how easily did your GP give you anti-nausea meds?

catrionanic

So I'm just shy of 15 weeks and still feeling sick all the time. My mood has been really low - I'm kind of depressed if I'm honest. I'm unable to see any positives in being pregnant or becoming a mother, and am regretting this decision to get pregnant (which makes me feel so guilty). I'm so low that I haven't socialised with friends in months, and I'm usually super sociable - instead, I come home from work and lie on the sofa and wallow. Most nights I go to bed at 8 or 9 just to get the day over with. It's been this way for 8 weeks now.

I'm going to see my GP on Thursday and beg her for anti-nausea meds. I'm not actually vomiting though - I'm able to eat plenty and am gaining weight. I'm worried that because I'm not vomiting, she won't prescribe any. And that I'll have to spend even more of this pregnancy feeling miserable and crappy and hating every minute of it.

Do I need to big up how horrible I'm feeling? The depression? Should I let on that I'm actually vomiting? I don't feel right lying, but I feel like I'm at my wit's end here and can't cope with this for much longer.

Toots

Be honest and tell her how you're feeling, including the depression. Post natal depression is fairly well known, but depression while pregnant is a lot more common than people think.

If she gives you the brush off, I'd be inclined to get in touch with your hospital and see will they do anything for you.

Keane2baMused

Only your hospital consultant can prescribe you anti-nausea meds in pregnancy.

I had hypermesis and was put on cariban.

Go to your GP and tell her how you feel. You don't have to suffer feeling low and sick. You don't say what hospital you have registered under but there are mental health teams within maternity care units that can help.

LirW

Keane2baMused wrote: »

Only your hospital consultant can prescribe you anti-nausea meds in pregnancy.

I had hypermesis and was put on cariban.

Go to your GP and tell her how you feel. You don't have to suffer feeling low and sick. You don't say what hospital you have registered under but there are mental health teams within maternity care units that can help.

Same for me, Hyperemesis and got Cariban, I couldn't do without but they can only prescribe them in Hospital, got them when I had to go in for a drip.

Personally I'd probably get in touch with your hospital straight away.

Best of luck!

catrionanic

Really?! The midwife at the hospital told me to see my GP to get something prescribed. Why can't the GPs prescribe it? They can up north

Dolbert

I don't have any experience of anti-nausea meds, but you absolutely need to tell your GP about how you've been feeling. It sounds like textbook pre-natal depression and it's so manageable if you get help.

Keane2baMused

catrionanic wrote: »

Really?! The midwife at the hospital told me to see my GP to get something prescribed. Why can't the GPs prescribe it? They can up north

They're just not prescribed by GP's here a consultant must sign off on it. The likes of cariban should only be taken if absolutely necessary which is why am obstetrician needs to review it first.

catrionanic

And on American pregnancy forums, every other person seems to be taking zofran or diceglis.

I've a few friends in the uk who are pregnant and their GPs gave them meds no bother.

I'm feeling even more miserable and hopeless now. Can't stop crying. I was hoping that it might all end after seeing my GP on Thursday

Keane2baMused

catrionanic wrote: »

And on American pregnancy forums, every other person seems to be taking zofran or diceglis.

I've a few friends in the uk who are pregnant and their GPs gave them meds no bother.

I'm feeling even more miserable and hopeless now. Can't stop crying. I was hoping that it might all end after seeing my GP on Thursday

Why don't you visit the emergency room of your maternity hospital? There is no shame in how you are feeling. They will help you.

catrionanic

Keane2baMused wrote: »

Why don't you visit the emergency room of your maternity hospital? There is no shame in how you are feeling. They will help you.

Thanks, but It's far from an emergency. They have much more important things to be dealing with there

LirW

Ask your GP if he can give you a letter that states your circumstances, addressed to the ER of your hospital. This is what mine did, they took it seriously and helped me out.

LirW

catrionanic wrote: »

Thanks, but It's far from an emergency. They have much more important things to be dealing with there

This is what they're there for; you've reached the point where it's not funny anymore for you and you start to re-think your decision. Tbh this is more of an emergency than some women I've seen last time, coming in because they throw up once in the morning. Don't be scared and take your well-being as top priority!

fits

I have to say I felt very low at the peak of the nausea as well. To the extent that it would put me off going through it again. Definitely see your doctors and tell them how you are feeling. You dont have to feel like this.

Lucyfur

You poor thing I was given stemetil while I was in hospital but I was never prescribed anything to take home. Please please have the depression address. You don't need to lie or big anything up. I would hope any doctor would be sympathetic and supportive.

Keane2baMused

catrionanic wrote: »

Thanks, but It's far from an emergency. They have much more important things to be dealing with there

No, this is important. You're important. Go get that help girl.

Moonbeam

Keane2baMused wrote: »

Only your hospital consultant can prescribe you anti-nausea meds in pregnancy.

I had hypermesis and was put on cariban.

Go to your GP and tell her how you feel. You don't have to suffer feeling low and sick. You don't say what hospital you have registered under but there are mental health teams within maternity care units that can help.

I had hypermeesis and the GP prescribed the anti nausea meds.
The consultant mostly said "talk to your gp about that" .
They didn't work for me and I spent 38 weeks sick.

Moonbeam

Don't be afraid to talk to your GP ,they should be able to help.

Keane2baMused

Moonbeam wrote: »

I had hypermeesis and the GP prescribed the anti nausea meds.
The consultant mostly said "talk to your gp about that" .
They didn't work for me and I spent 38 weeks sick.

That's unusual I was told by both hospital and GP the consultant has to sign off on it.

mirrorwall14

I was nauseas and throwing up (once a day or so) until around 26 weeks and never got anything. However I was on Zantac from 12-28 weeks and then lanzol for the third trimester. TBH I reckon heartburn was a lot of the cause in my case

Keane2baMused

mirrorwall14 wrote: »

I was nauseas and throwing up (once a day or so) until around 26 weeks and never got anything. However I was on Zantac from 12-28 weeks and then lanzol for the third trimester. TBH I reckon heartburn was a lot of the cause in my case

This definitely doesn't help. I was on omeprazole for the reflux also as every time I had to stoop I would get sick.

Gp can definitely prescribe this during pregnancy it's worth asking if you need OPme

mirrorwall14

Keane2baMused wrote: »

This definitely doesn't help. I was on omeprazole for the reflux also as every time I had to stoop I would get sick.

Gp can definitely prescribe this during pregnancy it's worth asking if you need OPme

Actually you are right lanzol is what I was on after, omeprazole as the actual drug. Keane when did you start it? By the time I begged the doc I was slugging gaviscon on top of the Zantac and I can't go through that again.

OP there is help. Into the emergency room or ring hospital and book an appointment in the morning. Tell them exactly what you say here and let the professionals deal with it. Don't be fobbed off

ally_pally

I'm afraid I've no advice regarding anti nausea medication but please tell your GP how you're feeling. There is no reason whatsoever to hide this and there is so much help available to help you through this time. Please don't keep suffering in silence and talk to your GP.

moving_home

Moonbeam wrote: »

I had hypermeesis and the GP prescribed the anti nausea meds.
The consultant mostly said "talk to your gp about that" .
They didn't work for me and I spent 38 weeks sick.

Moonbeam you have a few kids don't you? Did you have HG on all pregnancies?

Moonbeam

Only on the 1st, on the 2nd I was sick and nauseous the whole time but only sick about 3/4 times a day (girls).
The 3rd was a boy,I was sick once but my poor hips barely made it through!!
My 4th was also a girl and I was sick quite a bit but by then I was used to the nausea and vomiting and the tiredness and sickness and had 3 others to look after. I wasn't working by then either so no commuting.
I didn't realise at the time how bad my 1st pregnancy was until subsequent ones.

On the bright side my labour times on 2,3 and 4 were officially under 34 minutes with the last being written as 3:)

moving_home

Moonbeam wrote: »

Only on the 1st, on the 2nd I was sick and nauseous the whole time but only sick about 3/4 times a day (girls).
The 3rd was a boy,I was sick once but my poor hips barely made it through!!
My 4th was also a girl and I was sick quite a bit but by then I was used to the nausea and vomiting and the tiredness and sickness and had 3 others to look after. I wasn't working by then either so no commuting.
I didn't realise at the time how bad my 1st pregnancy was until subsequent ones.

On the bright side my labour times on 2,3 and 4 were officially under 34 minutes with the last being written as 3:)

Thank you so much for the hope!!!!!!

Keane2baMused

mirrorwall14 wrote: »

Actually you are right lanzol is what I was on after, omeprazole as the actual drug. Keane when did you start it? By the time I begged the doc I was slugging gaviscon on top of the Zantac and I can't go through that again.

OP there is help. Into the emergency room or ring hospital and book an appointment in the morning. Tell them exactly what you say here and let the professionals deal with it. Don't be fobbed off

I started it at around 13 weeks pregnant I think! Could have done with it sooner though it was brutal.

catrionanic

Thanks for all the support, girls. There really is the most lovely, caring, understanding group of women on this board.

So I went to my GP yesterday and told her how I was feeling. She was really nice and she prescribed me Cariban (!) and asked if I wanted antidepressants too (I have a history of depression). I decided to see how the Cariban goes, and have ordered it from the pharmacy. She wants to see me back in two weeks.

Just being listened to, rather than fobbed off and told to suck it up in the way that most women I know have told me to, really helped. I'm in a position where I'm the only one of my friends who is married and having a baby, so I mainly have older aunts and work colleagues to talk to about it, who were pregnant years ago and don't remember how horrible it was! Glad my GP listened.

Keane2baMused

catrionanic wrote: »

Thanks for all the support, girls. There really is the most lovely, caring, understanding group of women on this board.

So I went to my GP yesterday and told her how I was feeling. She was really nice and she prescribed me Cariban (!) and asked if I wanted antidepressants too (I have a history of depression). I decided to see how the Cariban goes, and have ordered it from the pharmacy. She wants to see me back in two weeks.

Just being listened to, rather than fobbed off and told to suck it up in the way that most women I know have told me to, really helped. I'm in a position where I'm the only one of my friends who is married and having a baby, so I mainly have older aunts and work colleagues to talk to about it, who were pregnant years ago and don't remember how horrible it was! Glad my GP listened.

Delighted for you! They must be relaxing on the rules for prescribing. Only right too.

I really hope you start to feel better

moving_home

catrionanic wrote: »

Thanks for all the support, girls. There really is the most lovely, caring, understanding group of women on this board.

So I went to my GP yesterday and told her how I was feeling. She was really nice and she prescribed me Cariban (!) and asked if I wanted antidepressants too (I have a history of depression). I decided to see how the Cariban goes, and have ordered it from the pharmacy. She wants to see me back in two weeks.

Just being listened to, rather than fobbed off and told to suck it up in the way that most women I know have told me to, really helped. I'm in a position where I'm the only one of my friends who is married and having a baby, so I mainly have older aunts and work colleagues to talk to about it, who were pregnant years ago and don't remember how horrible it was! Glad my GP listened.

That's great news. I'm delighted for you. However I'm so pissed off that I begged and begged for cariban for HG but because I'm in a rural area they are bloody backwards and never heard of it so I couldn't get it.

s4uv3

moving_home wrote: »

That's great news. I'm delighted for you. However I'm so pissed off that I begged and begged for cariban for HG but because I'm in a rural area they are bloody backwards and never heard of it so I couldn't get it.

That's no excuse. I work in a rural pharmacy, and we have the same access to meds, info, and services as any city. Same goes for doctors and consultants, if they haven't heard of it it's because they haven't bothered to do the research :rolleyes:

moving_home

s4uv3 wrote: »

That's no excuse. I work in a rural pharmacy, and we have the same access to meds, info, and services as any city. Same goes for doctors and consultants, if they haven't heard of it it's because they haven't bothered to do the research :rolleyes:

I tried to get the consultant, 2 or 3 gp's and a pharmacist to look into it for me and got nowhere. I was so ill and vulnerable that I pushed as hard as I was capable of and they wouldn't listen

s4uv3

moving_home wrote: »

I tried to get the consultant, 2 or 3 gp's and a pharmacist to look into it for me and got nowhere. I was so ill and vulnerable that I pushed as hard as I was capable of and they wouldn't listen

Christ that's awful treatment
Even if you'd been given a realistic answer as to why they thought it unsuitable, but that's just bad form.

Moonbeam

I am delighted for you So glad that you were listened to .

moving_home

s4uv3 wrote: »

Christ that's awful treatment
Even if you'd been given a realistic answer as to why they thought it unsuitable, but that's just bad form.

Ya it's ****e. Just feel like it's so unfair as I would have access to better medical care if I was based anywhere else. They wouldn't give me anything until 13 weeks. And I was very sick - multiple admissions for fluids, puking 20 times a day, puking blood, losing weight, not functioning at all.

Sciencemaster

Hi, you poor thing, nothing worse than the nausea, have you tried any homeopathic medicines for the nausea, very safe to use during pregnancy and very effective. If you go to a decent health food shop or some pharmacies, they keep them, if you are in Dublin, Down to Earth will be able to help you find the one suitable for you. If its really bad consider getting a consultation from a homeopath.

rainbow kirby

Sciencemaster... homeopathy... Does not compute :pac:

How the hell do you expect water to help someone's severe nausea?

lazygal

Sciencemaster wrote: »

Hi, you poor thing, nothing worse than the nausea, have you tried any homeopathic medicines for the nausea, very safe to use during pregnancy and very effective. If you go to a decent health food shop or some pharmacies, they keep them, if you are in Dublin, Down to Earth will be able to help you find the one suitable for you. If its really bad consider getting a consultation from a homeopath.

Homeopathic "remedies" are at best useless and at worst completely unregulated. Steer well clear from them, OP.

Sciencemaster

A. its not water!!.
B. Homeopathic medicines do work and are used world wide.
C. What right do you have to criticise or question what name I choose for ID purposes on this forum. You know nothing about me or my credentials, nor do i know that of anyone else on this forum. I made a comment to help someone, if anyone wants more info they can private message me.

lazygal

Sciencemaster wrote: »

A. its not water!!.
B. Homeopathic medicines do work and are used world wide.
C. What right do you have to criticise or question what name I choose for ID purposes on this forum. You know nothing about me or my credentials, nor do i know that of anyone else on this forum. I made a comment to help someone, if anyone wants more info they can private message me.

If 'homeopathic medicines' worked they'd be called 'medicine'. It is a completely made-up pseudoscience without any evidence at all.

Please post your peer-reviewed scienfitic data on how 'homeopathic medicines' work. Are you someone who 'practices' as a homeopath by any chance?

rainbow kirby

Sciencemaster wrote: »

A. its not water!!.
B. Homeopathic medicines do work and are used world wide.
C. What right do you have to criticise or question what name I choose for ID purposes on this forum.

A homeopathic solution of 6c potency contains 1 molecule of the solute to 10^12 molecules of water. Purified water for laboratory purposes contains more impurities than that. :rolleyes:

I have every right to find it funny when people choose a name implying scientific knowledge and then come out with the most blatantly unscientific rubbish.

Sciencemaster

it all comes down to opinion, preference, etc. personally i would use at least 30c. I am not going to get into a debate on this forum. There are plenty of sites where you can get good solid scientific studies as to the benefits and use of homeopathy for both animals and people.

ally_pally

Sciencemaster wrote: »

it all comes down to opinion

With all due respect, no it doesn't. It comes down to fact and what is scientifically proven to work and, regardless of what you say, homeopathy is shown time after time after time to be absolute hokum.

lazygal

Sciencemaster wrote: »

it all comes down to opinion, preference, etc. personally i would use at least 30c. I am not going to get into a debate on this forum. There are plenty of sites where you can get good solid scientific studies as to the benefits and use of homeopathy for both animals and people.

Opinion is fine, but not if you're peddling "homeopathic medicine". I want facts and considered opinions with actual evidence when I'm looking for medicine.

Can you link to independent peer reviewed studies on those sites?

Orion

Let's drop the homeopathy discussion and get back on topic please. The op wanted actual medicines from her doctors. That's what the thread is about.

Brioscai

If OP is in one of the three Dublin maternity hospitals, they all prescribe Cariban. Seems safer than Stemetil, Buccastem, Zofran/Ondansetron. They prescribe for Hyperemesis gravidarum, not nausea. If suffering from nausea without vomiting or significant weight loss, try eating before rising from bed (Crackers/oatcakes/bananas), don't eat and drink together; food 30mins before liquids, preggo pops may help, frozen drinks may help, sucking on glacier fruit type sweets may help, removing pregnancy multivitamins that are hard on stomach (instead just keep to folate) or iron, sea sickness accupuncture wrist bands might work, keeping blood sugars consistent through low GI diet may help.