Anyone had covid treatment?

[Pintoo]

I qualify for treatment and tested positive yesterday, just awaiting a call back from GP.
I was seriously ill with COVID in 2021, before they had treatment. Had it again in 2022 and it was very mild. I declined treatment on that occasion after discussion with a doctor.
Not sure what to do this time. I feel very rough but probably no worse than a very bad cold. It's day 3. I don't know how covid is presenting these days. I don't want to say no to treatment and then get worse!
What are the disadvantages of having treatment? Does it reduce any immunity gained?
I was due my booster today...

I had it, and it helped a lot
I went from feeling awful to less awful , but I did rebound so tested negative then positive again but less unwell

I had paxlovid. Side effect was a disgusting mouth taste

Thank you.
I have disgusting taste already!
How long did it last including rebound?

I was off work sick for 3 weeks but I was pretty unwell (at home monitoring by hospital etc)
Mostly was really really tired

That tiredness I remember from the first time. Having to have a lie down after getting dressed.
They have prescribed Molnupiravir I can't have paxlovid due other drugs I take.

I had aciclovar anti virals that were brilliant
eddited to say Not aciclivar a different anti viral

You'd be wise to take the anti-viral. You won't really know if you're going to get a bad dose until after the first week. And by then it will be too late to take anti-virals. Why take the chance?

You are right in that time is critical and yet each time I've had covid it's been like a different illness.
The first time (delta) I had no cold symptoms but lots of others. I wasn't even remotely unwell until day 6. By day 12 I was in hospital on oxygen. Three months recovery. I'd had two doses of AZ but this was before antivirals.

A year later when I got it again ( omicron) it felt very different and just like a very mild sniffle. After a long discussion with the doctor, including a plan if it got worse, I decided against. It was a very good decision because I was fine in a few days. It showed me that covid wasn't always going to affect me like that first nightmare and lifted the fear.

This time I was feeling much worse by day 3 and didn't feel I needed to prove anything. I took the molnupiravir. I was very short of breathe until yesterday but today much better. No idea how much was the anti virals, from what I have read this is the least effective one. Zero side effects.
I'm still curious as to whether it affects natural antibody production.

Made me feel worse than covid.

Glad to hear you are feeling an improvement OP. It's often in week 2 that people get worse, as a strong T-cell response is needed to knock the virus on the head and not everyone's immune system responds! So they get markedly worse, which clearly happened to you the first time round. Hope you feel better soon!