<p>Okay. So every time at the beginning of year when the seasons change from winter to spring I end up getting sick as hell. I try to avoid this as much as possible by washing my hands a lot, not touching my face, eating a lot of fruits and veggies, and drinking a lot of water and green tea, but no matter what I do I still get sick. Most of the time I try to let my immune system battle it out and try to avoid taking medicine, but sometimes it's just too nasty of a bug and I turn to the drug peddlers at CVS for some relief. So, I was wondering what the rest of you do or take to get rid of your sickness? Help me out ppl. I must survive o-chem and physics!</p>
<p>vitamin C . Sleep and chicken soup</p>
<p>I ignore it. Though spending weeks having to run out of class to cough and gag is not fun…</p>
<p>I used to have the same thing where I’de get really sick in february every year. 3 years ago I got the flu so bad I dropped 13 pounds (which is a lot considering im already 123 pounds and 5’8) and I haven’t had any type of sickness since. I feel like working out helps, but that could be completely psychological.</p>
<p>i hate getting sick, i dont get sick very often, but if i feel like im coming down with something i take vitamin B12 and squeeze 6 whole lemons and down it. no water no sugar just the lemon juice.</p>
<p>bam i down that sh1t and dont get sick</p>
<p>Make sure you drink warm water, especially right after you wake up, one full glass of warm to boiling water. Boil ginger, make it into a drink, mix with honey. Cranberry juice is good too. Eat enough and sleep early. Other pills/nutritious stuff are just bonus. Maybe wear a scarf especially when its chilly/windy.</p>
<p>airborne! twice/day when i feel i’m coming down. when i’m actually sick with a head cold, nothing is better than neosynephrine nasal spray for breathing easy. the bummer is that nothing’s better than sleep.</p>
<p>now that i think about it the best thing is working out, sleeping better and eating healthy.</p>
<p>cut out the junk food and refined sugar and your body just seem to run better</p>
<p>I’d consider myself pretty healthy. I don’t eat processed foods, ride my bike to school (20mi-roundtrip), and do a lot of outdoor activities (i.e. ultimate frisbee!). I don’t get sick often at all, but usually at least once during this time of the year. Also, I always catch it from somebody else. Right now everyone in my house has been sick for about two weeks and a bunch of people in my classes are sick too. So I feel like I get infected with the mutant strain towards the tail-end of everyone elses battle; the one that’s nyquil-robitussin-theraflu-sudafed-tylenol-resistant. </p>
<p>Also, thanks for all your replies. Tomorrow I’m going to find a 2lb ginger root, 12 lemons, a gallon of cranberry juice, and some vit B12. I hope it stops my brain from draining out of my nose.</p>
<p>heh. I’m sick now, got it from my sister. Lost my sense of smell completely.
final next week…
But good thing I don’t need to “smell” anything to pass the exam…LOL.</p>