Along with a pile of other people, I'm not well..

[lovingboth]

.. but not with that. (Yet.)

It's some sort of headache / muscle ache thing that can also leave me feeling very, very tired. No breathing issues, no fever.

On the one hand, it's great that people know that generic ibuprofen is just as good as the expensive branded sort. On the other, they could have left some of the former for me to buy! Expensive stuff is available here, but not the supermarket etc generics.

Comments

[judiff]

So like this post like prompted us to spend way too much time reading about Placebos (being poorly is boring, OK) cos we'd like herd that like red painkillers work better but like some studies say white or white and blue. Everyone agrees that looking fancy with a name stamped on the pill is stronger. And the like newer studies show the placebo effect working even when you know it's a placebo (the opposite of what people used to think) particularly if you have like an open minded and resilient personality (so like you) or high "agreebleness" (um... that's like prolly more of an NT people thing...).
So like maybe the expensive pills will work extra well for you? Hoping so, being ill is Rubbish

[rhialto]

Even when I know it's a placebo? Interesting. Maybe I should take a placebo against headaches, since a real painkiller most of the time doesn't work.

[judiff]

https://www.wired.com/2009/08/ff-placebo-effect/

(Like some of the stuff in the article is America specfic but most of it is true like even for places with sensible healthcare)