Just threw up after working out! Still feel sick! Help
cherdan
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So, I have been dealing with a wicked recurring sinus/respiratory infection for the last 2 months, and today I began taking an albuterol inhaler and am back on antibiotics (doxycycline) , in addition to my allergy medication. It is my first time using albuterol. Tonight, I did my usual hour-long power walk, but much later (around 10 pm) as the albuterol makes me really hyper and I felt restless. Upon returning home, I still felt very hyper/energized, so I did 30 mins (well, more like 20, minus the commericals) of strength training, with a workout program on tv. It was probably the first time I did any kind of strength training in at least 2-3 years, the last time being when I took a Pilates class.
I was worked by the end of it, and I suddenly became overwhelmed with a feeling of complete *nausea*, and slightly dizzy. Basically, I felt like I drank a bottle of whiskey and I had the compulsion to PUKE. While showering, I forced myself to throw up, because I had to get this feeling out. 10 minutes later, I feel slightly better, but still nauseous.
Is my body reacting to the reintroduction of strength training, did I do too much today, or is it all the medications I started? (Or, a combination of the three?)
I generally am at 1,500 cals a day, I drink a ton of water, and I did not drink alcohol today. I did have a Vicodin earlier, when my stomach was hurting. Anyone else on albuterol? It makes me feel icky and I think it may be the culprit. Antibiotics usually don't seem to bother me.
I was worked by the end of it, and I suddenly became overwhelmed with a feeling of complete *nausea*, and slightly dizzy. Basically, I felt like I drank a bottle of whiskey and I had the compulsion to PUKE. While showering, I forced myself to throw up, because I had to get this feeling out. 10 minutes later, I feel slightly better, but still nauseous.
Is my body reacting to the reintroduction of strength training, did I do too much today, or is it all the medications I started? (Or, a combination of the three?)
I generally am at 1,500 cals a day, I drink a ton of water, and I did not drink alcohol today. I did have a Vicodin earlier, when my stomach was hurting. Anyone else on albuterol? It makes me feel icky and I think it may be the culprit. Antibiotics usually don't seem to bother me.
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Antibiotics can make you sick to your stomach and I'm guessing the workout didn't help. Your body is trying to heal itself, you're introducing drugs into your system and you worked out harder than usual.
It sounds like you need to slow down until you feel better. But if it doesn't go away in a couple hours or so, I'd call the doctor.0 -
you must have just pushed yourself a little too hard, i get like that too so dont panic just make sure whilst exercising your drink sips of water as you do it, be proud of yourself for your workout. just in the future if you feel as bad take a 2 min break drink some water and carry on. eventually the workout will be too easy for you
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I take albuterol but it doesn't make me feel sick nor hyper.0
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Sounds like you've got a lot going on with medications and illness so it could be any combination of them, but I cannot take Vicodin because they make me nauseous. Do you have ONE doctor that is aware of all the medications you are currently taking? Is he/she aware of your exercise routine?0
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I just have to ask...Vicodin for a stomach ache? Really? Seems a bit extreme.0
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I just saw her today, and she prescribes me all the aforementioned medications. Today she wrote me scrips for the inhaler, antibiotic and Singulair (which I will not be taking, because there is a possibility of weight gain). I was on two allergy medications, but she told me to cut out one, which I just did. She knows I am on a weight loss regiment, but we haven't discussed it in-depth, likely because I am extremely sensitive about my weight, and no longer have my weight taken when I visit (she was very hurtful/insensitive in the past). The only thing she really mentioned as an area of concern with the new medications was the possibility of it making my occasionally severe anxiety worse, as well as my recurring sleeping problems (I often am up til 6 am, unable to sleep). Since beginning the albuterol, I just feel shaky, trembling, and as I write this it is 1:48 am, and I still feel nauseated and unable to sleep.
I know I should be talking to her more about my lifestyle/weight loss, but this woman (amongst many other doctors) has hurt me so much in the past, and my issues make me unable to address it, because, for all I know, she might still think I'm overweight. If she called me that, I would be absolutely devastated. I just can't talk about it, because my biggest fear is to be called that again. It would make me feel like all this hard work was for nothing.
For one, she has the BMI poster prominently displayed in her office, which I personally think is a crock of ****. For my height of 5'11", it says I should be 150 (very thin on my frame) pounds, which I am not at. You know what else she does that really ****in irks me?? She keeps an old, avatar-sized photo of me (probably near +100 lbs ago) on my computer file, and doesn't ask me if I would like to update it with a current one. More egregiously, whenever I ask for a referral to a specialist and she sends out her official form, she puts this little list of all my "problems," i.e., my *entire* documented history of ailments. So, I go to a new doctor, something I should be happy/excited about, and I'm forced to hand them this paper about me, and the first thing they see is 'OBESE' (all caps, mind you), 'POSSIBLE HYPERTHYROIDISM', 'DEPRESSION', et al. Obviously, I am no longer obese, and all my weight-related ailments have ceased to be. It's like she won't ever let me forget about the past. I am constantly reminded of how fat I was/still am? everytime I see her. I hate it so much.
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Why don't switch Doctor's? Find someone you like0
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I am a third year med student and I can tell you this is what it looks like is going on:
It is the total combo of everything that you did plus all the meds you took. First, your body is sick and it doesn't like to be pushed physically. When it gets pushed, it slows down your stomach. When stuff sits in your stomach, you get nauseated. The albuterol didn't make you nauseated, but it did make you feel good enough to work out even though you are still sick. And then on top of that you took two different medications that are known to cause nausea. Both vicodin and doxycycline can cause nausea. Especially if this was the first dose or two or either medication and you took them on an empty stomach.
So to recap:
1. Strenuous exercise while you are sick, makes your stomach not move.
2. If you stomach doesn't move, you get nauseated.
3. Vicodin on the first dose makes you nauseated.
4. Doxycycline without food makes you nauseated.
You had four strikes against you. Take it easy for a bit, make sure to eat with the meds. You should be fine.0 -
I would find a new doctor and not worry about transferring your history until after you've had your first visit with said new doctor.
Once I was dealing with physical symptoms brought on by severe stress and I had a doctor who really started making me feel like I was just being annoying. I'd gone to her rather than my parents' doctor because I felt like I'd feel better having a female doctor. But the more I'd have symptoms and new things come up, the more exasperated she seemed to get at me. I'd get responses like "You know I've told you it's just stress..." etc. Well, after a panic attack landed me in the ER for a night, my parents' doctor (who they had called and left a message for when we couldn't get hold of my doctor) suggested I come in and see him. While he still said it was likely stress-induced stuff, he was kind and gentle and did a thorough examination, then actually made some suggestions for things I might do. and they worked.
It's amazing what having a doctor who treats you like a human can do. Seriously...I'd look into finding a new general doctor. ASAP.0 -
Sorry to hear about all your troubles. You are on quite a cocktail of meds and all of them can make you sick. Albuterol can make you feel shaky and sick as it stimulates the adrenaline receptors in your body, but it's short asting and should have work off by now. I would stick with that as you should get used to it and it can be lifesaving in asthma, get someone to check your inhaler technique incase you're hyperventilating by accident as that will make you feel worse.
Vicodin isn't something we have in the UK but Google tells me it has a strong opiate in it, they can make you really queasy, not to mention too groggy to drive or work out safely, plus they make you constipated which doesn't help with trying to lose weight.
The doxycycline, it's not the worst antibiotics for making you sick but on top of th eothers it might.
My advice would be to lighten the workout load whilst your ill, light exercise helps your body to get better but pushing it too hard can make you worse.
Deinitely shop around until you find a doctor that suits you however, our computer systems here it the UK automatically label your notes as 'obese' if your last weight is in that BMI bracket, the only way to override it would be to be weighed again at your new weight.
Hope that helps,
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I think when you go to see a specialist, your medical history is kind of important for that doctor to know in order to treat you properly.
I wonder exactly what your doctors have said about your weight that has been so hurtful? And can you request a new photo to go with your file? I'm thinking it probably just isn't something your doctor thinks about as important.
FYI: "Obese" is a medical term, not a judgment. If you were obese the last time she weighed you and you refuse to get weighed again, she has no way to know if she should change that or not. You can be obese and not appear obese, based on BMI. 150 for 5'11" sounds like the low end of the BMI scale for that height, not necessarily what you should shoot for, depending on frame and muscle tone.0 -
I am a third year med student and I can tell you this is what it looks like is going on:
It is the total combo of everything that you did plus all the meds you took. First, your body is sick and it doesn't like to be pushed physically. When it gets pushed, it slows down your stomach. When stuff sits in your stomach, you get nauseated. The albuterol didn't make you nauseated, but it did make you feel good enough to work out even though you are still sick. And then on top of that you took two different medications that are known to cause nausea. Both vicodin and doxycycline can cause nausea. Especially if this was the first dose or two or either medication and you took them on an empty stomach.
So to recap:
1. Strenuous exercise while you are sick, makes your stomach not move.
2. If you stomach doesn't move, you get nauseated.
3. Vicodin on the first dose makes you nauseated.
4. Doxycycline without food makes you nauseated.
You had four strikes against you. Take it easy for a bit, make sure to eat with the meds. You should be fine.
Thank you so much, and everyone for your contributions. I should have used more common sense. My stomach is making me regret it now. See, the thing is, I don't feel 'sick,' just completely congested, moreso after I workout. I tend to do a lot of stupid/silly things on impulse, in regards to my weight loss regimen, that I really don't consider the consequences of, i.e., a pill to relax me post-workout, that I don't really need, walking uphill in torrential rain for 2 hrs, yesterday. I had been doing my workouts with the same level of intensity since I began having the sinus infection, and I've been ok. I just wasn't on anything for it at the time
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I think when you go to see a specialist, your medical history is kind of important for that doctor to know in order to treat you properly.
I wonder exactly what your doctors have said about your weight that has been so hurtful? And can you request a new photo to go with your file? I'm thinking it probably just isn't something your doctor thinks about as important.
FYI: "Obese" is a medical term, not a judgment. If you were obese the last time she weighed you and you refuse to get weighed again, she has no way to know if she should change that or not. You can be obese and not appear obese, based on BMI. 150 for 5'11" sounds like the low end of the BMI scale for that height, not necessarily what you should shoot for, depending on frame and muscle tone.
I am referring to the word.
Um, I know I am no longer obese and definitely do not appear as such.
I think it is a vile, ugly word. I also think it is bollocks. I understand being 100 lbs or more overweight is a medical red flag, but to stigmatise those people with such a stamp that is abhorred and made a mockery of in our society, I find wrong. To me, it is no different than 'labeling' my quadriplegic father a 'cripple.'
I presently do not weigh myself for reasons relating to my mental health and history of self abuse relating to my weight and body image. Bear in mind the last time I had my weight taken, it was, quite literally, spit at me by a smirking, scoffing doctor, who yelled, "You are obese!!"
I am content with the path I have been following for the last year and the more comfortable I feel with my physical self, the more I consider learning my weight. When I do feel ready, however, it *definitely* will not be in the presence of any doctor. In fact, I do not think I will ever have it taken at a doctor again, particularly this one, because, what do I owe her? I don't have to "prove" to her I am no longer obese. I know I am healthy now. And when I know my weight for sure, I will be even more confident in my stance.0 -
I think when you go to see a specialist, your medical history is kind of important for that doctor to know in order to treat you properly.
I wonder exactly what your doctors have said about your weight that has been so hurtful? And can you request a new photo to go with your file? I'm thinking it probably just isn't something your doctor thinks about as important.
FYI: "Obese" is a medical term, not a judgment. If you were obese the last time she weighed you and you refuse to get weighed again, she has no way to know if she should change that or not. You can be obese and not appear obese, based on BMI. 150 for 5'11" sounds like the low end of the BMI scale for that height, not necessarily what you should shoot for, depending on frame and muscle tone.
I am referring to the word.
Um, I know I am no longer obese and definitely do not appear as such.
I think it is a vile, ugly word. I also think it is bollocks. I understand being 100 lbs or more overweight is a medical red flag, but to stigmatise those people with such a stamp that is abhorred and made a mockery of in our society, I find wrong. To me, it is no different than 'labeling' my quadriplegic father a 'cripple.'
I presently do not weigh myself for reasons relating to my mental health and history of self abuse relating to my weight and body image. Bear in mind the last time I had my weight taken, it was, quite literally, spit at me by a smirking, scoffing doctor, who yelled, "You are obese!!"
I am content with the path I have been following for the last year and the more comfortable I feel with my physical self, the more I consider learning my weight. When I do feel ready, however, it *definitely* will not be in the presence of any doctor. In fact, I do not think I will ever have it taken at a doctor again, particularly this one, because, what do I owe her? I don't have to "prove" to her I am no longer obese. I know I am healthy now. And when I know my weight for sure, I will be even more confident in my stance.
What I'm telling you is that it is a medical term. "Cripple" is not a medical term. It's more akin to calling your father what he is: a quadriplegic. I have many friends and family members in the medical field. My mother types medical transcription and I once worked in a medical records department. The word "obese" is used to describe people who are, well, obese. When I was 166 pounds (5'3") and wore a size 12, my BMI was 29.4. A BMI of 30 is classified as obese. Another few pounds and I would have been obese. I could show you photos of me at that weight and you wouldn't think I was obese. A gynecologist told me I couldn't use the patch for BC (I hadn't even asked about it) because of my weight once. She was stating a fact and giving me important information, not calling me fat.
I guess what I'm trying to say is you sound like you're very sensitive to this, and I think (based solely on what you've said here. There may be more to this story) that your doctor didn't do anything wrong. If you were obese, you were obese. You refuse to allow her to weigh you anymore, so what she has on file is your weight when you were obese, even if you no longer are. And she would be incredibly negligent not to give your full medical history to another doctor to whom she referred you.
Stop focusing on the words. It isn't doing you any good. If you want her to take that term off of your chart, then you're going to have to step on the scale. If you won't step on the scale, then you have to learn to live with it and let go of the anger. I have never been weighed by a doctor -- the nurses have done it in every medical office I've ever stepped foot in. However, I know they will allow you to stand backwards on the scale and won't tell you your weight if you ask that they don't.0 -
I think when you go to see a specialist, your medical history is kind of important for that doctor to know in order to treat you properly.
I wonder exactly what your doctors have said about your weight that has been so hurtful? And can you request a new photo to go with your file? I'm thinking it probably just isn't something your doctor thinks about as important.
FYI: "Obese" is a medical term, not a judgment. If you were obese the last time she weighed you and you refuse to get weighed again, she has no way to know if she should change that or not. You can be obese and not appear obese, based on BMI. 150 for 5'11" sounds like the low end of the BMI scale for that height, not necessarily what you should shoot for, depending on frame and muscle tone.
I am referring to the word.
Um, I know I am no longer obese and definitely do not appear as such.
I think it is a vile, ugly word. I also think it is bollocks. I understand being 100 lbs or more overweight is a medical red flag, but to stigmatise those people with such a stamp that is abhorred and made a mockery of in our society, I find wrong. To me, it is no different than 'labeling' my quadriplegic father a 'cripple.'
I presently do not weigh myself for reasons relating to my mental health and history of self abuse relating to my weight and body image. Bear in mind the last time I had my weight taken, it was, quite literally, spit at me by a smirking, scoffing doctor, who yelled, "You are obese!!"
I am content with the path I have been following for the last year and the more comfortable I feel with my physical self, the more I consider learning my weight. When I do feel ready, however, it *definitely* will not be in the presence of any doctor. In fact, I do not think I will ever have it taken at a doctor again, particularly this one, because, what do I owe her? I don't have to "prove" to her I am no longer obese. I know I am healthy now. And when I know my weight for sure, I will be even more confident in my stance.
What I'm telling you is that it is a medical term. "Cripple" is not a medical term. It's more akin to calling your father what he is: a quadriplegic. I have many friends and family members in the medical field. My mother types medical transcription and I once worked in a medical records department. The word "obese" is used to describe people who are, well, obese. When I was 166 pounds (5'3") and wore a size 12, my BMI was 29.4. A BMI of 30 is classified as obese. Another few pounds and I would have been obese. I could show you photos of me at that weight and you wouldn't think I was obese. A gynecologist told me I couldn't use the patch for BC (I hadn't even asked about it) because of my weight once. She was stating a fact and giving me important information, not calling me fat.
I guess what I'm trying to say is you sound like you're very sensitive to this, and I think (based solely on what you've said here. There may be more to this story) that your doctor didn't do anything wrong. If you were obese, you were obese. You refuse to allow her to weigh you anymore, so what she has on file is your weight when you were obese, even if you no longer are. And she would be incredibly negligent not to give your full medical history to another doctor to whom she referred you.
Stop focusing on the words. It isn't doing you any good. If you want her to take that term off of your chart, then you're going to have to step on the scale. If you won't step on the scale, then you have to learn to live with it and let go of the anger. I have never been weighed by a doctor -- the nurses have done it in every medical office I've ever stepped foot in. However, I know they will allow you to stand backwards on the scale and won't tell you your weight if you ask that they don't.
i agree. if the doctor called you 'fat' that would be like calling your dad a 'cripple'. obese is a clinical term meaning overweight by a certain percentage. it is not a reflection of how your doctor feels about you.
also if changing the picture in your file is so important to you, why don't you bring it up? don't imagine slights that aren't there. the doctor isn't keeping the picture in your file to try and make you feel bad.
are you on medication for your anxiety? if not, it might be coloring how you perceive things.0 -
Albuterol always makes me shaky, but usually it goes away within an hour. How often are you using it? I'm not supposed to use mine more than 6 puffs a day. If I go past that, I'm supposed to call my doctor ASAP.0
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I'm still trying to figure out the Vicodin for a stomach ache. Does no one else find that weird?
Did you recently have surgery on your stomach that required that prescription or something? Because wow...a controlled substance for a stomachache seems really, really extreme.0 -
I'm right there w/ you, Chaos. According to webmd, vicodin is used to treat....wait for it.... pain. What that has to do w/ a stomach ache is beyond me as well. Idk, I don't know the whole story but the general "cocktail" of meds you seem to be on just doesn't sit well w/ me. Also an albuterol inhaler won't help a sinus infection or runny nose. It could be why it causes the jittery feeling you are expieriencing. For people, like me, who have asthma attacks know, if your lungs are clamping down and you are wheezing, that one puff of medicine barely registers in your system. if you are taking it to treat your noes and your lungs are already open and clear, they are gonna get the full blast of it, absorb it quickly, and deffinatley give you the shakey, jittery, feeling you get when you are essentially ODing on the medicine. If I sound like a B*$%# I don't mean too but someting beyond weight, and doctors, and hurt feelings are all wrapped up in this. Please find your own doctor. I also cut ties w/ my old doc after I lost 120lbs. Every time i saw him I felt like he was still looking at the fat loser that I used to be. I did not ask for a refferal. I called my insurance and said I need a PCP, now. It was the best thing for me. A fresh start w/ a fresh face who never knew the 350 lb woman i used to be. I wish you the best and a happy, medicine-free future.0
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I threw up as well today after working out, I hadn't eaten and had taken an iron supplement, that's all it took. Also some people have stomach problems therefore can only take opiate based meds for pain, it is still pain wherever it is. Good luck0
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I'm still trying to figure out the Vicodin for a stomach ache. Does no one else find that weird?
Did you recently have surgery on your stomach that required that prescription or something? Because wow...a controlled substance for a stomachache seems really, really extreme.
For some reason, I completely missed that part in her post. I agree, unless the stomach ache was more than a mere stomach ache ...0
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