# Does anyone else experience euphoria with fevers? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 12, 2012, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-experience-euphoria-with-fevers/618597 "2012-04-12T19:41:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2012, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-experience-euphoria-with-fevers/618597/1 "2012-04-12T19:41:00Z")
Cause it’s the weirdest thing - I can always tell when I’m running a fever, because I kind of feel high. Tired and run-down, sure, but also sort of goofy. ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2012, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-experience-euphoria-with-fevers/618597/2 "2012-04-12T19:46:58Z")
No, I’m afraid I usually feel like crap. My temperature is usually around 96, so I can start feeling poorly around 98, and after 99 I just go to bed. Euphoria sounds nice. ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2012, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-experience-euphoria-with-fevers/618597/3 "2012-04-12T19:58:44Z")
Yes! I love that euphoria. Too bad I usually have the sweats to go with them. But, it’s kinda worth it. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2012, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-experience-euphoria-with-fevers/618597/4 "2012-04-12T20:02:25Z")
I’ve only had the proper flu twice in my life, and both times it was an unpleasant experience for the most part. The only redeeming feature was the fever dreams. I dream vividly anyway, but these were off the scale - comparable to the ones I had when I was on a morphine drip. ---
**Author:** ![Tapiotar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3be4f8/32.png) [@Tapiotar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapiotar)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2012, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-experience-euphoria-with-fevers/618597/5 "2012-04-12T20:27:09Z")
Never had euphoria from fever, but sometimes an almost pleasant lassitude or languor. Once, the fever was high enough so that I hallucinated. Question: Is it a hallucination if you know it isn’t real at the time that it’s happening? Okay, I had very interesting visual mental imagery that overlay reality like a cellophane transparency overlaying a 3-D physical object. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2012, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-experience-euphoria-with-fevers/618597/6 "2012-04-12T21:48:28Z")
Moved Cafe Society --\> IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2012, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-experience-euphoria-with-fevers/618597/7 "2012-04-12T21:59:21Z")
I get wonderful delirium “highs.” Floaty, druggy, LSD type visions. (Well, I’ve never had LSD, so I’m going by what others have said.) Really fun, I tell ya! When the effect is only mild, I can usually accentuate it by reading Poe. When the effect is strong, whoo! I sort of understand why people take drugs… ---
**Author:** ![nikonikosuru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5f8ce5/32.png) [@nikonikosuru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nikonikosuru)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2012, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-experience-euphoria-with-fevers/618597/8 "2012-04-12T23:27:58Z")
Nope, I just feel like I’m drunk (spinning, brain needs longer time to catch up with my eyes, etc.) but without any of the good feelings. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Imago](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/85e7bf/32.png) [@Imago](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Imago)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2012, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-experience-euphoria-with-fevers/618597/9 "2012-04-13T00:26:49Z")
If it’s high enough. If it’s too high I just get tired, sore and mutter obscenities under my breath every time I stand up.