Today's mystery: Do I have a cold, or did I socialize too much this week?
Today's mystery: Do I have a cold, or did I socialize too much this week?
- Saturday: Event in town, with small kids, socializing
- Sunday: Teambuilding event
- Monday: Work strategy meeting
- Tuesday: Held a presentation and socialized
- Wednesday: Work strategy meeting
- Thursday: Course w/group sessions, parents over for dinner
- Friday: Work event, work event
- Saturday: Museum trip, family visit
Throughout the week, slow buildup of joint pain, feverish feeling, lack of appetite, swollen throat, buzzing head, torpor, lack of focus. Today I am just broken.
These are all (for me) normal physical reactions to overextending myself socially or spending time in sensory intense environments for any amount of time. They are also symptons I would get if I caught the head cold that is going around.
It feels extremely silly that I have literally zero idea if I have a cold or not.
Anyway, treatment is same either way: Take it easy for a while. Mostly wanted to share my frustrating confusion and maybe hear if others have similar experiences and how they manage. :)
Take a covid test. If you're in the US the postal service is sending out free ones again.
Far from free here, but yeah already tested of course. :) No covid.
Feel better! Cozy media, dim lights, and time will fix most things.
I got tired just reading your list. Hope you feel better soon.
Thanks! I honestly surprised myself when writing it. Things just pile on and I don't notice until it goes bad, which is not good.
When i am physically sick i also get mentally worse as i side effect.
When i am struggling mentally i also get physical symptoms as a side effect.
With pressure from work, life, the potential self destruction apocalypse looming behind global events. Its come to a point where i basically feel sick every day of the year.
I stopped worrying wether its mentally or physical, i have come to term that its always both and the distinction is but a basic classification of symptom types.
The only thing that matters is do i function well enough to go to work and back home while remaining in safe enough headspace to provide for my own needs. If not, i go to a doctor. My hometown doctor does have a minor speciality in psychology which is not mandatory. Your milage may vary.
I am very much the same. When other people get a flu they still go to work and maybe take it easy. But for me I become incapable of doing basic things like cooking or taking care of myself. This obviously results in me feeling even worse.
It actually got bad enough that I'm already not working for a while anymore. I'm just scared of getting sick while employed because it will quickly result in long sick leave and eventually in me resigning.
I'm impressed that you can still go to work when feeling sick almost every day, I would not be able to do it.
That makes sense. Assuming it's both and treating it as such seems like the right action in all cases.
Lol. Going through a similar thing. Socialising too much can make me run down too. It sounds like youre also a bit unwell though, which is something that is more likely to happen when youre over extending.
Nights have just started getting longer here and days colder, so im feeling down which could be the light, and a little sick which could be the cold, but I also have to keep reminding myself I am on this training course on wednesdays which isnt training per se but a group of 35 of us having structured discussions about topics in our fields for 8 hours under the guidance of a 'coach', who really teaches us nothing at all - we are teaching each other which is a trend in my field at the moment and it irks the hell out of me. Participation is expected and I need to keep imagining what optimistic dribble my sunny, positive boss would say in this situation and then say it myself in order to look like im engaging and not give myself away as nuerodivergent and a bit cynical 😆
Its good youre aware of it possibly being due to your autism, make sure you rest up. My course is until february, its only one day a week but its right in the middle of the week and it really leaves me feeling shit, exhausted and a bit stressed, so im not punishing myself for feeling like I need to withdraw from other social activities for a little while to recover.
I have something similar at the moment. I first was thinking I was overworking myself, then I thought it was food poisoning or something, but it seems to be some kind of infection.
I'm slightly better now, but the past 3 days, I was basically bedridden. I couldn't even make an appointment with the doctor or prepare food. I just can't think anymore when I'm this sick. The physical discomfort is almost negligible compared to the inability to think and do anything anymore.
For the last week, I've been the sickest I've ever been. Covid tests came back negative and as far as I know I haven't had covid before, but I am miserable with all the symptoms you listed and I didn't socializing at all.
The stress from all of those social events is also likely having a negative impact on your immune system, further muddying things.