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Would you continue taking a new antidepressant that seems to be helping you with mood, and almost nothing historically has ever helped and then, after a week into it, it appears to be causing pretty bad nausea? Reviews on it on drugs.com say if you can push through the nausea for a few weeks it usually goes away. A number of others on that board stopped taking it because of nausea. I wonder if they had pushed through, if they would have improved, although nausea is so horrible, I don't blame them for stopping.
To you medical people out there, what is your body saying to you when a Med causes nausea? It seems logical it is saying "poisonous, stop now!"
Yes, this is the trintellix that I posted about a week or so ago. I got some really good advice from many of you against trying it but decided to give it a try anyway since my new dr was so positive about it and the nausea I have been experiencing prior to this Med was beginning to wane. I really want my new doctor to see me as trying his ideas so he doesn't write me off before he gets to know me
I hope the ones of you supporting the idea I shouldn't have tried it understand. Your opinions were definitely helpful but for reasons mentioned above, this time I chose to gamble. And it does appear to be helping mood, something is. But this morning, day 8 or so, I have been wondering off and on if I am going to vomit.
Not sure what to do. If I take a tums, I get 20 minutes relief or so.
As always your thoughts are appreciated.
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Welcome to the Perseid meteor showers, the "biggies" usually every year. (The Leonids beat 'em one year IMHO).AND today much of the northern hemisphere will see 5 to 99% solar eclipse. How cool is that? Your best bet is to be in the UK or norhtern Spain, where totality is excellent before sundown. Me, I'll get a super duper tiny itty bitty slice of it, so little that it won't be noticeable. New...
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... observed a solar eclipse.
in germanny they prescribe deglyzzherinated licorice for acid tummy and ulcers, and I totally misspelled that. It goes by DGL. It helps GI issues in general, so if the nausea is from the med irritating the stomach lining, DGL is something to ask your doc about. It is OTC here, but EU brands are best. Thye have quality comtrol. I have used DGL for over a decade, no side effects, and it means I only need Nexium instead of five meds for the GI issus caused by my PTSD and epeilepsy meds. Both of which are sti,ach irritants. OMG I hte this ipad. OK, anyway.... another option is to take the med with a neutral acid absorbing food, like metamucil. (Insane? Possibly. But my FIL is and MD and swears it works for him.)
Healing,a dn keep us posted!
I read your posts about your mother, and can empathize with you. We have been taking care of my 84 y o mil for almost 4 years. We aren't dealing with as much as you but the past 6 months my wife has had more than she can now handle. We just this past week placed her in a 12 bed small home like facility. Has made stress levels here level out a bit, but we are fortunate to not have all you are dealing with.
My wife's one of two siblings is completely against placing her in a facility but is totally unwilling to help in any way... My wife is power of attorney so he can't stop anything but there is that emotional stress.
You are in my thoughts and prayers.