So I’ve been sick for at least a month now, though really it only just got bad this week. By bad I mean your average cold - sore throat, stuffy and runny nose, coughing and sneezing.
Today, I woke up really feeling the effects of the cold so I took two acetaminophen and a shot of Buckley’s (two teaspoons). I take acetaminophen quite frequently - I know, it’ll probably give me liver damage and whatnot - because it seems to help with some stress-related issues (probably just a placebo, though). Anyway, three hours after I took the Buckley’s, I had to go in for my Physics 20 final exam at school and, feeling like shit, I finished off the bottle of Buckley’s - about one and a half teaspoons. According to the bottle, this was okay. All through the test, I was taking Halls along with when I got home. I’ve also taken some Vitamin C eucalyptus throat lozenges since I ran out of Halls.
When I got home from the test, I think I took another acetaminophen but I’m not quite sure if I did - I can’t recall. Either way, according to the directions on the bottle, I would have been okay.
Also, fairly quickly after arriving home from the test, my elbows became very itchy and then my right knee did. Soon after, my left knee followed suit. Then I started getting the chills and I asked my sister if she was cold but she said she wasn’t - rather, she was too warm and wanted to turn down the heat. I’m still freezing and with goosebumps and when I showed my mom my elbows she immediately recognized it as hives. I used to get hives a lot, mostly when I got too hot or went out in the sun, but it seemed to have gone away.
Anyway, I suddenly started feeling a sort of tingling in my throat but I figured it was just my cold. Then, worried about the hives and thinking that maybe it could be the cold, I googled it. Apparently hives has been linked to some not-so-great side effects of all of the drugs that I have taken today (except for the cough lozenges - I haven’t checked those yet). My neck and eyelids are now growing increasingly itchy.
I don’t want to bother my mom in case it’s nothing because my brother is currently in the hospital with a heart infection and she’s already worried sick about him, but I’m feeling really nervous about all of this. I’ve stopped taking cough lozenges and medicines now (I might try again tomorrow, since I have another exam in the morning).
I’m wondering if anyone has gone through anything like this before, or if any medics are in the community who could point me in the best direction - to go to ER, phone health link, or just lay low for a while? Maybe have a bath or something?
Also, any remedies for hives? They are burning really badly.
Thanks in advance.
Well, now my stomach is hurting a bit, but I’ve always been known for my stomach-aches and normally it’s something I wouldn’t pay attention to.
Also, I am on day two of my period if that could have anything to do with the hives.
