What is something you do right away when you think you may be getting sick?

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1. Slow down.

   Hot baths, comfy clothes, warm food/ tea.

2. Hydrate and sleep. So much sleep. Every time I get a nice long sleep I feel about 30% better when I wake up.

3. Vitamin boost and an early evening.

4. Drink elderberry syrup/white pine tincture and go to bed super early

5. Drink a fuck ton of water, sleep with wet towels on the radiator so the air isn’t so dry and sleep a lot.

6. Clean my house, order groceries. I’ve got autoimmune diseases so when I get sick I go down hard and take a long time to get better.

7. Chug water and take like 5 different flu tablets and then have a long nap. Probably not the best but it seems to work

8. Go to bed early…

9. Chug cold medicine and take a super hot shower.

10. Vitamin C tablets, lots of water, sleep

11. Go get pho.

12. Get more sleep

13. Boil a bunch of ginger with the juice of at least one lemon for ten minutes, add local honey and sage, and drink it. Put on thick wool socks if the cold season.

14. Comfy clothes that will make me warm, hot (herbal) tea, vitamins, lots of water!

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16. Sleep a lot, Zicam.

17. Eat ground turmeric powder. Especially if I feel weird in my throat, I swallow it in a way it touches my throat. Almost always works for me…

18. Vitamins, soup, tea, extra water, orange juice, locate the cold & flu medicine, hot bath, bed.

19. Clean the house 😅
    I want to be comfortable when sick, not worried about mess

20. I drink a ton of water and put on warm clothes.

21. Green smoothie, water, hot shower, lots of rest & staying away from other people

22. I make this fresh ginger/cinnamon/vanilla/honey/milk tea. Steam it – strain it. Let it sit. Take a hot shower. Rub a bit of Vicks on my chest. Wear my most comfy pajamas. Take some Tylenol. Drink my tea. Go to bed.

23. I remember hearing years ago that when you feel like you’re coming down with something you can reduce symptoms by so much, just from sleeping. I’ve always done that and down some electrolytes.

    There have been a few times my husband and I have taken a blend of mushroom supplements by Paul Stamets company (we love him) for immune support when we know something nasty is going around. Its absolutely worked.

24. Vitamins and drink 3L of water. Also sit in the sun if possible

25. Get warm, early to bed, drink more water.

26. Immediately slow down, have a warm drink and start consuming more liquids, and have some vitamins and echinacea

27. Spoon full of honey. Lots of water. Vitamin C

28. I cancel everything and stay home.

29. if my throat feels itchy, i’ll do a salt water gargle. my mom swore by this when covid started as part of her daily routine. make sure i’ve taken all my vitamins, hydrate, and sleep early.

30. Nothing in particular. I might try to stay warm, but I don’t think it makes a difference.

31. Take vitamin c and zinc, hydrate, get a nasal spray for congestion.

32. Tea, couch, spicy lentil soup.

33. Get food that only need to be heated Like Frozen Pizza or Something (what i normaly Not eat). When sick maybe i have no Power to cook

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35. Mild exercise. Usually no impact or low impact cardio. Sometimes my body tells me to stop and I know I am going to be really sick. But 9/10 times it makes me feel much better. I think it might be linked to the slight raise in my body temperature helping to fight off an infection.

36. Nasel flush and vitamin C and spicy soup

    Mouth wash and brush my teeth excessively

37. Take zinc.

38. Rinse out the back of my throat and eat more fruit

39. Make hot tea and start eating cough drops. I have bad lungs, so it always becomes bronchitis no matter how mild the sickness is. So I just stock up on theraflu, Vicks, and Mucinex and wait for the inevitable. On the bright side, masking up at work means I no longer have to wear make up.

40. I make sure I’m staying hydrated, eat well, try to maintain low stress and get plenty of sleep. I also wear a mask at work and when I go out.

41. Buy Lucozade