The nausea seemed to have subsided a bit. I had bought some ginger chews on the way home yesterday. Today I had bad OCD. Had songs stuck in my head the whole day. I know I will still have bad days even with the new med. I have had worse days, but I was not expecting to have 2 days in a row like this.
I had a moment of confusion/depersonalization yesterday morning. About 2 seconds. I thought it did not affect me too much, but I guess I was still spooked by it. Today's OCD was a possible residual from it. I felt a bit panicky today and I did take 3/4 of a 5 mg valium. I have been doing really well without it, but some days it is neccesary. The weather here the past 2 days is not helping. Very cloudy with storms being predicted all night and tomorrow.
I was successful in changing the song that was stuck in my head. It took a while but I did it.
So in retrospect, the nausea may have been a little bit meds and a little bit emotional.
You are going to have to figure out which kind of nausea it is. Mental caused by CNS side effects or physical from stomach irritation.
I used ginger mint tea to cover both bases and never figured out what was causing it before I quit taking my SSRI. (celexa) I had to quit, it was making me very sick and not working. Wrong medication anyway. I still have Gravol. But Gravol and valium are a poor combination, you will get very sleepy. Aren't those side effects supposed to go away?
I just read you're post and I feel for you, my side effect of my antidepressant was nausea too. Maybe {hopefully} its NOT the med and just an upset tummy, I get little 24 hour bouts of that too and I am not on an antidepressant right now.
What I wanted to share is when I was pregnant Wrestler I had horrible morning sickness, the kind that lasted all day till late at night {if I was lucky I could eat late at night} and my OB-GYN told me, and I am not making this up, CHEETO"S, he said something in them cuts nausea, I was very skeptical and I tried it and it worked, just a few ounces helped. These are the harder crunchy kind that work not the "puffs" for some reason it worked and also he said to put a can of coke in the fridge opened up overnight and let it go flat and drink it the next day, I even got pure coca-cola syrup at the pharmacy but its cheaper too just let a coke go flat and sip it. 7-UP was good too but not flat. I hope you're nausa goes away soon, I hope I helped you, it helped my morning sickness and that was butt-kicker! I am still trying to recover too. Good Luck!
Discovered another side effect of the med I am on: Nausea. It's really been bothering me the last couple of days. Been on the new med for just over three weeks and this is the first real sign of nausea. It was really bad today while at work. I did yoga tonight for 45 minutes and it helped me feel better, but once I stopped, the nausea returned. I even bought some ginger today to help with it.
Anyone else get these symptoms? I did read possible side effects, and of course, nausea was listed. Just did not expect it.
I employed a bit of what you said yesterday and decided not to carry my valium most of the day. I did not carry it into stores a couple of times and did not carry it in my pocket during any of my inspections today. I did not take any today.
I also felt dissociation of couple of times and did not go running for the valium. I have not taken any since Monday afternoon. That was the day of the morning of my panic that did not really set me back.
I know this will take some time to really settle in, but I know I am making progress. The new med is doing some of it and I am really trying hard to keep the positive thoughts. It's safe to say this is a seritonin issue. Even bought a Rolling Stone magazine today with Pink Floyd on the cover. You cannot mistake the prism from 1973's "Dark Side of the Moon" album. I read the whole article during downtime in the truck between stops. I am a huge Pink Floyd fan.
I'm impressed, really I am. Some good positives in the shopping bag to build on.
Don't forget that if you need the valium to take it and then see how long you can go without it.
I think you are doing this with thought restructuring not just meds. You are definitely on your way now. You can do it. Now all it takes is patience to keep building positives and a healthy attitude for when the negatives try or manage to sneak in. Set backs are normal. Just as long as you get some positives in the bag the set backs won't hang around.
I remember my first day at school. I remember my mom squeezed into a desk beside me too.
I went from that to being a recluse at fifteen to back to social again. The mind can do some pretty amazing things if we let it.
A taste of freedom aught to keep you working at it, I know it did for me. You have the right attitude, and you do understand what needs to be done so now if you really believe you can do it you will. I'm not that far ahead of you anymore.
