Posts by Linda Mendoza4

For example, if you take an Immigrant on schedule, or maybe some kind of antiemetic, Benadryl (an allergy med) is available over the counter—it’ll make you drowsy, but you have to be careful about mixing it with other stuff; it honestly saved my life once.

That’s definitely not how it works, especially when you start combining them. An Immigrant is a serotonin agonist, whereas antiemetics act as antagonists. That’s actually why headaches are such a common side effect when using antiemetics in the first place. My take is that you could take Benadryl to stop the nausea, but you’ll just end up with a worse headache. Doctors would never prescribe that combination for a reason.

I’ve only gone through it three times in my life, thank God, but I can tell you right now that it is hands down the most intense pain I have ever experienced. Dealing with work stress on top of all that is just brutal. Honestly, the pain was so overwhelming I couldn't even keep my eyes open, let alone deal with the constant nausea...