Get well soon Cherie xx

Ironically I ended up getting a ’flu.-jab (not a Covid-vaccine) before the weekend and I didn’t think it would have much effect but it left me with a banging migraine-like headache that drinking didn’t help with (and I only had a can or two of Red Stripe so I know it wasn’t even a case of being hungover) and zero-energy so I haven’t been with it this weekend. I’ve still got a bit of work to crack on with by tomorrow but it’s only two coffees later that I have the energy to rouse myself to do anything.

because i tested, and before you ask why I was nosy as i had never had it before and my sister tested positive and she did because her husband is immunocompromised and has an appt next week so obv she wanted to make sure he made it

Thank you Rusti

i had the covid and flu vaccines and didn't have a single side effect

just got back from a stateside business trip so not very happy to be back in this ****ty cuntry

well take a lemsip and it will be over in a couple of days

Lucky you.

Mind if I ask what antidepressants (if any) you take, Ollie?

My younger sister has been left with needing an inhaler after catching covid for a second time she also has a persistent cough.

I don't mind you asking, but I do mind my name being shortened :fist: haha Sertraline

I have lot my sense of taste and smell and that may not return for a while :fist:

that's surely a benefit in a cost of living crisis

Oliver**

Have you ever thought about adding fluvoxamine to your treatment-regime? It’s more of an anti-obsessive-compulsive/social anxiety drug than a pure antidepressant but even as far as depression itself goes it is often quite effective and it has the added benefit of being effective in treating Covid (it’s a powerful anti-inflammatory). I know some people don’t like the way antidepressants make them feel when it comes to side-effects but as far as I know fluvoxamine (Luvox) is pretty clean as far as that goes.

Interesting, that's not one I've heard of. Would it be a replacement or addition?

Not you wearing double denim again

:laugh: its horrible but good for the waistline no doubt

I lost mine but only for a few days as i recall

I took some snuff and it all came back

I did too…

I feel like fluvoxamine (which isn’t the same as fluoxetine, by the way, but I’m sure you could deduce that easy) and sertraline do two slightly different things so I’d use the fluvox. as an addition, buddy. I wouldn’t drop the sertraline just yet.

id listen to a Doctor Oliver

The whole point of me communicating this information to Oliver is so he can present it to a doctor/general practitioner (not that GPs on-average are trained to know too much when it comes to mental health but rather a little about a lot).

@ Oliver_W: you might want to give this video a watch in the meantime. By all means don’t just take my word for it but Dr Campbell indisputably knows his stuff: https://youtu.be/qrYj5VJKLIs