Hello,
Recently Ive been having ALOT of heavy nausea but no vomiting. I am truly mortified of vomiting. I am taking magnesium and high B vitamins. I take even ginger Gravol (Dramamine) nearly every day now.
I am lost, what do I do
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keep a food /activity/location journal. track what you eat, what activities are you doing and when the nausea happens this may help you pinpoint what is contributing to it
is it worse after eating? (then try smaller servings )
is it worse first up in the morning?
is it better or worse after high protein meal
is it worse after exercise?
is it worse after a stressful day?
is it worse after not drinking enough water
etc etc look at every element of your day
is it worse after eating? (then try smaller servings )
is it worse first up in the morning?
is it better or worse after high protein meal
is it worse after exercise?
is it worse after a stressful day?
is it worse after not drinking enough water
etc etc look at every element of your day
Gabes Ryan
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"Anything that contradicts experience and logic should be abandoned"
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I second the suggestion to keep a food/reaction journal. I had that problem when I was recovering, but it was finally resolved when I tracked down and eliminated the last source of gluten, and my digestive system began to heal. Make doubly sure that your diet isn't being somehow cross-contaminated. The diarrhea never kept me from going to work — but the nausea certainly did — many times. In my case, the fact that it was worse in the mornings suggested that it may have been related to a chronic magnesium deficiency. Back in those days I didn't know anything about magnesium.
Another possibility is hypoglycemia. But the signs of low blood sugar usually include hunger, trembling, heart racing, and sweating, in addition to nausea.
Tex
Another possibility is hypoglycemia. But the signs of low blood sugar usually include hunger, trembling, heart racing, and sweating, in addition to nausea.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
Hi Joel,
I have also dealt with nausea as part of my LC. Like Tex, mine was most intense in the morning and it definitely interferes with life.
Things that helped me include eliminating soy, taking Zantac at bedtime, and acupuncture. (I was already gluten free and dairy free and still am). If my lower gut is acting up nausea will show up although milder and more briefly. Acupuncture was a powerful ally.
Meclizine (Bonine) is also helpful. You probably find it next to the Dramamine.
Good luck
Carol
I have also dealt with nausea as part of my LC. Like Tex, mine was most intense in the morning and it definitely interferes with life.
Things that helped me include eliminating soy, taking Zantac at bedtime, and acupuncture. (I was already gluten free and dairy free and still am). If my lower gut is acting up nausea will show up although milder and more briefly. Acupuncture was a powerful ally.
Meclizine (Bonine) is also helpful. You probably find it next to the Dramamine.
Good luck
Carol
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Hi Monique,
I take 300 mg of Doctors' Best magnesium glycinate, 1 tablet with (or after) each meal. I avoid taking it at bedtime, because I don't eat after a few hours before bedtime.
I had to throttle back from a higher dose because my kidney function was compromised by an allergic reaction to Bactrim a few years ago, and if I took a higher dose, I had a heart arrhythmia because my kidneys were unable to remove the excess magnesium from my blood, so my blood level of magnesium got too high, sometimes. (I was taking 500 mg).
I'm currently waiting on the test results of an RBC magnesium test that was part of a blood draw I had yesterday. When I get the results I'll know whether 300 mg is sufficient for me, or if I should be taking more. I suppose the hospital had to send the sample to another lab, because they posted my other results yesterday afternoon, but not the magnesium result. My kidneys (for the first time since that adverse event), finally show to be functioning normally again, thank goodness.
Love,
Tex
I take 300 mg of Doctors' Best magnesium glycinate, 1 tablet with (or after) each meal. I avoid taking it at bedtime, because I don't eat after a few hours before bedtime.
I had to throttle back from a higher dose because my kidney function was compromised by an allergic reaction to Bactrim a few years ago, and if I took a higher dose, I had a heart arrhythmia because my kidneys were unable to remove the excess magnesium from my blood, so my blood level of magnesium got too high, sometimes. (I was taking 500 mg).
I'm currently waiting on the test results of an RBC magnesium test that was part of a blood draw I had yesterday. When I get the results I'll know whether 300 mg is sufficient for me, or if I should be taking more. I suppose the hospital had to send the sample to another lab, because they posted my other results yesterday afternoon, but not the magnesium result. My kidneys (for the first time since that adverse event), finally show to be functioning normally again, thank goodness.
Love,
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
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Joonas --- I tried ginger tea many times and it never helped me.... Never tried peppermint oil caps. Only tried peppermint tea. Didn't help either. Pepto bismol is the only thing that helps me.... I do it like 3 or 4 times a day for a few days when I flare and that's the only thing that has been effective for me.
Monique
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Diagnosed 2011 with LC. Currently on Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN)
I could never get ginger or peppermint to help me. The only thing that seems to be a winner is No Dairy and getting good VitD3 (which we all know it takes a certain amount of Magnesium in order to absorb properly).
The VitD may need to be 10,000 UI right now Joonas along with your Magnesium which total daily amount may need to be anywhere from 500-800 mg a day and you could spread that out with tablet and lotion form throughout the day. I have read often from Tex that higher levels of VitD will help with nausea.
The VitD may need to be 10,000 UI right now Joonas along with your Magnesium which total daily amount may need to be anywhere from 500-800 mg a day and you could spread that out with tablet and lotion form throughout the day. I have read often from Tex that higher levels of VitD will help with nausea.
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Tex ---- You take the chelate type of mag or just regular glycinate?
Is this the one? https://www.amazon.com/Doctors-Best-Abs ... op?ie=UTF8
Thanks,
Monique
Is this the one? https://www.amazon.com/Doctors-Best-Abs ... op?ie=UTF8
Thanks,
Monique
Diagnosed 2011 with LC. Currently on Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN)
OK, here is the result of my RBC magnesium test from a blood draw last Monday:
Magnesium, RBC ........ 2.6mmol/L ........ Standard Range ........ 1.5–3.1 mmol/l
This is 6.3 mg/dL.
Interestingly the normal range used by this lab is (when converted from 1.5–3.1 mmol/l) 3.65–7.54, which not only meets the claims made by Dr. Carolyn Dean, but exceeds them significantly, even on the upper end. Dr.Dean recommends a minimum of 6.0–6.5 mg/mL.
I'll post this in a separate post since this is rather noteworthy that my magesium level should be so high despite the fact that I'm only taking 300 mg of magnesium glycinate and my ability to absorb magnesium has to compromised significantly/severly by the fact that my colon and part of my terminal ileum is missing. (Unlike other nutrients, a high percentage of magnesium is normally absorbed in the terminal ileum and the colon).
At any rate, in light of these results, it's not surprising that I developed an arrhythmia when I was taking 500–600 mg of magnesium. That was way too much magnesium.
Tex
Magnesium, RBC ........ 2.6mmol/L ........ Standard Range ........ 1.5–3.1 mmol/l
This is 6.3 mg/dL.
Interestingly the normal range used by this lab is (when converted from 1.5–3.1 mmol/l) 3.65–7.54, which not only meets the claims made by Dr. Carolyn Dean, but exceeds them significantly, even on the upper end. Dr.Dean recommends a minimum of 6.0–6.5 mg/mL.
I'll post this in a separate post since this is rather noteworthy that my magesium level should be so high despite the fact that I'm only taking 300 mg of magnesium glycinate and my ability to absorb magnesium has to compromised significantly/severly by the fact that my colon and part of my terminal ileum is missing. (Unlike other nutrients, a high percentage of magnesium is normally absorbed in the terminal ileum and the colon).
At any rate, in light of these results, it's not surprising that I developed an arrhythmia when I was taking 500–600 mg of magnesium. That was way too much magnesium.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.