If getting a Paxlovid prescription is not an option, 2 other things you can do to reduce the viral load of COVID while you are sick with it, which decreases the severity/lowers your risk of long COVID:

• Use a mouthwash containing .07% CPC (like Parodontax or Crest Pro-Health) twice a day while you are sick [1]

• Use a Carrageenan nasal spray like Flo nasal spray 3x per day [2].

Sources

[1] Efficacy of CPC mouthwash for decreasing the viral load of COVID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8941951/

[2] Efficacy of using a nasal spray while you have COVID to decrease the severity and make you get better faster: https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9969373

 
Although Paxlovid is the first/most important thing to do to decrease your likelihood of long COVID, using CPC mouthwash and nasal sprays while you have COVID is a good idea to do regardless, with or without Paxlovid.

Get well soon, your shitposts mean a lot to me and I mean this sincerely

Reminder that CBD and its metabolites (but not THC, which seems to actually impair this effect) seem to both inhibit infection as well as replication after infected

Strikingly, only 1.2% of the patients prescribed CBD contracted SARS-CoV-2 whereas 12.2% of the matched, non-cannabinoid patients tested positive (p=0.009), suggesting a potential reduction in SARS-CoV-2 infection risk of approximately an order of magnitude.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7987002/#:~:text=Strikingly%2C%20only%201.2%25%20of%20the,approximately%20an%20order%20of%20magnitude.

i still think it's wild that this study exists and has essentially had 0 impact whatsoever on people taking CBD as a covid prophylactic

but like, ivermectin, hydroxyquinone or whatever? people were eating that shit up. CBD is basically one of the safest drugs that exist, so if it can cause a 90% reduction in infection incidence and severity without causing you to shit out your intestines why the fuck aren't people on this shit?? That's HUGE

Unless some studies have come out indicating that this one i've linked is bullshit I legitimately do not understand the lack of attention it gets. Breaks my fucking mind.

If nothing else you'd think the CBD industry would have run with this because aren't we massively over producing ("over producing" in the capitalist sense where they have to mulch so much of it to keep prices up) weed???

get well soon, owl

Get some antiviral drugs if you can, they actually do help

to our strongest owl, get better comrade.

Feel better soon! Sending love!

Damn, beat my record by a couple years. Get well soon, comrade. If there's any games on your Steam library you wanted to get around to, here's your chance.

Get well soon

Has the exhaustion hit you yet? That was always the worst part for me.

Shit, that sucks

Make sure to follow the flu protocol

Lots of fluids, plenty of bedrest, if you feel faint or have trouble breathing call for help

Surprised it's not bird flu.

j/k. Take care, comrade.

I hope you feel better soon, comrade!

The next five days are going to suck for you Im so sorry to hear, I hope you have a good irl support network, I was caught out with low supplies last time and had to get comrades to bring me food

I'm getting a covid booster soon, I hope i dont get it before then

Oh dang I hope you're okay. Lots of rest and fluids and hopefully this passes you by soon. Stay safe comrade

Even if you don't get long COVID there will still be a recovery period of a few weeks to a few months. Be careful, don't push yourself too hard. I'm sorry you got this shit. I've had it twice. It's fucking awful.

hope you feel better soon

In addition to things other people said, vitamin C helped manage symptoms for me. Particularly lack of appetite, fatigue/tiredness

It hit me hard when I got it. The worst part was the very high fever and brain fog working together to make me feel even dumber than normal. It didn't help at all that I was also taking prednisone which further compounds this effect for me. It was a very fucking strange couple of weeks, very surreal. Also, it took me a month and a half until I could go for a walk without feeling as sore and tired as if I'd just run a marathon. 0/10 would not recommend.

Good luck comrade!

Take care!!

Good advice in this thread.

Also: get rest and try not to push yourself physically for the next month or two, even after you feel better.

good luck comrade

That's poop. Hang in there, comrade.

edit: also, be sure to take it easy for a while afterwards even after the symptoms abide.

Goddammit :(

You did really well at least. I'm sorry you've been let down. Everyone here probably appreciates your COVID mitigation efforts so far. We're doing our best.

Get well soon you stinky owl! As others have said get plenty of rest and fluids. Even sips of water are better than nothing.

Also I hope you feel better soon so you can go check out the Dungeon Keeper series

Please rest a lot and rest even more 2-3+ weeks after you feel better

Hope you're alright comrade. 💛

I'm late to this thread but I just wanna say I really hope you feel better soon and recover with no complications

I've only had COVID once and it was a month-long nightmare for me tbh :(

Speedy recovery!

How are you holding up, Owl?