BOOKS and things of that sort

This is probably the most useful take I’ve seen from a medical professional online. I’m adding some extra notes because there are a lot of options out there and it’s REALLY confusing sometimes, but there are only a few actual ingredients in most over the counter cold meds. Here’s some extra info you may find valuable:

I’m re-sharing this because I want to add that everyone should read the comments posted on this post by other users (if you haven’t already.) I’m clearly not a doctor, but I love how others have added new info to this post since I’ve reblogged it.

“If you don’t want to sink, you better figure out how to swim.”

“Some people are as fragile as butterflies and sensitive and it’s your responsibility not to destroy them. Just because you can.”

“What else? She is so beautiful. You don’t get tired of looking at her. You never worry if she is smarter than you: You know she is. She is funny without ever being mean. I love her. I am so lucky to love her.”

“Go on and try to tear me down. I will be rising from the ground.”

“I feel like I’ve swallowed a cloudy sky.”

“My point is this: the more you have to lose, the braver you are for standing up.”

“Sometimes at night I would sleep open-eyed underneath a sky dripping with stars. I was alive then.”

“Sometimes you are going to miss a person who was an almost to you. And feel sad because there is no name for that feeling. You just feel it in a way that makes you tired to your very bones.”

“We all need mantras, I guess - stories we tell ourselves to keep us going.”

“How is it you have the right to destroy my life, but I’m not allowed a say in yours?”

“The books… they helped keep me from losing my mind altogether.”

“It’s awful not to be loved. It’s the worst thing in the world…It makes you mean, and violent, and cruel.”