How To Cope With Nausea

I feel sick all the time, but usually when I'm lying down, or first thing in a morning, or in the evening.. Yes, basically all the time. I have no idea why, doctors don't know why and I've just given up trying to get to the root cause! However, over the last few years, I have collected a few handy ways in which I deal with nausea..

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Do You Identify As Disabled?

I often feel that I have to justify my medical needs more than some other people, because mine isn't recognised anywhere by anyone! I always find myself thinking that no one has even heard of it, unless they personally know someone with it.

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How To Cope With The Dry Mouth Side Effect

I recently posted a picture on my instagram of a pile of Salivix boxes on my bed. Salivix are some sweets that help stimulate saliva and I think they're actually recommended for cancer patients. No one had heard of them, but plenty of people were struggling along with the dry mouth side effect of medication.

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My Chronic Pain Story Part Two: My First Week Of Trigeminal Neuralgia

Then my entire face went numb.

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My Chronic Pain Story Part One: What It Feels Like To Get Trigeminal Neuralgia

Unfortunately this isn't a travel blog post, this is the story of my suicide disease. I'm going to start at the second to last day of our holiday, when I realised that my teeth were starting to hurt a bit.

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How To Prepare To Come Off Medication: What To Do Before You Stop

I have recently stopped Amitriptyline and reduced my Pregabalin down to 25mg twice daily, which soon I'll be stopping completely. Whenever I reduce a dose in medication, the side effects hit me hard and I feel very unwell for around five days every day, before I start to see any improvements. I'm getting pretty good at withdrawing from medication now, so I have a little system for whenever this is about to happen.

This is how I do my drug withdrawal week!

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Doing Things Differently: Why I Brush My Teeth At Strange Times

I see why you're supposed to brush your teeth morning and night. I love the fresh feeling in the morning and it definitely is good to give your teeth a good clean at the end of the day, but it's okay to do things a little differently.

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