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What helps? I have strong painkillers but I really need to get and knock this on the head ASAP.

Any supplements/water pills/fairy dusts that help?

I know rest is the number one recommendation. I have two small kids and no help nearby so that's not really that achievable.

Ooooooodles of fresh lemon and (manuka) honey drinks.

I find it comforting, it gets your fluids up, and there's lots of vitamin C in the lemon and I swear the honey is healing and soothing!

Poor you, it's an awful illness

Also a bit woo maybe but I use Bee Propolis tablets from Holland & Barrett. I don't know if it's psychological but they help my immunity bounce back.

Propolis. On it!

After 10 years of seriously being ill with ME after having Glandular Fever I wished I’d rested more. I was a single parent of a toddler, working and just moved into new house so decorating etc. I obviously couldn’t stop basic child care but there was loads I could have put off. Take care of yourself

Can someone come and help with the children or even take them for a few days?

You really do need to rest, I had GF was I was 15 and was out of action for 6 months and pretty much bedbound for the first month or more

I had to work through mine too as I was running a hotel. I spent most of the time slumped on the chair at reception trying not to pass out. I should have rested, it lasted ages and 2 years on my energy levels are still not right. Please please please rest

You sound as though you are Looking for a way to push through it instead ofResting and letting the illness take its course. Sounds like you are setting yourself up for post viral syndrome

As above, find ways to rest. Rest rest rest. And even when you feel better, you must be as gentle on yourself as possible for the year ahead really; it can take a long time to stop lurking in the background, if that makes sense. Best wishes, you have my sympathy, it really is horrible.

Cry, cry and cry some more. GF is utterly vile, and you have my total sympathy. I don't think anyone who hasn't had it actually realises how awful it is.

I second what others have said though, it is so so so important that you rest, or you will get post viral syndrome, which is awful. My brother and I had it at the same time (I realise how odd that sounds, haha!) and he carried on doing too much, ended up admitted to hospital for a week, and it took about a year to fully recover, whereas I was relatively back to normal after a few months.

Honestly, I didn't find anything that helped. My gp prescribed codeine and I was told to sleep and rest as much as possible. I was off work for 4 months and I didn't feel 100% better for about a year. Luckily I didn't have any dc at the time.
It really does know you for six, you have my sympathy!
Take care

I can only sleep and rest when my DCs let me! I am not pushing myself beyond nursery pickups and occasional drive thru trips. Yes I probably will get PVF but I have nobody to help me, so I have to work with what I have here.

Loaaaaaaaaaaaads of water. I ended up on a drip in hosp for 2 weeks! I managed to contract Strep 1 at the same time.

I don't have any DC, however rest is imperative for recovery! I'm not sure how badly you have been hit with it, but I was knackered for up to 1 year after!

This is all I can do:

Sleep when my kids sleep
Eat as well as possible
Drink lots
Take multivitamin + supplements etc

I just wondered what supplements might help. Definitely going to try propolis.