Cold Medicine?? What are you taking??

Hi everyone! I have this horrid cold and had to take yesterday and today off work. I thought it was allergies due to the change of seasons here, but nope. It's a full blown cold. Very congested and have absolutely no appetite. I was drinking orange juice yesterday and "Linda Blair" (my pouch) was just not having it. Sadly, I did not get anything down yesterday and have very very little appetite today too. But I need to take something for this. The congestion in my head is ridiculous and my throat is raw. I cannot do liquid meds either since I have a very hyper gag refex. Any suggestions for me?? Thanks everyone!! ~amber~

Warm chicken broth!! The saltiness made my throat feel better and seemed to help cut through some of the "gunk". Hubby brought it home to me and really felt bad when he saw how sick it made me. I never ran a fever but did wind up having to miss a couple days of work. I tried the Tylenol Sinus caplets and they didn't seem to touch it. I went back to my tried & true Alka-Seltzer Plus Cold & Cough. After the first week I had entered what hubby and I called the "cough up a lung" phase and had terrible diarrhea. Let's just say, if I felt a coughing fit coming on, I hot footed it to the bathroom. I finally called my surgeon, who told me to call my PCP, who called in a Z pack. The main thing is to get your fluids in (But then, you know that!) Try a good hot steamy shower to help break up some of the stuff too. I also found Ricola cough drops to be more effective than Halls. Hope you feel better soon Hon. This cold that's going around is a nasty one!!!!!!!!

Tylenol cold & flu. When my cough got really bad, I took diabetic cough medicine I bought at walmart. It's sugar and alcohol free. But in warning, it does taste horrid. Works though.

Sorry to hear Linda Blair wouldn't let you drink the OJ.... I had a cold last week and actually only took one day off. I dragged my butt to work and then to my nieces brownie troop meeting and to my son's concert at school. My doctor says anything that is Tylenol based is safe...I took Tylenol Sinus for 4 days with extra Zinc and extra Vitamin C on top of taking my regular medicines. I also drank alot of warn decaf tea, and water. Hot showers seem to help open your breathing up.....Oh and I took Children's Very Berry Liquid Tylenol ugh.....thick and nasty but the taste was so so.. Sleeping was hard because every time I laid down I started to cough...SO I slept in the recliner chair for 3 nights.......Hope this helps.... Stay warm.......... Suzan

I take Nyquil every night to help me sleep. Feel better baby girl. Some chicken broth will feel good going down too.