I say this with a tremendous amount of affection but what in the actual FUCK is this show?? I'm sick as a dog and clearly not in my right mind, but I suffered all the way through the CW's Vampire Diaries and thought, "what the hell, I could use a little camp in my life, I can probably handle this" and woooo baby is Reign DELIVERING on the camp.
My favorite/ most baffling moments so far (mind you its 1 a.m. and I'm on so much Nyquil)-
Olivia appearing out of thin air and crawling on all fours into frame from behind a bush in s1 ep.14, WHAT that was hysterical
All of the weird poison stuff... gold?? Catherine poisoned the gold?! And so precisely that she could time it? Incredible. Hilarious. Don't even get me started on Catherine taking a poison tablet (or poison paste lump?? it looked so weird) and then trying to do a murder-suicide with Mary in the bath... and the poison water? Mary being totally fine the moment she was out of the bathtub?? Hysterical
When Catherine is planning her execution she says "my youngest daughter cant have PRAWNS" in just the funniest way but this implies that she has not one but MULTIPLE daughters that are literally just never shown or mentioned??? (At least up until this point?! Did I miss somethint??)
Kenna being FIFTEEN and aggressively pursuing the king (and the other dude from Bohemia), and this just being so normal and okay?? The "KENNA" candle display was really something
Finally- and I was brought to tears laughing and wheezing at this- but omfg, the the king tying up Bash and FORCING him to watch his brother fuck Mary. Like, WHAT. Literally struggling to catch my breath at the moment when Francis is balls deep in Mary and they both turn and everyone makes eye contact...and then they just keep fucking!!! Could not believe my eyes. Amazing. 10/10 this was so much more than I could have hoped for

Social smoker (vape)/social alcohol. I first started showing symptoms almost 2 weeks ago, Friday May 10. It started as a sore throat. It lasted for a couple days and then developed into a painful and intense cough that was sometimes productive, sometimes not, with yellowish mucus. I went to a small clinic in a Kroger and they said my lungs sound fine and my oxygen was at 100%, so pneumonia was unlikely. I was prescribed Tessalon perles and a 5 day supply of Prednisone. I just finished my course of Prednisone and it seems like it’s only gotten worse. The sore throat is not nearly as prevalent, but the cough is still bad and the congestion has moved from my chest to now my sinuses. The sinus pain hurts so bad that coughing and blowing my nose is unbearable. I’ve had postnasal drip throughout. It’s not seasonal allergies as I’ve never had issues with those before, and it’s not COVID as i’ve tested negative 3 times. Nothing helps. Cough drops, Dayquil, Nyquil, Mucinex, Benadryl… all nothing. Please help me. I’ve been suffering with whatever the hell this is while balancing 12 hour shifts every day and I don’t know how much longer i can do it.

Friday night, my son went to bed at his normal time and threw up in bed. Begrudgingly, I got up and took care of things and the rest of the night was uneventful. In the morning we found up he threw up again over night. I had already washed the sheets so I put them back on the bed and threw his 2nd set of sheets in the wash.
That night, Saturday night, my younger daughter threw up in bed. Once again I was the one that went and cleaned everything up. I went and found a bowl for her to use in case she threw up anymore. I think I emptied the bowl 4x throughout the night. At about 1:30am my wife said she didn't feel well so I found an old mop bucket for her and, just in case, I found a couple buckets for my son and other daughter. Needless to say I didn't get much sleep Saturday night.
All day Sunday the 3 girls complain about how terrible they felt and I did everything for them all day. Made specific meals for them depending on what they had an appetite for, ran to the store (30 mins away) an bought Nyquil, Dayquil, Pepto, pepto tablets, ginger ale and 7up. Younger daughter continued to throw up periodically until I got the pepto in her.
Sunday night rolls in. Gave both my daughters Nyquil and tried to offer some to her. She said no because she doesn't want to throw it up. I offered pepto she said no to that because it tastes like chalk. I told her I had pepto pills and she declined those as well. So I'm upset already because she won't stop whining but won't take anything to help either. Then she invites the younger daughter to sleep at the foot of our bed. I'm annoyed but I decide it's fine. I decide to cover all my bases. I make sure everyone has a bowl/bucket and a towel so that I can try and get some sleep.
I get up at about 11:30 to fill my water bottle before I go to bed and I see a light in the hallway. My oldest looks at me and says "I feel like I'm going to throw up" and proceeds to throw up all over the hallway. Now I'm pissed "Why didn't you throw up in the bucket?! I gave you that bucket,showed you were it was and told you to throw up in that if you felt like you needed to puke! You literally had to step over the bucket to get here! Why didn't you grab the bucket?!" She said "sorry" and I said "it's fine. Just grab the bucket next time" and went to bed.
My wife got up and went to my daughter's room and said something I didn't understand and when she came back in my older daughter was with her.
W- "I told her she could sleep in here"
Me- "WTF? Why?! We don't have anymore.room in our bed."
W- "she can sleep on the edge on your side in case she needs to throw up"
M- "nope. Eff this. I'm not sleeping in a room, surrounded by sick people. I'm sleeping on the couch"
W- "the F***?!"
I grab my phone charger, CPAP, a pillow and a blanket and leave the room.
Am I the Asshole for not wanting to sleep in a room surrounded by sick people?

30s M, 6-0, 180ish pounds, white, nasal congestion/trouble breathing, length is 1-2 months (severity goes up and down), drink, no drugs, medicines below
No matter what I seem to do, I feel congested -- like bad allergies or a bad cold. However, allergy and cold medicine don't work (they usually do for me, though).
Here's what I take daily for allergies (and have for years):

1. allergy medicine (Claritin)
2. saline nasal wash
3. nasal spray (Flonase)

But lately, I've been way more congested lately. Usually, that means I have a cold (or flu/covid/etc). I've tried the following, and sometimes they kinda work -- but only for an hour or so, and then congestion returns:

1. cold medicine (dayquil, nyquil)
2. Mucinex

I've also tried various home remedies:

1. Humidifier & eucalyptus
2. hot tea, hot water with lemon,
3. etc

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1. What could I have?
2. And how can/should I treat it?

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If it's just worsened allergy/cold symptoms, what should I do? increase dosage or add/subtract something?
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If it's not as simple as worsened allergy/cold symptoms, what could it be? Why am I suddenly feeling I have a cold (or worse) all the time?
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I am 5’2 and 115 pounds.I took mucinex DM (12 hour release tablet) 12 hours ago and now I want to take dayquil. Would it be safe?

I put myself in a situation where I got sick, like an idiot. I thought the person who got me sick had recovered enough to be non-infectious but I was wrong. It's "just" a head-cold, feeling congested and coughing, and I am recovering by taking Mucinex and Day/Nyquil. But I'm supposed to ship out soon and I'm worried I won't have recovered enough by then. So I guess my question is how sick do I have to present for them to deny me from shipping?

Medicines at Dollar tree that are the same as their name brand counterparts- Zyrtec, Claritin, Dayquil sinus relief am and pm, mucinex, delsym, Immodium, Dulcolax, Afrin nasal spray, Benadryl, Tylenol, ibuprofen in children's liquid as well as adults, gas - X, Robitussin, Vicks vapor rub, etc. Same active ingredients, same doses. The only difference is the packaging and sometimes the amount of medicine you get. But Zyrtec allergy medicine, is 10mg Cetirizine at DT and is $1.25 for 10 pills vs. My local CVS green box allergy zyrtec knock off is $12 for 10 pills. Don't let big words intimidate you, know your active ingredients. Mucinex is Guaifenesin, Claritin is Loratidine, Benadryl is Diphenhydramine, Afrin nose spray is Oxymetazoline ,Delsym is dextromethorphan ,Dayquil and Nyquil, cold and flu or cold and sinus relief medicine is Phenylephrine, dextromethorphan and usually some type of antihistamine. Benadryl is Diphenhydramine,Immodium is Loperamide I could go on and on, but look up the name brand medicine you need's active ingredients. You can find a match in a lot of medications at dollar tree and will pay so much less than buying store brand pharmacy versions. The active ingredient is what makes it work, and its listed on the back of all medications.

25M. For about 4 days now I have had a sore throat with no other symptoms, ears hurt a little when I turn my neck very far, lymph nodes aren’t super swollen. I haven’t been to my primary care yet, but probably will if it persists. I thought it may be sinus drainage as it is worse in the morning, just kind of feels like my throats drying out. I had some doxycycline at my house so started taking it in case of strep, taking mucinex, and NyQuil at night, along with taking some extra Vitamin C. I do use Zyn pouches but have for awhile and have never had a sore throat from them. I have no fever and not really a headache.
I’ve also used salt water and honey. Any ideas before I go to the dr?

Mucinex DM Maximum Strength 12-Hour Expectorant and Cough Suppressant Tablets, 14 ct https://a.co/d/ihQ9l0N

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I'm a 30F (5'3, 130 lbs, no drug or alcohol use history) and I suffered side effects from medications... both prescribed and over-the-counter medications. I went to the doctors multiple times, and I am left pretty baffled and confused about what I should expect. I don't know how to bring up issues with medications without seeming like I'm crazy.
For example, if someone is on prednisone, as an example, and is experiencing a fast heart rate and jitters, insomnia, dizziness, and muscle weakness, what would you recommend doing? Would you be able to connect these symptoms to the prednisone medication? How would you differentiate between mental illness (like anxiety or panic attack) and the prednisone side effects?
What if someone comes in with a bunch of medications and hallucinations, jitters, fast heart rate, insomnia, pain, eye dilated... how would you know the hallucinations is mental illness verses the medications? What if a family member comes in and says all of this is bizarre and not near normal for them, would that make a difference in your diagnosis? And if the patient experiencing hallucinations from medications, would you keep them in the hospital or send them to a psych ward or send them home and tell them to stop the medication or give them more medication to calm their side effects and tell them to continue the medication?
I'm just not sure if I had weird experiences with my medication and doctors or it was just standard care and procedure or if the "standard procedure" caused more harm than good to me. As none of the doctor's seemed concerned about the side effects of the medications that I was taking. We did talk to a pharmacist who told us that he was extremely concerned and said to only take Amoxi. I realize now everything I experienced was actual side effects, like the pharmacist said.
For my own very well being, I really need this clarification.
There was an actual reason and diagnosis for the medication. How accurate was it? Well, it's at least in the realms of accurate. Exact? No. (Long fricken story as to how everything happened and why.) It started with a stuffed up head and nose and then gasping for air after eating a weird spice. And it windfalled into a severe infection where the ENT couldn't even put up an endoscope into my nose. He said I had a giant cyst in one of my nostrils. He prescribed me 500 MG of Amoxi Clav 875 x3 per day for 15 days. He had me do a CT scan.
Every doctor knew what I was taking, here's a general list:
Prednisone
Steroid Inhaler
Steroid nasal sprays
Amoxi
Nyquil Severe (too much... 3-4 days a day)
Advil
Mucinex
Anxiety medication (not before becoming sick)
Sudafed
And more, I just don't remember at this time.
This question popped into my head because I'm scared.
The other night I had a terrible headache. In the afternoon, my boyfriend gave me excerdin. My headache ended up going away. But then I experienced dizziness and nauseousness, lack of appetite, sick to my stomach, and fast heart rate.
Now that I know that I'm sensitive to medications, at least I can look out for side effects
But I'm scared of my experiences with doctors. I'm scared of side effects from medications. With both fears, I'm overwhelmed. I don't understand what is standard procedure. And I don't understand how to get help for side effects of medication, and how to prevent doctors from just saying I'm crazy....????

This might be long so sorry in advance-
The day before yesterday I woke up with a sore throat and figured its just from sleeping with my mouth open and having my fan on at night. Later that day I started for feel extremely drained. Took a DayQuil soft gel and slept for the next 6-7 hours and when I woke up I felt hot to the touch and experiencing terrible congestion. My sore throat then turned into a terrible phlegmy cough. I tried a bunch of natural remedies to get rid of the congestion in my head (hot compress of the face and throat, steaming shower, boiling water with a towel over the head) and nothing was helping. The next morning I go to urgent care with a 104 temp. Covid and flu test both negative. I was then diagnosed with an upper respiratory infection and told to go home and continue to take in fluids and alternate between motrin and ibuprofen because the DayQuil and NyQuil was not doing anything to help my symptoms. Throughout the day I began to feel weaker and weaker. Around 9pm last night I was finally able to fall asleep. Around 11:30 pm my body woke me up and my fever was spiking once again. The pressure in my head from the congestion was so extreme it felt as thought my brain, eyes, and eardrums were going to explode. At this point i decided to go to Bronsons ER. They take my vitals at this point my fever was only at 100.9 but it felt as though I was boiling in my own skin. Everything I have written up to this point was explained to the doctors. The first thing I am greeted with from the doctor is the question “So what were you expecting us to do for you coming in tonight?”. I honestly didn’t know what to say back because obviously if I came to ER I was looking for help. I am only 19 and live on my own so the fear of my illness becoming more serious was extremely scary. Also mind you I was told by urgent care to go to the ER if my symptoms worsen so thats exactly what I did. I was given a shot in my arm and two Tylenol tablets. Also was prescribed pseudoephedrine and sent on my way. The entire time I was in the ER it felt as though I was being made out to be a drug addict searching for drugs and my symptoms being chopped up to “feeling a little sick”. I went to pick up my prescription today and was told my doctor did not put his certification on the prescription and was denied my medicine THAT I NEEDED. Don’t know how a doctor could miss that tbh and its was very frustrating. Just wanted to know if anyone has had similar experiences with this viral sickness going around or any similar experiences in the ER being treated like a drug addict. From now on I will continue to go to urgent care instead because the treatment I received seems to be common in both ER’s here in kzoo.

3.m pp, Ftm and I combo feed but mostly breastfeed.
I got sick last Sunday and for last 2-3 days I have an excessive cough that nothing seems to help, from cough drops to honeys and tees. I've been doing child's liquid Claritin at half dose due to it drying effect on bm but I need something to dry my nose up and this has always helped. It somewhat helps with cough but not fully. I notice when I get slightly hot there's an extreme tickle/itch in the back of my throat that sends me into a coughing fit for a good 3 or so minutes. Coughing is worse when trying to sleep.
Dr said I was negative for the 3 major testers they swab for and wasn't to helpful on what I should take since breastfeeding other than to avoid sedative like meds like benadryl or nyquill. I can't take mucinex bc something in it always upsets my stomach. Other moms on fb said they ride it out with teas and tylonal.
Anyway I got out of a steamy shower and got realized how I was feeling down there. I never realized how much force was put on pelvic muscles with each cough until having a baby. I try to do a little exercising for pelvic floor 2 maybe 3xs a week (time difficulties) so did a few fresh out of the shower while I could breath. I decided to take a look bc honestly hadn't in several weeks (things looked as fine as they could be considering then) but now it seems there's a slight buldge -_- I'm trying not to let it stress me out but ppa/ppd has me on edge the last few weeks and now it's like great now I'm dealing with vagina things again.
I did poop before showering and it did make my hemis swell so used cream after a shower. I'm wondering if this contributed to it as well. My next ob visit is Mar. 14th but wondering if I should make it sooner??
Can someone tell me there experience?
I'm trying to keep in mind what ob told me at 6w pp when I brought up prolapse fears "I've seen a major prolapse go back on its own in 3 days, it's nothing to cause great frear" which sounds like this is so minor but when in the moment of already being constantly anxious (and sick) about everything from baby to my own health it's hard to tell whats logical vs anxiety talking.
Also yes I am in counseling to deal with pp but anxiety has been in waves I notice it more when sick and overwhelmed (like now).

I really need help. What happened was agonizing, painful, and gutwrenching. It's a wild, long story but I'll shorten it the best I can.
I'll preface this... I have never used drugs in my life. I rarely even take advil. I had never ever been stoned in my life before, not even off of medication as I never even had any type of surgery.
I (30F) became very sick and I went to the doctor's at a health clinic. They told me that it's probably a cold. I was congested with mucus, I had a dry cough, my head hurt, my mouth and throat felt swollen, and I couldn't breathe. They gave me a steroid(!) nasal spray, told me to take mucinex, and gave me cough medication. (A few months before this, I had an open wound on my ear and it still didn't heal so she recommended an ENT - Ears Nose and Throat doctor.)
A week goes by. I don't improve. I go back to the doctor's. I once again tell them I'm really stuffed up and can't breathe. They gave me prednisone(!) (which is a steroid) and a steroid(!) inhaler. Within hours of taking the prednisone, I started feeling less stuffed and within two days, I no longer had that problem. But I STILL could not breathe. The inhaler did not help at all. My bf (Tom) made sure I used it correctly. The doctor said I could use it every 4-6 hours. And I did. It didn't help!!
I went to the doctor's again a few days later and told them once again I can't breathe. The doctor didn't seem considered until I lengthy talked about it... which took me a while in between the gasps for air and labor breathing. She ordered an x-ray. The x-ray came out fine. She recommended me to a lung doctor.
I had cancelled my ENT appointment as they said they'd only look at my wound on the ear and not anything else. But when I was waiting for a lung doctor, I kept telling my bf that my breathing problem seems more related to my throat than my lungs. So, we called the clinic and told them to get us that ENT appointment and forget the lung doctor.
In-between the last health clinic appointment and the ENT;
At this point, I started using liquid Nyquil and pill form muninex. I had a refill on my prednisone. I was using my nasal spray and my inhaler. I also took advil here and there too. I had timers on my phone like every 4-6 hours, I can take X medication. I still couldn't breathe!!!
One night when it was 3 AM, Tom came to bed and thought he'd be funny. He put his hand in front of my mouth. Before I could even get beyond pissed off, I completely stopped breathing. It was like my throat closed. I leaned my head far back and gasped hard for air. My throat POPPED! Air filled my mouth and as I started swallowing, something hard and long from the middle of my head fell into my throat. I panicked. I told my bf. He gave me nyquil to calm me down and that's when I swallowed a small, hard ball that also came from the middle of my head.
Then I started breathing better!! I took more medication in the morning. Then I felt like my heart would pound right off my chest and I felt completely awful and scared again.
This when Tom says I stopped sleeping.
I went to the ENT. He said I had a VERY, VERY severe sinitus infection. He couldn't even put an endoscope into my nose. He ordered blood work and a CT scan. Gave me this amoxi something antibiotic, 500 MG for three times a day.
I called places and my insurance company, etc etc etc. Got my CT scan.
At this point, I started even tasting food differently. Food I really enjoyed tasted beyond amazing!!!! Other food I enjoyed tasted like rubbish!!!! It felt like I could hear better, talk better, and feel the air better. Omg I thought I was I was missing out on everything my entire life!
It went quickly down hill.
At like 3 AM I couldn't breathe. I took my medication around noon and the antibiotic at like 2:00. Went to the ER (connected to the health clinic) at like 3:00 because the breathing was really bad. I brought my medication. The ER doctor (1) told me I was severely dehydrated. He gave me a chest x-ray and said my lungs were fine. He said that I have severe sinitus. He also claimed that I had a panic attack. He gave me anxiety medication. He asked Tom if I was ever on anxiety medication — no. He asked if I was depressed — no. He asked if I panicked a lot — no, maybe while driving and someone cuts me off lol. Did I ever behave like this before — no. He said absolutely no sudafed.
I went to the doctor's about 13 hours later (with all medication). My face was hurting REALLY, REALLY badly. I wanted help.
At this point I started experiencing very weird symptoms. I am always a cold person but was very hot constantly. So, I'd have Tom lower the temp. Then I'd tell him that my head felt like it was on fire so I'd put ice packs on my head and face for hours. Then I'd tell him randomly that I'm freezing and to him to increase the temp.
The second ER doctor (2) made me take a fricken a flu and COVID test. What a surprise, I was negative for both. Then he prescribed me Sudafed. We told the nurse that the first ER doctor stressed VERY HARD — literally said absolutely do not take any sudafed or anything with a certain ingredient (starts with a c). The nurse went and asked and the nurse said there's no problem taking sudafed.
I was released from the hospital. I'm spiraling mentally and physically. I felt sooooo hot. My face hurt so much. I ordered legitimately 2 full ice body bags and 2 face ice masks and an iced eye cover. I wasn't sleeping. I couldn't sit still.
I went back to the hospital the next morning. The basically threatened to baker act me. (I live in Florida.) Kind of understandable, as I admit that I said crazy things and that I had sepsis and cellulitis of the blood and I needed help ASAP. But to be fair, I didn't know what was happening and the doctor's didn't offer any explanation to what I was feeling. We went back home. Tom told his mom that they threatened to baker act me. His mom was like what, they don't ever threaten to baker act anyone, they just do it!
That's when his mom started getting suspicions, she said.
It was my last prednisone pill the day before. I felt awful but happy that food tasted amazing (as I'm a super picky eater). And disappointed that I didn't like pizza or pops anymore. I felt super hot. My face was in so much pain. I'd change moods very quickly, to very happy, to very sad (not normal for me).
At sone point, I had started feeling sensitive to touch and told Tom that my organs hurt whenever he touched me. I was feeling okay but "I had to take the sudafed", Tom told me. So, I took it. I quickly spiraled. I couldn't sit still. My face hurt really, really badly again. I felt more and more weak. I started becoming paranoid.
At some point, I don't really remember when. But I hate drinking water... normally I just won't as it makes me gag or throw up. But I started drinking it with flavoring.... and a lot of it.
This next morning, my bf was asleep. I got up at like 5-6 AM. I spiraled. I tried showering, standing in front of a stove as the mucus was stuck in me again really badly. I started patting myself with a wash cloth. It was turning yellow. I started panicking. Decided to take more medication. Spiraled even harder into a panic and took audafed again. I spiraled even harder. I had forgot my promise with my bf that I wouldn't drink too much. I drank like 6-7 Gatorade bottles and 14 water bottles in a span of like 2 - 1/2 hours.
His mom woke up and came out and saw all the water bottles. I was sitting on the couch crying. She came and sat next to me. She has a master's degree as she teaches kids with very specific special needs, so she's had to take medical classes about medication. She suspected that I was overdosing and having side effects.
She had me sit down and she read the side effects of the medication. And I would say "yes"... "yes"... "yep, that's what I'm experiencing..." She took this really, really big sigh. Then she says we are writing down every medication that you're on and how much I was taking.
She said I was not to take any more medication other than my antibiotics.
She left me alone for a bit. I started drinking water excessively again. Then I threw up blood. I cleaned it up. At that point, I couldn't trust myself so I woke up Tom to watch me.
Well, things spiraled very quickly that day. I became very, very weak and very, very cold. My face felt like it was melting. My organs felt like they were rotting inside of me. I could feel the nerves in my face. I could feel my teeth more. I could feel the space between my teeth and mouth more. My face.... it was so painful. I felt like I was dying. I laid on Tom's couch and I'd fall in and out of consciousness screaming in pain.
Tom and his mom didn't wanna bring me to a hospital because his mom believed they would baker act me. When I started waking up and gaining consciousness, I heard Tom on the phone.
He called a pharmacist, the one that was gave me the prescriptions. They started talking. At first, the pharmacist said that I was crazy, essentially. Then Tom raised a gentle point about what I was taking and if the medications were messing me up. That's when the pharmacist started talking about how it could very well be the medication and how I was taking that much could make me very stoned. At that point, I calmed down. I left the room with his mom to call my mom.
That's also when Tom started looking at my eyes. My eyes are normally light blue. My boyfriend said he almost no blue in my eyes. My eyes were black, completely dilated.
Okay, this is where I will jump in time and leave it very short.
I went to the health clinic as they said that it's possible that i was a maniac or that i had steroid psychosis. They told Tom to bring me to a mental institute and they'd help me and they'd reverse the medication in my blood.
So, I went there. It was horrible. I can't... I can't even describe how they didn't help. They were neglectful. I would help the other patients. Like put on their socks for them to make sure their feet weren't cold as they were too old to bend over. They didn't help my face. They didn't even seem concerned. They had a doctor "check" and "touch it". I was "fine"... despite being in intense pain.
They gave me like 15 pills a day! I barely slept at all there. The only solace I was got from when I was allowed to paint with the therapist. She did extra sessions for me.
BUT ANYWAY! Afterwards, I had to do an outpatient program, which was a waste of money and time. It turned out that the mental institute said I had psychosis and I was bipolar.
And now, all of these months later, I am left with a giant hole. What happened to me stirred in my head for weeks and weeks and after I started remembering and putting the pieces together, I figured it out.
I had a severe infection. I was stoned out of my mind. I am not crazy. I'm not bipolar. I had a severe reaction from never being stoned in my life and being in tremendous pain with a severe infection.
I want to sue. I've had to pay so many medical bills. I had delayed medical treatment. I have severe PTSD / memories. My bf also has severe PTSD, and before this he was very pro-doctor and now won't even see one because he is so terrified. There's so much pain and suffering. I can't even find a therapist because no one seems to specialize in medical trauma.
Who do I even sue? Can I sue anyone?

Hopefully this post is acceptable, even though I am currently not sick. I am attempting to compile a list of all of the over the counter medications the average person should have for potential illness, allergies, and injuries. Hopefully someone in the medical field can help to answer the questions throughout, and to generally speak to what is and is not needed on this type of list. I am a single 46 year old male, but I hope this post and responses helps many people who should also stock up their medicine cabinet a bit. I also need to spend $300 in OTC money, or I lose it at the end of this month.
I spent hours searching online and piecing this list together. I am really trying to pay attention more to my health. I appreciate everyone who takes time to respond to any of this.
PAIN RELIEF - When do I use each and when do I avoid each?
Acetaminophen (Tylenol).
Acetylsalicylic acid (Aspirin) - Does it matter if Bayer or are they all the same?
Ibuprofen (Motrin, Advil) - Does it make sense to have both Ibuprofen and Advil? If so, when to use and when to avoid each?
Naproxen (Aleve).
GI
Pepto Bismol - It seems best to use when many stomach symptoms like nausea, diarrhea, acid reflux.
Imodium AD - Used strictly for severe diarrhea when necessary. Should it be strictly Imodium AD, or just anything with Loperamide all the same?
Acid Reflux - Omeprazole (Prilosec). Unfortunately Pepcid does nothing for me.
COLD/FLU/SINUS INFECTIONS (in addition to pain relievers)
**I know an easy mistake is that people take a pain reliever in addition to a medicine like NyQuil, Theraflu, Tylenol Cold and Flu Severe, and not realizing they are exceeding their dose of pain relief.
Cough Medicine - Robitussin or does it matter which one? Should a person have a cough syrup or just pills for symptoms?
Cough Drops - Does it matter which ones? Some say Zinc helps, others say that is a myth.
Vapor Rub - I assume Vicks or any are all pretty much the same.
Decongestants (such as pseudoephedrine) - It seems to make sense to buy this separately, and also be aware if it is in other things taken while sick.
Anything else for sore throat in addition to salt water gargle, cough drops? Maybe throat spray?
Neilmed bottles and packets for nasal irrigation. I personally prefer this way over Neti-Pot.
Expectorant - Mucinex (Guaifenesin)
Cough Suppressant - Delsym
Afrin
SHOULD I EVEN BUY THERAFLU, NYQUIL OR TYLENOL COLD AND FLU SEVERE, OR BEST TO AVOID THOSE AND JUST TREAT EACH INDIVIDUAL SYMPTOM?
ALLERGIES
Antihistamines - diphenhydramine (Benadryl), Loratadine (Claritin), cetirizine (Zyrtec), and Fexofenadine (Allegra). I personally prefer Zyrtec for my allergies.
Anti-Itch Cream - Hydrocortisone 1% Cream or Calamine Lotion? When use each?
Anti-Fungal Cream - clotrimazole, miconazole, or butenafine hydrochloride. When use each?
Eye Drops - Genteal Tears Preservative Free - this is what my optometrist suggested to me for dry/red eyes.
Fluticasone propionate (Flonase).
Warm Compress - Optometrist suggested using this for eyes when red. Should this just be a warm washcloth, or should I buy something specific if I might need this regularly due to allergies?
MISC.
Cracks in heels - both Aquaphor Healing Ointment and Eucerin Cream together is suggested online.
Nausea (motion sickness) - Dramamine
Burn Cream - I assume all pretty much the same and some should come in a first aid kit.
Antibiotic or antibacterial ointment - Neosporin or Bacitracin. When use each?
Laxatives - Does it matter which one?
First Aid Kit (includes many things, some that may be already listed)
Rubbing Alcohol - Recently read that 70% is often better than 91% since it does not dry as fast?
Hydrogen Peroxide
Reading Glasses - My age is finally catching up to me.
Sunscreen SPF what is suggested now days?
Aloe Vera Gel
Oral care like toothpaste, toothbrush, floss, mouthwash is surprisingly covered with my plan.
Consider multi-vitamins?
Lotion
Carmex
Insect Repellant
Hand Sanitizer
Epsom Salt
Q-tips
For sore muscles or swelling - Hot Pad and Cold Pad. Any specific ones out there?
Anything else?