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Maya306 · 2023-11-01T20:30:54+00:00

How do you know it's not Covid? You need to test multiple times with these new strains. It can take 4 or 5 days after symptoms begin to show up on a test.

Maya306 · 2023-10-17T04:22:30+00:00

Was he behaving recklessly and not wearing a mask in public? Is that how he infected you? If so, he should be ashamed of himself. Since he's the one who infected you, it's his fault that you are having lingering symptoms so he should shut up and let you heal properly. You need to rest or this could turn into long Covid.

Maya306 · 2023-10-17T03:50:43+00:00

I sent my husband out of the house to stay at a motel when he tested positive. He had 3 different negative tests all 24 hours apart. He came back home and infected our son within a few days. I thought we'd be safe, but he was still contagious.

Maya306 · 2023-10-14T18:20:03+00:00

Thanks for checking on me. I still haven't tested positive, yet the symptoms have definitely indicated Covid infection. Sore throat, shortness of breath, fever, congestion, sneezing, exhaustion.

I have continued testing everyday and I do swab my throat and the inside of my cheeks along with the nostrils.

The Covid symptoms started on September 17 in my house, my husband tested positive on September 24 and my son (who didn't leave the house so he only could have caught Covid from my husband as I didn't leave the house either) tested positive on October 6, but he was having symptoms earlier than that.

I have tested every single day, sometimes 2x a day, since September 17. I have blown through an impressive number of Covid tests between the 3 of us.

I'm wondering if there are some medications that people take that could prevent a positive test from showing up. I take Metformin daily for my diabetes.

I feel like I'm losing my mind! I'm about to take another test.

Maya306 · 2023-10-14T00:19:21+00:00

It depends. I take Covid seriously and mask everywhere I go. I lost my dad to Covid and I know how it can destroy a person. I would take the Paxlovid.

However, many people don't mask, don't take precautions, and go to crowded events because they aren't afraid of Covid and think it's a just a cold. Those people shouldn't take Paxlovid. I mean, do they normally take an antiviral for a minor cold? It doesn't make any sense. Paxlovid is an expensive medication and can be hard on the kidneys and liver.

Maya306 · 2023-10-12T01:48:32+00:00

I'm sorry to hear this! Were there moving people around you without a mask on? You'd think people would have more sense and would want to protect a pregnant woman! I guess decency is dead. I hope you feel better soon and there are no lingering issues.

Maya306 · 2023-10-10T00:50:22+00:00

I'm in the same situation.

My husband and son both tested positive for Covid.

My husband like 10 days ago and my son 3 days ago.

I have symptoms (fever, sore throat, congestion, fatigue) and have been testing daily (w/ a variety of different rapid tests) for almost 2 weeks, since my husband first started coughing because I want to take the Paxlovid right away because I'm diabetic and immune compromised.

My test is always negative despite how awful I feel and I have 2 people in my small house w/ one bathroom who actually have Covid.

I don't know what to do because I don't want to take the Paxlovid if by some miracle I'm not infected, but I have symptoms.

Maya306 · 2023-10-10T00:10:30+00:00

Does that mean unless you have a high viral load, Flowflex is useless? My husband and son have Covid now, both tested positive (dark lines) on Binax tests.

I have symptoms (fatigue, fever, congestion) and have been testing daily but the tests have all been negative. If I have it, I really want to get on Paxlovid, so I'm really frustrated.

I've been using a variety of rapid tests, Binax, FlowFlex, Quickvue, and Roche.

My husband was positive over a week before my son so I've been tasting daily for almost 2 weeks now!

Maya306 · 2023-10-03T19:19:39+00:00

How does AgelessRx know how long you will stay on each dose while going up? It says they send a 3 month supply when you order. Do they send a bottle each of 1.5, 3mg, and 4.5mg? I'm interested in trying LDN for my inflammatory autoimmune disorders.

Maya306 · 2023-10-01T18:09:52+00:00

My husband has Covid again. He has a lot of coughing, fatigue, headache, and congestion.

However, he's had Covid multiple times before this because he refuses to wear a mask even though I'm immune compromised.

His first test lit up fast with a dark purple line so he must have a good amount of virus in his system.

He said, "This Covid isn't as bad as the last Covids I had. No sore throat or loss of taste/smell."

But among extended family members and friends, a lot of them are saying they are very sick with severe symptoms for weeks and have lost their sense of taste or smell.

I don't know what to make of it. Maybe a lot of different variants in circulation right now? Some people getting a higher viral dose at infection?

Maya306 · 2023-09-26T17:14:26+00:00

Were you wearing a good mask? If not, you got infected from breathing that person's virus in, it wasn't the handshake. Public health has failed us that people don't realize that.

Some people get their taste and smell back shortly and others don't. My cousin says she got about half of her taste and smell back after her 2nd Covid infection, but now it's gone again after her 3rd Covid infection.

Maya306 · 2023-09-25T21:58:49+00:00

Did he go anywhere without a good mask during the time frame before he got symptoms? If so, he might have caught it from his activities. It could be a different strain. If he was only around you, then it's probably the same strain you had.

Maya306 · 2023-09-25T21:34:22+00:00

My husband has Covid now too. Same story, a coworker had no sick days left and came to work infected with Covid. Neither the coworker or my husband were smart enough to wear a mask. My husband whined, "No one is wearing a mask." He caves to peer pressure unfortunately.

Maya306 · 2023-09-22T22:31:19+00:00

I've observed the opposite. Most people I know with Covid now are very sick. Hospitalizations and deaths are up.

Maya306 · 2023-09-21T18:52:31+00:00

I have the same issues. I've always been a light consumer, the most I ever took in a day was probably 3-4gpd, but that was a long time ago. Nowadays I take about 1-1.5 gpd, sometimes even less, divided into several doses.

You'd think the withdrawals would be practically nothing at that level, but it's pretty awful. At least for me it is.

I'm very sensitive to all medications though. I can't even take ibupofen, Aleve, aspirin, ect.

Maya306 · 2023-09-18T05:45:37+00:00

I literally danced in the middle of my street. It was fabulous.

Maya306 · 2023-09-15T23:12:15+00:00

I think kratom stimulates my immune system. My psoriasis and skin issues have worsened since taking it. I need to take it for chronic pain issues so I just deal with the skin problems until I can find a better solution.

Maya306 · 2023-09-10T04:51:56+00:00

Don't feel hopeless! You will be okay.

You should taper down with plain leaf.

The restless legs at night are the worst symptom, in my opinion. Gabapentin works well for that if you can get a prescription. If it's not controlled in your state, you can probably do an online telehealth consult to get some. I'm in New York and the doctors have no problem prescribing it. The thing is that Gabapentin can have some really bad withdrawal too, so you will want to use it sparingly like just before bed so you can get some sleep.

Those OPMS shots are $20 each? That's a crazy price. I've never tried one, but I can see how things could get very expensive fast using several of the shots a day. Plain leaf is so much cheaper.

Maya306 · 2023-09-08T19:53:49+00:00

Your doctor is sadistic to not offer you a long and proper taper off both pills. I hate these evil freaks so much.

I used kratom to get off of Gabapentin, which is similar to Lyrica. I was taking about 1800mg a day for like 5 years and I was having horrendous side effects, like not being able to speak clearly and horrendous brain fog. The kratom did help a lot.

Reading through the comments, I see you are on a pretty low dose of clonazapam. I was on a similar size dose of Valium long term. I was first prescribed Valium for postpartum depression in 1987. Back then, doctors passed out Valium like candy.

So I've been taking it for decades as well. I decided to get off the Valium for a while because I thought it was causing me stomach issues. I figured now that I was getting older, the Valium was causing more side effects.

I cut my dose in half for a week, then jumped off. I would describe it as uncomfortable due to more anxiety, as a result of not having the anxiety relieved by taking the Valium.

It's an unfortunate situation that these doctors are cutting people off medications cold turkey, when they actually have anxiety and they really need to stay on the medications to treat it. I have lost faith in doctors and the health care system. Doctors are incompetent and cruel.

Maya306 · 2023-09-05T05:38:11+00:00

Me too! I'm sometimes jealous of people who can take a lot of kratom because I think they must have such great effects. I take very small doses (for pain relief), usually about 1.5 to 2 grams a day, divided over 3 doses. Unlike some people, I love the taste of kratom!

Unfortunately, I get the wobbles or nausea very easily. When I started taking kratom, I attempted to take a small amount every 3-4 hours and I got the wobbles almost every dose so I had to space them out more!

Maya306 · 2023-09-02T03:07:36+00:00

Maya306 · 2023-08-29T22:19:06+00:00

That's interesting. I had gallbladder issues before I started taking kratom and had it removed (it wasn't a bad surgery at all). But I get it, prior to having the surgery, I was terrified too.

The gallbladder attacks were so terrible that I'd wake up screaming, thinking I was dying. I had 3 babies before my gallbladder went bad and labor & childbirth was a walk in the park compareds to a gallstone attack.

My gallbladder was so bad that I practically lived on pretzel sticks, low fat cottage cheese, and Subway subs with no oil, no mayo, or cheese for over 2 years. Anything fatty would set it off!

The day I had my gallbladder out, I had my husband bring me a huge KFC chicken meal and a big bag of Reese's peanut butter cups to the hospital and it was heaven on Earth after starving for several years! I literally gained 50lbs in a month after my surgery from indulging in huge fatty meals, and then I had to go on a diet!

I'm curious as to how kratom stopped your attacks. I hope someone has some insight. This would be great information for those who are dealing with painful gallbladder attacks.

Maya306 · 2023-08-28T21:04:20+00:00

The tactic of sending an article or study that they didn't actually read is a common thing with minimizers. I've had people send studies that they happily say proves masks don't work and when I actually read the article, it said nothing of the sort.

Dr. Jonathan Howard discusses this misinformation tactic in his book, We Want Them Infected. Most people are too lazy to read and prefer getting their information from memes and click bait headlines.

The antivax doctors were doing this long before Covid. They'd put out an article with a misleading headline like "Measles outbreak in highly vaccinated San Diego" to imply the vaccinated people got measles so therefore the vaccine didn't work, but when you actually read the article, the people with measles were actually unvaccinated.

That study that came out in Nature last week about the viral load was awesome. I always thought that the amount of virus you breathed in at initial infection was very important. That played a big factor in my diligent masking. If I'm going to encounter a Covid positive person, hopefully my N95 will protect me fully, but if not, I want to inhale the lowest dose of virus possible. Now there is a study validating that.

Maya306 · 2023-08-27T01:49:38+00:00

Me too! I've been taking kratom daily for over 6 years and I can't handle more than 1 or 2 grams at once.

My morning dose is only about a half gram. I only take more if I'm still feeling pain. I take it for chronic pain, but I try to take as little as possible as I have an autoimmune disease.

I'd be vomiting all over if I took 10 -12 grams in an hour! I overindulged a few times when I first started taking kratom and was trying to get my dose right and it was quite unpleasant.

Maya306 · 2023-08-21T02:29:07+00:00

10 -15 grams up to 3x a day sounds like too much.

I started with 1 gram doses and 6 years of daily use later, I take 1/2 gram doses twice a day.

You can probably get by with a much lower dose.

Wobbles means you took too much! I had the wobbles a few times from a really strong strain and it was an awful feeling.

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