what do you do when you have a cold?

[ametist]

What do you do to feel better or to pass time when you have a cold?

 

[nilsz]

Eat spicy food and candies. Drink more water. Sleep more.

 

[Revoltingest]

- Rest.
- Hot chocolate...sometimes with whiskey.
- Vegetate in front of the boob tube....more than usual.
- Soup, soup, & more soup.

 

[NobodyYouKnow]

What do you do to feel better or to pass time when you have a cold?

I make either rasam soup, or instant red miso soup with some wasabe paste in it.

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Then, I plug my steam inhaler in and breathe lots of steam in.

To pass the time, I see if I can beat my high score in solitaire on my PC, listen to some healing music or watch re-runs of '60's sitcoms.

 

[Badran]

I go about things almost as if i didn't have it, and just be much more grumpy than usual.

The only thing i do differently is i avoid people as much as i can, for their sake and mine.

 

[ametist]

I feel dizzy in a strange way because some of my enzymes are broke due to change of fever and this causes me to day dream or lay without thinking nothing. I feel just like a kid and very silly in either cases.
I drink herbal teas but can never see the bottom of the cup..because pretty much like all things they taste horrible when you have a cold.

 

[methylatedghosts]

A cold? I might drink a little extra fluids, but that's about all that I do differently

 

[Caladan]

Garlic, ginger, chili, onion, lemon and honey in a thermos. Drink it during the day, and the days after until you feel better.
And yes, chicken/vegetables soup.

 

[bobhikes]

Zinc tablets(Cold-Eeze)- they work
Hot tea(preferably green) with Lemon honey and whiskey about 1hour before bed.
Maybe something to clear my nose before bed so I sleep well.

Lifesavers- for a sore throat - my doctor recommends them over lozenges
Sugarless gum - I find chewing makes me feel better.

 

[StarryNightshade]

-Lots of soup.
-Lots of water and Ginger Ale (or Sprite).
-Medicine, if necessary.
-Netflix!

 

[YmirGF]

All I do is tend to use quite a bit more Kleenex.

Colds don't slow me down much... then again, I am almost never ill and rarely get colds.

 

[Jainarayan]

Cold and cough remedies don't work on me, no idea why. So I just tough it out, though I might take an anti-inflammatory and/or anti-histamine to reduce the sinus and nasal inflammation. Otherwise I try to eat spicy things to help clear out my sinuses. Oh, and I'm more whiny than usual.

 

[Astravalon]

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What do you do to feel better or to pass time when you have a cold?

Well, at the very first sign that I might be coming down with one, I take[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Zicam, and that usually stops the cold from developing at all.[/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]If that first line of defense doesn't work, then I take Claritin-D for the[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]duration, and it drastically reduces any symptoms. [/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Beyond that, I just go about my day as I normally would. :yes:

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