the idea of all those toxins in my system so that’s why I never take any medications. Plus, with some antibiotics, your body can build up a resistance to them.

I break down when I can't sleep. If my cold is getting so bad I can't sleep I fold. I don't like meds for the same reason...don't like the side effects and in general, i dont like putting substances into my body