I wake up nauseated and nearly HURL when I pop my a.m. Tegretol. The past few days, I began practicing what I did in the hospital, initially too many years ago to remember.
I took a dimenhydrinate tab. (generic Gravol) with my Tegretol & went back to bed until noon. Much better. So far, no Pepto. in nearly 24hrs. Yes, a record for me of late. When I first started the drug, I was ordered Gravol (dimenhydrinate) by my M.D. for the nausea. It does make you kind of drowsy--don't drive on this stuff! It worked then, and my M.D. said it's okay for me to take now too.
I just get this huge upper body "I'm gonna puke spasm" when I pop the Tegretol. I'm not sure if you experience this as well. I cannot eat when I take the meds. as everything will come back...so I just take them around 7 a.m. and roll over until noon. However, the "roll over until noon" policy is just me & the luxury I have of deleting mornings from my day. I realize that some people are required to be awake& busy during that most barbaric time of day!
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