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Re: nausea.. is it really a symptom of endo? or is it caused by the meds ?
From: Amy (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat Mar 29 18:17:30 2003
Natalie,
You might want to consider that the nausea is from the hormone pills you
take. I am allergic to most hormones and therefore; I cannot take
hormone therapy to help my endo. If I take estrogen, it causes extreme
migraines, mood swings from hell, nausea, and more pain. If I take
progestrone, I get acne on the face, back , and inbetween my breasts
along with REALLY bad nausea. Try talking to your doctor about your
symtoms and changing your meds. Also you might want to take your
hormone pill at a different time. Fro example, I took mine at bedtime.
That way I was really only sick in the morning instead of all day long.
-Amy
At Thu, 27 Mar 2003, Natalie wrote:
>
>Thanks Rachel and Holly for your advice. I'm starting to think the
>nausea is from the endo.
>
>Rachel...I haven't done a lot of research on diuretics, but my Dr. tells
>me yes I can take one everyday, he tells me I have to eat a banana with
>it cause it can cause potassium depletion. He says that as long as I
>keep drinking plenty of water I shouldn't become dehydrated, and I
>haven't, it's been about 4 months or so that I've been taking them
>everyday. They still work as well as the first day I took them. They
>are not addictive. I tried to stop to see if I would still retain
>water, and I did not miss them, but gained 10 lbs of water the next day,
>so I started again. They have helped me a lot, retaining that water was
>awful, it made me feel just absolutely gross, so fatigued and grouchy.
>The Dr. was hesitant to prescribe the diuretic cause they only
>prescribe them in serious circumstances, but he thinks my water
>situation is serious, therefore it sounds like yours is serious too,
>however I was not thirsty all the time as you are, just bloated. My
>breasts did not swell, only my abdomen, legs, feet, face especially. And
>I still drink caffienated products daily, one or two coffee a day. Also,
>I'm pretty sure that when I started on the diuretic my upper abdominal
>pain decreased - atleast temporarily. I hope your Dr. can do something
>to help you with the water retention, note that I did not get those
>pills from my gynocologist, I got them from my general doctor. I have
>asked my gyno for them, but he dismissed water retention as a normal
>part of my cycle, yes it is normal, but not to gain 8 - 15 lbs overnight
>!!!!
>
>At Wed, 26 Mar 2003, Rachel wrote:
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>>natalie, i also had the same problem with pain in my upper abdomen into
>>the center. it turned out in my lap that i had adhesions binding my
>>right ovary to my appendix, and my appendix and intestines (where the
>>large and small intestines meet) were literally FLATTENED with
>>adhesions, and food was not moving through my body easily. this created
>>irritable bowel, and i would be constipated for days, then i would have
>>diarrhea for days. i was to the point where i was living on soft food
>>and soup. i ate about 10 servings of fruit and veggies per day because
>>i couldn't handle anything more solid. when was your last lap? will you
>>be having another? i have the same problem with water weight gain. i'm
>>on ovcon 35 continuously and have a period every 4 months. every three
>>weeks i gain an average of 8 lbs. in water. my breasts have become
>>very large and almost constantly painful, yet my water intake is still
>>enoumous because i'm thirsty all of the time. i don't drink pop, or
>>caffeine...only water. i haven't tried a diuretic, and it hasn't been
>>recommended to me. are they really safe? can they cause your body to
>>become dehydrated, and are they addictive?
>>
>>--
>>Rachel
>>
>>At Wed, 26 Mar 2003, Natalie wrote:
>>>
>>>Thanks for your help Rachel.. here's some history. I think I've had
>>>endo since I was about 14. It was diagnosed at age 27, I'm 30 now. Only
>>>in the last 4 months I've been having nausea. I have a very healthy
>>>diet, low in red meat and white flour etc... Every morning at 7a.m. I
>>>have a tofu milkshake and take several pills: a very mild diuretic, a
>>>very mild anti-depressant, vitamin E (to stop night sweats and
>>>hotflashes that I have), and salmon oil (to get rid of hormone related
>>>acne), also a multi-vitamin. My only pain killer is ibuprofen (advil).
>>>Only the diuretic and anti-depressant are new to me, started them about
>>>6 months ago. I tried not taking the diuretic for a week to see if the
>>>nausea stopped, the nausea was still there and without the diuretic I
>>>gained 15 lbs of water weight, which made me feel pretty crappy. This
>>>type of anti-depressant can't just be started and stopped so I haven't
>>>experimented with it. The nausea is usually from about Noon til 7pm.
>>>Gravol fixes it pretty quickly, if I remember to have it with me.
>>>Peppermint does not fix it. the nausea shows up wether or not I have
>>>something in my stomache at noon. The nausea seems to have come hand in
>>>hand with this upper abdominal ache I've been getting, the ache is
>>>almost always there, it's on my front on one or sometimes both sides
>>>just at the bottom of my rib cage, sometimes the ache spreads across my
>>>entire upper abdomen and gives me sharp pains in the center. Does this
>>>sound like endo related nausea? does the side ache sound like endo? I'm
>>>not sure if it's my endo causing the nausea or the meds, also not sure
>>>if the side aches are from endo or from something else - meds or an
>>>?ulcer ? Thanks for any suggestions or advice you can offer.
>>
>--
>Natalie
>
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