u/jeffpng

4 Days ago I woke up with very mild cold symptoms. I just got over a cold a month ago and tested negative while I had that cold before.

Started with 99F temp, body aches, and a scratchy throat.

The scratchy throat has disappeared except now I have congestion and can't taste or smell anything at all. What prompted me to take a COVID test was the fact that I couldn't taste my coffee at all this morning.

My mother keeps telling me to call a DR and ask for Paxlovid, but I'm not sure.

I'm a healthy 30 year old male.

Current symptoms:

- 99F temp.

- Congestion.

- Can't smell or taste anything.

Update:
Today is day 5 and I was finally able to get a good nights rest being able to breathe through my nose in my sleep. I no longer have body aches, or a slightly elevated body temp. I just don’t have a taste or smell.

As it stands (knock on wood) this is more mild than an average cold for me.

Hey, guys!

I've read that Saffron can potentially help with Anxiety, mild-depression, and ADHD.

I've been taking ND's Saffron capsule 30MG once daily in the morning that has 7.5% Crocins and 1% Safranals.

Here's what I've noticed:

- I feel significantly calm, like how I felt when I took Buspirone for 6 months, maybe even more calm than that.

- I can focus better, and my constant racing thoughts have slowed significantly down. It's actually hard for me now to think of things in the past that I would overthink and cause me to have anxiety.

- Within 30 minutes of taking a capsule, I feel a rush of energy coming on (heart beats faster than usual) then goes away and the energy turns into a calm, focused energy.

- I don't over-react as much and can shrug things off that would bother me before.

- I went to a theme park and didn't freak out nearly as much as I would have before getting on a ride.

However... my libido has dimished a ton.. I thought it was supposed to make that even better? It's like I can't trigger arrousal down there at all.

I also don't feel excitement anymore, like that adreline rush you get when you're excited about something, when you feel your heart beating fast from excitement.

If I decide to stop taking this, do I need to taper this like an SSRI or can I stop taking it abruptly?

Had a weird encounter yesterday with a lady. She came right up to me and grabbed my arm and told me she was an employee and tried dragging me to the front with her to see Rise Against. I did not move and told her "I'm good" multiple times as I had a good spot with a ton of space for myself to dance around with a nice view. She told me to "stop being a little bitch" and I had to tell her "i'm good" again and she gave a look of disgust so I ended up moving to another spot to get away from her.

Even if she was an employee; the encounter was very off, can't trust anyone. I was also too drunk to be closer to people than I wanted.