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seedjar
Let's positive thinking!
Well, I hate to pry, but why are you throwing up? If something is causing you to throw up regularly, you really need to consult a doctor. Vomiting tends to drain you of fluids and electrolytes, not to mention depriving you of any nutrition that might've been derived from what was in your stomach. It's also just very strenuous - it takes a lot of muscle power to push things out of your body. So, I'd guess what you're feeling is a mixture of exhaustion and dehydration. If you're vomiting regularly, then malnourishment may have something to do with it too.
After you throw up, make sure to drink lots of fluids; water is good, but you also lose various soluable minerals and electrolytes that make up your digestive fluids, so something with sodium and potassium (like Gatorade or other sports drinks) is much better. If that isn't handy, try a multivitamin or some bananas with plenty of water - if you can stomach them. Don't force yourself to eat much until your stomach has settled; one of the worst things you can do for chronic nausea is to keep putting things back in when you can't keep them down.
Take care,
~Joe
After you throw up, make sure to drink lots of fluids; water is good, but you also lose various soluable minerals and electrolytes that make up your digestive fluids, so something with sodium and potassium (like Gatorade or other sports drinks) is much better. If that isn't handy, try a multivitamin or some bananas with plenty of water - if you can stomach them. Don't force yourself to eat much until your stomach has settled; one of the worst things you can do for chronic nausea is to keep putting things back in when you can't keep them down.
Take care,
~Joe
Clint
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seedjar
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Good to hear Clint. Throwing up is awful. I wish it were easier for me to throw up when I need to; my body absolutely refuses to throw up until it's totally necessary. About the only thing that can make me throw up is bad chicken/eggs, and even then it takes about two to four days of indigestion, headaches and flu-like symptoms before my stomach gives in. I try all sorts of things - drinking water, wretching, even hitting myself in the gut - but I always just end up waiting it out. Horrible.
~Joe
~Joe
[b said:
Tried ipecac or any other vomit-inducers? I know that ipecac is for more serious situtions when you need to reeeeally empty out your stomach good, but there might be less extreme ones (or a lower dose might do it.) When it's a matter of inducing vomiting or ending up with food posioning or something, I'd rather not wait it out.
seedjar
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BigCarnivourKid
It's been one of dem days
[b said:
Yeah, it's pretty harsh stuff made especially for the more unpleasant/life threatening situtions where you ingested something that you really shouldn't have. I'd be interested to know if there were any alternatives that're less extreme- I'll have to do some reading!
Since you say the taste/memory stays with you for so long- at that point I'd probably rather just die an agonizing death as my insideres burned, fizzled, and eventually exploded in an "umpf" of finality.
