Okay I have to bitch here (I'm so sick)

I've been feeling sick for days... first it started with being naueseous.... Have been throwing up, feeling fine for a little then waves of neausea would come back....

Then I got my period last night complete with really horrible cramps and a migraine. I would take some excedrin or something for my head but I still feel so sick to my stomach that I know I would throw up.... whaa whaa whaa.

I just wish I felt better....

 

dr apt

 

Yeah if I'm not feeling better in a day or two... I'm not a huge fan of the doctor but this is really rough. Dunno if I ate something bad or what.

 

awwe ): hugs
Is your doctor cool? Mine gives me an array of narcotics for my period.

 

take two dramamine and take anaprox for the headache both are otc until it passes or u can make it to the dr

the period is only gunna bother the nausea more so might wanna get some cramp meds

any vomiting?

 

gravol

nibble on some crackers a few minutes later
then take some advil/other pain killer

Gravol is a godsend, nausea suppressant

 

I've never heard of dramamine or anaprox or gravol but i will look into all of them. Thanks.

 

i love gravol on hangover days

 

Yeah, that's really all I use it for these days

But I used to get carsick really easily when I was much younger, and thusly, gravol was my friend

 

Damn..neither of you are on.... I guess I will google it.

Im wondering if it can be gotten at a grocery store and how much it costs and stuff... I dont feel right to drive.... shaky, just not right but my husband gets home from work in like two hours and Im wondering if I should have him pick it up.

Yeah.... Ill google it.

 

Didnt even see this post before. Thanks.

Um my doctor is okay- I can get good stuff now and then but nothing continuous... they seem really cautious- whether its of people becoming addicted to stuff or law suits... I dunno.... I've had really bad problems with my period before- not gonna get too detailed but kinda endo. seeming symptoms and migraines from HELL...arrrgh.... and I was prescribed naproxen for a while but I guess it can give you stomach bleeding so they wouldnt let me take it for too long, then I started the pill for that.

I take neither now.

 

I found this on google and it makes me wonder if in the US you can get this easily (another site said it's popular in canada but i havent read anything about the us yet)

Gravol: The ABCs

Gravol® is a trade name for the nonprescription drug dimenhydrinate. Gravol and similar medications are used to prevent and treat nausea and vomiting.

Some people abuse these drugs because large doses can produce a "high" and hallucinations. They are inexpensive and easy to obtain.

To prevent the abuse of these drugs, Alberta pharmacists keep them behind the counter.
Short-Term Effects
At recommended doses, Gravol can cause drowsiness, dizziness and blurred vision. It can impair your concentration and motor coordination. For these reasons, you should use Gravol with caution if driving or doing other things that require you to be fully alert. It can be especially dangerous to combine it with alcohol and other depressant drugs.
Dry mouth, excitation and nervousness (especially in children) are other side effects.
Abusers often take 5 to 25 tablets. At the lower doses, you can experience feelings of well-being and euphoria. At the higher doses you can hallucinate. Taking Gravol with alcohol, codeine and other depressant drugs intensifies these effects.
Large doses can also cause sluggishness, paranoia, agitation, memory loss, increased blood pressure and heart rate, and difficulty swallowing and speaking.
Overdosing can result in confusion, irrational behaviour, muscle uncoordination, high fever and convulsions. Serious heart and breathing problems and coma can follow.
Children experience these symptoms at lower doses than adults, and are especially prone to convulsions. Prompt medical attention is needed to treat overdoses.
Overdoses ranging from 25 to 250 mg per kilogram of body weight can be fatal in adults.
Long-Term Effects

Chronic heavy users report problems with depression, confusion, loss of energy, vomiting, urine retention, and difficulty thinking and socializing.
Gravol and Addiction

Chronic use of dimenhydrinate can result in tolerance, dependence and withdrawal.

If you use this drug for more than a few days, you can develop tolerance to it. You will need to take larger doses to feel the same effects.

When dependent users stop taking Gravol, they experience withdrawal symptoms such as excitability, weakness and discomfort, poor appetite, stomach cramps and nausea.

 

And (from wikipedia)

For many, the minimum hallucinogenic dose starts around 900mg, (18 tablets of the original formula Dramamine.) The mental effects are described by many as "dreaming while awake" involving visual and auditory hallucinations which, unlike those experienced with recreational drugs known as psychedelics, often cannot be readily distinguished from reality. Also, people commonly experience a sense of their body being unusually 'heavy,' especially in the legs, so much as to the point where they can't even walk, or where they constantly bump into things due to lack of control of their limbs. People commonly think that they are in a completely different environment, and not even realize it, this makes the drug especially dangerous. Users often report a highly unpleasant side effect profile consistent with tropane glycoalkaloidal poisoning. This includes dry mouth and eyes, rapid heart beat (tachycardia), somnolence, insomnia, and extreme malaise. This is due to antagonism of muscarinic acetylcholine receptors in both the central and autonomic nervous system, inhibiting various signal transduction pathways. Users also report extreme short-term amnesia, wearing off as the physical effects do.

In the CNS, diphenhydramine readily crosses the blood-brain barrier, exerting effects within the visual and auditory cortex, accounting for reported visual and auditory disturbances. Other CNS effects occur within the limbic system and hippocampus, causing confusion and temporary amnesia. Toxicology also manifests in the autonomic nervous system, primarily at the neuromuscular junction, resulting in ataxia and extrapyramidal side-effects, and at sympathetic post-ganglionic junctions, causing urinary retention, pupil dilation, tachycardia, and dry skin & mucous membranes. Considerable over dosage can lead to myocardial infarction, serious ventricular dysrhythmias, coma and death. Such a side-effect profile is thought to give ethanolamine-class antihistamines a relatively low abuse liability.

 

Well, as I suspected, you can't get it in the U.S.

 

Seriously, you can't get gravol in the states? Or a knock off that also treats nausea?


what ridiculous crap.

I mean, yes, they make you super sleepy but I've rarely had a reason to take more than 3 in a day, and that was when I had the flu really badly

 

Well here's an interesting find from Wikipedia:

"Medical research has shown that ginger root is an effective treatment for nausea caused by motion sickness or other illness,[4] and also contains many antioxidants. Powdered dried ginger root is made into capsules for medicinal use. Modern research on nausea and motion sickness used approximately 1 gram of ginger powder daily. Although very effective against all forms of nausea, PDR health officials do not recommend taking ginger root for morning sickness commonly associated with pregnancy, though Chinese women traditionally eat ginger root during pregnancy to combat morning sickness. The Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database (compiled by health professionals and pharmacists), states that ginger is likely safe for use in pregnancy when used orally in amounts found in foods. Ginger ale and ginger beer have been recommended as "stomach settlers" for generations in countries where the beverages are made. Ginger water was commonly used to avoid heat cramps in the United States in the past. Research has also found ginger to be a powerful antioxidant. Ginger has also been shown in research to have a regulatory role in the natural inflammatory response of the body. In India ginger is applied as a paste to the temples to relieve headache. In Myanmar, ginger and local sweet(Htan nyat) which is made from palm tree juice are boiled together and taken to prevent the Flu."

 

I'm sorry you're not feeling well! I hope you feel better soon!