Me too me too

[hkellick]

OK, I give up.
I'm sick :p

I've been fighting this thing for at least the last 48 hours, possibly 36.
I've waged war against it with Vitamin C pills, Multivitamins, homemade Chicken Barley Soup, Homemade Veggie Noodle Soup and various juices.
And yet, I'm still borderline sick.
Thank god I'm not VERY sick, it's not a DEBILITATING Sick. I can do more than wander around the house aimlessly and blow my nose.
But I sound like someone mowed over my vocal chords, I'm coughing and my nose is randomly drippy, especially when I just wake up.

And to add insult to injury, it's not bad enough that I'm USUALLY up at 5:30 in the morning (I don't get why. I wake up, I'm exhausted all day, I go to bed around ten and then I'm STILL up the next day at 5:30, even more tired. This is why I tend to sleep all weekend :p ), but this morning I woke up at 4:00.
And after an hour and some of tossing and turning, only then did I give up on sleeping.

Someone just kill me now :p

Comments

[dawnstar.livejournal.com]

Try zinc in addition to the vit-C pills. Or better yet, buy some Zicam. But that's expensive, and it also works best if you start it immediately when your symptoms start. If you can't do that, get some zinc supplements. It'll help lessen your symptoms and help you recover more quickly.

[dawnstar.livejournal.com]

And feel better soon! *hugs*

[phoenixsong]

*snugglecuddle*

I have no motivation to do my "homework." Or anything productive, for that matter. None. At all.

[coderlemming.livejournal.com]

RE the lack of sleep thing...

I remember the same thing happened to me my freshman year. Even on weekends, I'd get MAYBE 6 hours of sleep on a good night, less on a bad. Once I was awake at really-friggin-early-o'clock, I couldn't get back to sleep. I would often wake up before my alarm, and sometimes I would wake up repeatedly in a morning to check my clock to make sure I hadn't slept through the alarm (I never did).

Eventually, I figured out it was stress. I didn't FEEL too stressed, but looking back, I definitely was. Being a freshman at WPI was a lot of work. I think your job and your new life are also probably very stressful, just as a general state of things. I did try various relaxation techniques, but they didn't make an impact. Eventually, it settled down simply because I got used to my life. I hope the same happens to you.