I suffer from several chronic pain issues and have lately been suffering from a major flare of my pain and medical issues.
I've been noticing that when my pain is worse, I've also been experiencing quite a bit of nausea, which sometimes gets to the point of actual vomiting (not often, more often it's just the miserable nauseas feeling). I know it's not medication or withdrawal related, as my pain medication (or any other medication for that matter) has not changed - the only thing that HAS changed is that I'm experiencing this horrible flare up of symptoms. I've had this nausea situation in the past when my pain levels get higher (I typically, on a "normal/decent" day stay between 5-6 on the pain scale while medicated -- this flare has been keeping my pain levels more anywhere between 8-10 consistently with medication) -- however, it seems worse this time.
Does anyone else experience nausea and/or vomiting when their pain levels kind of "get out of control"?
I've also had a tough past couple of months with other health issues and was hospitalized for some of that about a month ago. I've been battling a very, very severe and stubborn multi anitibiotic resistant strep throat that went into severe bronchitis, which then developed into pneumonia. I'm still on a month-long round of antibiotics that finally seems to have cleared up the throat issues and is coming along with the lung issues.
I suppose it could be possible that the nausea is related to these other health issues, but I can definitely relate it to when my pain is more severe, so not totally convinced these other issues have anything to do with it.
I do have phenergan on hand to use if I need to for the nausea/vomiting and it does help - however, I try not to use it whenever possible because I simply have too many other medications that I HAVE to take so I try to avoid taking anything else whenever I can.
So, I guess this post is a combination question and poll:
1) Does anyone else experience nausea and/or vomiting when their pain is increased?
2) Does it sound likely that the other issues that I've been dealing with have anything to do with the nausea?
3) Other than the phenergan, does anyone have any suggestions I can try/use to help combat the nausea? I've tried gingerale, tea, saltine crackers, pepto.
Thanks for any and all advice/information.