professor
30-09-20, 07:53
3 days ago, I started feeling my face quite warm, and I'm really tired, kind of "sleepy", or a bit "groggy" during all the day. It really made me panic, as I now suspect I have covid, although these (warm face and tiredness) are the only symptoms. I've been treating anxiety for 10 years, currently on Mirtazapine 15mg, although I haven't been taking it for +- 3 weeks (logistical problems related to buying it).
The thermometer does not indicate fever. It's always around 36 - 36.5 °C. But why I feel my face so warm, and feel so tired? Can it be the anxiety? If so, besides taking my med (which I will buy tomorrow), what else could I do to fight this thing? I don't want to be at my bed all day feeling sick. I don't want to be sick. I think I'm not sick, but keep being afraid of being sick, having Covid etc, taking my temperature all the time... I need to stop this craziness.
About taking temperature, I have a digital thermometer and take my axillary temperature. I read somewhere that after the thermometer beeps (telling me I can check the temperature), I still have to wait around 3min to get the correct temperature. Is this true? Because if wait, it keeps going up to about 0.5 °C from when I hear the beep.
Sorry if all this sounds so... stupid. When I read it, I really feel stupid. But I don't know what to do, how not to worry, or if I should worry. I just want all this to end. Living alone and being in quarantine for 6 months does not help. I'm alone, working and studying from home, and very rarely meet someone, always with a mask, some distance etc.
The thermometer does not indicate fever. It's always around 36 - 36.5 °C. But why I feel my face so warm, and feel so tired? Can it be the anxiety? If so, besides taking my med (which I will buy tomorrow), what else could I do to fight this thing? I don't want to be at my bed all day feeling sick. I don't want to be sick. I think I'm not sick, but keep being afraid of being sick, having Covid etc, taking my temperature all the time... I need to stop this craziness.
About taking temperature, I have a digital thermometer and take my axillary temperature. I read somewhere that after the thermometer beeps (telling me I can check the temperature), I still have to wait around 3min to get the correct temperature. Is this true? Because if wait, it keeps going up to about 0.5 °C from when I hear the beep.
Sorry if all this sounds so... stupid. When I read it, I really feel stupid. But I don't know what to do, how not to worry, or if I should worry. I just want all this to end. Living alone and being in quarantine for 6 months does not help. I'm alone, working and studying from home, and very rarely meet someone, always with a mask, some distance etc.