hyperemesis/excess saliva.. FED UP!

[Livsmom]

Ladies, I started taking b-6 three times a day (25 mg) and unisom at night and it helps!!!

 

[1Timer29]

thanks for the words of encouragment Loompylooloo!

Yes, I am in the US and I am on homecare instead of being in and out of the hospital. It has been pretty depressing but I am sure I would hate the hospital more.
I was so worn down and 2 days ago the home nurse who checks on me asked if I wanted to try a drip of vitamin B6 and thiamine. I guess they didn't offer it before because it wasn't covered by insurance. It was a little over $100 but I decided what the heck. Within hours it worked wonders. I still have to take Reglan pills and am on the Zofran pump but my energy came back and my appetite!
Who knew some vitamins could make such a difference! Today is the last day I will do the drip then I will take B vitamins every day. I really feel like I have turned a corner and am starting to get a little excited about the pregnancy.
Fingers crossed everyone!

 

[Livsmom]

thanks for the words of encouragment Loompylooloo!

Yes, I am in the US and I am on homecare instead of being in and out of the hospital. It has been pretty depressing but I am sure I would hate the hospital more.
I was so worn down and 2 days ago the home nurse who checks on me asked if I wanted to try a drip of vitamin B6 and thiamine. I guess they didn't offer it before because it wasn't covered by insurance. It was a little over $100 but I decided what the heck. Within hours it worked wonders. I still have to take Reglan pills and am on the Zofran pump but my energy came back and my appetite!
Who knew some vitamins could make such a difference! Today is the last day I will do the drip then I will take B vitamins every day. I really feel like I have turned a corner and am starting to get a little excited about the pregnancy.
Fingers crossed everyone!

You should add one Unisom sleeping tablet at night and see if it works. There is suppose to be something in there that mixes with B-6 and makes nausea go away. I am SOOO GLAD you feel better!! I think I am starting to feel a tad better myself. Today I drank lemonade!!! Such a sad statement. LOL.

 

[1Timer29]

Livsmom - I will ask my doc about Unisom.

Yes, Lemonade is the drink of choice for me too! I make a pitcher everyday. I read that this works for many people. Ginger ale had stopped working for me a long time ago.

 

[Micha2]

Hello again!
Well after 12 months and lots of heartache, I got a + hpt this morning!
So I expect to be in the evils of HG very soon! So far I'm not sick at all, just not eating as much as usual and have a bad headache, which could be from not sleeping due to the excitement or could be caffeine withdrawal!
When did HG start for you? I can't remember with my other pregnancies but I know it was very early! Which is why I'm trying to enjoy this while I can!
I'm only just over 4 weeks at the moment.

Hope you're all doing ok.
Xx

 

[Micha2]

Oh I forgot to say, I started ondansetron (zofran) today. Just half a 8mg tablet a day for now. Hope that will be enough to keep the monster at bay!

 

[Livsmom]

Hello again!
Well after 12 months and lots of heartache, I got a + hpt this morning!
So I expect to be in the evils of HG very soon! So far I'm not sick at all, just not eating as much as usual and have a bad headache, which could be from not sleeping due to the excitement or could be caffeine withdrawal!
When did HG start for you? I can't remember with my other pregnancies but I know it was very early! Which is why I'm trying to enjoy this while I can!
I'm only just over 4 weeks at the moment.

Hope you're all doing ok.
Xx

Started around 6 weeks for me. I am almost 12 weeks and last week I felt a bit of relief and this week, back again in full force! Have tried ALL medicines I have heard of including Zofran and another prescription. Nothing really does much. Sometimes it seems it helps but I think it just kinda comes on stronger some days. Congrats on your BFP and just remember, it is all worth it!!! I hope you are spared the hell this go round.

 

[Micha2]

I know its a dumb thing to say but im kinda anxiously awaiting it so i can actually feel pregnant! I dont know what its like to be preg & not chronically ill so this first stage is a bit unnerving! Blood test 2morro so hopefully that will confirm everythings fine. Thanks and I hope you feel better soon! In my previous pregs it eased up heaps around 14-16 weeks.

 

[Livsmom]

I know its a dumb thing to say but im kinda anxiously awaiting it so i can actually feel pregnant! I dont know what its like to be preg & not chronically ill so this first stage is a bit unnerving! Blood test 2morro so hopefully that will confirm everythings fine. Thanks and I hope you feel better soon! In my previous pregs it eased up heaps around 14-16 weeks.

Man I hope it does for me! I hope everything goes great for you!! Good luck. Fx.

 

[Loompylooloo]

Huge congrats Micha2. Am so pleased for you. I know what you mean about waiting for it to start. I did that with number 3 and then regretted it. I am 8+5 today Nd have been very up and down. Am taking 10mg of Metaclopramide (reglan) thee times a day and it is better some days than others. Yesterday I was sick 3 times which is the most so far but I felt so ill with it. Last pg I was sick so many times in a day so this is so much better and bearable to a degree but I am so tired! I am also having really rubbish sleep. Is anyone else having really weird dreams and all night long. I am dreaming about things I notice in cupboards during the day, people I have spoken to and all sorts of odd things. Not sure if it is pg or the drugs.
I hope you are all doing ok? Keep us posted on how you are all doing!
C

 

[Livsmom]

Huge congrats Micha2. Am so pleased for you. I know what you mean about waiting for it to start. I did that with number 3 and then regretted it. I am 8+5 today Nd have been very up and down. Am taking 10mg of Metaclopramide (reglan) thee times a day and it is better some days than others. Yesterday I was sick 3 times which is the most so far but I felt so ill with it. Last pg I was sick so many times in a day so this is so much better and bearable to a degree but I am so tired! I am also having really rubbish sleep. Is anyone else having really weird dreams and all night long. I am dreaming about things I notice in cupboards during the day, people I have spoken to and all sorts of odd things. Not sure if it is pg or the drugs.
I hope you are all doing ok? Keep us posted on how you are all doing!
C

I dreamt like this at the beginning til I thought I would go mad! It has let up a lot but I still have funky dreams. I am sleeping better though. Hopefully it will pass for you too.

 

[Scuba]

Hi ladies! Just thought I'd pop in here and say that I suffered HG in both this and my first pregnancy, this time around I ended up in hospital for over a week on a couple of occasions and literally nothing worked for me until they put me on both ondansetron and cyclizine - that worked wonders! I still felt very sick BUT I could eat small amounts and wasn't actually being sick anymore!
I stayed on the drugs until about week 20 when I managed to come off them! I hope you all feel lots better soon!
Congrats on your BFP Micha2 xx

 

[Micha2]

Wow i cry every time i read this thread. Because i know so well what youre all going through. The times ive had it ive thought i was the only person in the world & maybe i was just really weak. Its so good to know if it strikes me this time Im not alone.
6w tomorrow and no sickness! Yesterday morn had nausea & the dreaded heightened smell but it only lasted a couple hours! Weird! I know it could still strike any time. But hoping starting zofran and b6 the day i got my bfp is at least keeping it at bay a bit longer.
Hope youre all doing ok & nearing the end of your HG days!

 

[rachw16]

wow I felt like crying reading all those posts (havnt been online in a while)
1Timer29 - I know EXACTLY how you feel, I felt so alone and depressed I was just desperate to talk to someone that would understand how I felt. Were all here to listen when your having a bad day!
Livsmom I have finally found relief from the saliva!! its short term but see's me through when I have to be around other people. sucking polo's, I wasnt able to stomach them for months but thought i'd give it a go a couple of weeks ago and it's amazing the difference. no more sleeping with a towel for me haha. Also I saw the consultant and he gave me a drug called atropine which is to stop saliva, he said he is very very clever which is why he new this lol. anyway I took it for 2 days and it seemed to dry up everything else except my saliva glands so I stopped taking it as it made me feel ill. it worked for the 2 other women he'd prescribed it for tho.
Im nearly 28 weeks not long now!! only one 1 ondansetron a day now yay and my strength has slowly gotten better I still ache and cant go for long tho. so my guess it was the cyclizine that was weakening my muscles. hows your sickness doing? I had crazy dreams at the start to how strange, I think it was all the drugs I as on tho making my mind doo-lally.
and I know what you mean about drinking lemonade!! I tried it around 25weeks and thought it was brilliant not having to sip water. even been able to drink milk recently now aswel.
So it can get better ladies I never thought i'd see this day.
congrats Micha2

 

[Livsmom]

wow I felt like crying reading all those posts (havnt been online in a while)
1Timer29 - I know EXACTLY how you feel, I felt so alone and depressed I was just desperate to talk to someone that would understand how I felt. Were all here to listen when your having a bad day!
Livsmom I have finally found relief from the saliva!! its short term but see's me through when I have to be around other people. sucking polo's, I wasnt able to stomach them for months but thought i'd give it a go a couple of weeks ago and it's amazing the difference. no more sleeping with a towel for me haha. Also I saw the consultant and he gave me a drug called atropine which is to stop saliva, he said he is very very clever which is why he new this lol. anyway I took it for 2 days and it seemed to dry up everything else except my saliva glands so I stopped taking it as it made me feel ill. it worked for the 2 other women he'd prescribed it for tho.
Im nearly 28 weeks not long now!! only one 1 ondansetron a day now yay and my strength has slowly gotten better I still ache and cant go for long tho. so my guess it was the cyclizine that was weakening my muscles. hows your sickness doing? I had crazy dreams at the start to how strange, I think it was all the drugs I as on tho making my mind doo-lally.
and I know what you mean about drinking lemonade!! I tried it around 25weeks and thought it was brilliant not having to sip water. even been able to drink milk recently now aswel.
So it can get better ladies I never thought i'd see this day.
congrats Micha2

I am going to write that medicine down! The saliva one. I am better for sure...am 13 weeks now. But I still spit constantly and suck on mints most of every day. So sick of mints! At least I stopped wishing I would die in my sleep. LOL. Unfortunately, I feel better when I eat something. No saliva then so I have gained 10 lbs in 13 weeks!!! I really don't care though as long as I survive. Glad you are feeling better...gives me some hope!! Congrats on being almost done.

 

[Beccaboop]

I feel so depressed!! im 13 weeks now and just been back in hospital for the 3rs time cos i couldnt stop being sick or keep water down!! Im taking a domperidone now but i still feel really sick i dont think these are going to work either ive already tried stemitil, cyclezine, metroclopromide and nothing has worked metroclopromide worked for a week or so then they stop working and im sick for 2 days again and end up back in hospital! I dont know what to do anymore!! I dont think anyone cares!! Not even the hospital last time i was in (thursday night) i spent 6 hours in a&e then went on the ward but they didnt do anything not even put me on a drip like they did the first 2 times!!

 

[Loompylooloo]

Hi ladies
I just came out of hospital today after 2 nights. Spent all day Saturday being sick. Every half hour or so and my 9pm was unbearable. Called hospital midwives office who told me they could do nothing for me as I was under 12 weeks. I said I had hyperemesis and the woman said " is that high blood pressure?". I couldn't believe it! Called out hours GP and got appt at 10.20pm and dr looked at urine sample which had ++++ ketones in and said I had to be admitted. I have to say I felt like death warmed up. I had 2 go to another hospital where I got a bed at 3am was put on a drip and had a cyclizine injection. I wasn't sick again after the injection. Over the next 2 days I had 5 drips, cyclizine, metoclopramide, thiamine tablets, ranitidine and prochloperazine. I stopped feeling sick and was a little nauseous but was ale to eat. I was so hungry and managed to eat a whole bowl of cornflakes for breakfast. It was amazing. I have eaten so much now that I don't feel sick. I'm also not dribbling as much!
I have been sent home with cyclizine (3 times a day), ranitidine for acid (twice a day), metoclopramide (3 times a day) and thiamine (once a a day). I asked when I should stop taking them and the dr said I could try and wean myself off at some point and if the symptoms came back, then start taking the, again. I am terrified I will feel awful again so am not looking forward to that. Going to speak to my GP and see what he suggests. I have to say that I feel really good this evening apart from tired. I would ask your GPs about the combination I have.
I feel so sorry for you all and I hope you find some meds that keep the evil hg at bay. I hope mine stays away now as that was more than enough for me. 20+ times being sick is enough for a lifetime!
Keep smiling ladies!
C

 

[1Timer29]

Hi ladies
I just came out of hospital today after 2 nights. Spent all day Saturday being sick. Every half hour or so and my 9pm was unbearable. Called hospital midwives office who told me they could do nothing for me as I was under 12 weeks. I said I had hyperemesis and the woman said " is that high blood pressure?". I couldn't believe it! Called out hours GP and got appt at 10.20pm and dr looked at urine sample which had ++++ ketones in and said I had to be admitted. I have to say I felt like death warmed up. I had 2 go to another hospital where I got a bed at 3am was put on a drip and had a cyclizine injection. I wasn't sick again after the injection. Over the next 2 days I had 5 drips, cyclizine, metoclopramide, thiamine tablets, ranitidine and prochloperazine. I stopped feeling sick and was a little nauseous but was ale to eat. I was so hungry and managed to eat a whole bowl of cornflakes for breakfast. It was amazing. I have eaten so much now that I don't feel sick. I'm also not dribbling as much!
I have been sent home with cyclizine (3 times a day), ranitidine for acid (twice a day), metoclopramide (3 times a day) and thiamine (once a a day). I asked when I should stop taking them and the dr said I could try and wean myself off at some point and if the symptoms came back, then start taking the, again. I am terrified I will feel awful again so am not looking forward to that. Going to speak to my GP and see what he suggests. I have to say that I feel really good this evening apart from tired. I would ask your GPs about the combination I have.
I feel so sorry for you all and I hope you find some meds that keep the evil hg at bay. I hope mine stays away now as that was more than enough for me. 20+ times being sick is enough for a lifetime!
Keep smiling ladies!
C

This sounds like me. I had to switch docs because my first doc just kept saying that it was normal moring sickness. When I went to the second doc, she checked my ketones and sent me to the hospital for 2 nights right away. I was released on home drips and a host of medications. When I started to feel better, I stopped the drip, lowered the dose of one medication and stopped taking another. big mistake! I relapsed! Now I am feeling better again and I am taking it easy. I wean off one medication at a time and wait at least 2 weeks to make sure I am doing fine without it. All I have to say is wean slowly. I still have a few more weeks but hopefully I will be medication free before my thrird trimester!

Hang in there ladies. Get a doc that listens to you. Try all the meds until a combo works for you and most of all try to stay positive. That was the hardest part for me.

 

[Firef1y72]

Hiya, can I join you all?
I'm near enough 6 weeks right now and waiting for the hyperemesis to kick in after having suffered from it during my 5 previous pregnancies. So far I'm being sick a couple of times a day, but nauseous all day every day with the heightened sense of smell that makes my stomach churn over the most everyday of odours. Cream cheese seems to be the thing that sets me off atm, and yet my 2.5yo loves it.

Saw my GP at the beginning of the week and am on Buccastem M which does ease the nausea just about enough so I can eat, but if I follow my usual pattern I'll start deteriorating within the next week.

 

[Loompylooloo]

Hiya, can I join you all?
I'm near enough 6 weeks right now and waiting for the hyperemesis to kick in after having suffered from it during my 5 previous pregnancies. So far I'm being sick a couple of times a day, but nauseous all day every day with the heightened sense of smell that makes my stomach churn over the most everyday of odours. Cream cheese seems to be the thing that sets me off atm, and yet my 2.5yo loves it.

Saw my GP at the beginning of the week and am on Buccastem M which does ease the nausea just about enough so I can eat, but if I follow my usual pattern I'll start deteriorating within the next week.

I hope you find something to sort you out! Isn't it odd how certain smells set us off! My crazy sense of smell has calmed down a bit. I stopped my cyclizine as I felt so drugged and that was fine and now I am trying to stop the Metaclopramide but I feel a bit yucky today but think it could just be tidiness as I tried to do things today like I did before the hg kicked in and I am shattered!
Anyway, hope you are all getting some relief!
C