Reduce/eliminate nausea from large enemas

Something that I commonly suffer from pretty much every time I take a 4-quart enema is nausea. I'm not in the least bit surprised by this and I can guess why it happens, but I was wondering if anyone had any ideas on how to reduce or flat out eliminate nausea from it.

If it's any help, I always get dizzy and usually a bit nauseated from plain water enemas, so I have to salt the water.

Anything I can do?

Increased intra-abdominal pressure can cause nausea. That is one of the reasons they use general anesthesia when they do laparoscopic surgery--the CO2 they inflate the abdominal cavity with can cause nausea, and they don't want nauseous patients opened up on the operating table.

You might try an anti-emetic. One you can get OTC that should help is Benadryl. I would take about 50-75mg. Dramamine and Antivert are also OTC.

I don't think we want to get into Rx drugs for playful enema activities.

Your body is also telling you something if you can take large enemas but four quarts sets you off.

I guess 4 qts. is too much for you. Also don't take your bagful after eating a large meal. I keep Phenergan 25 mg. on hand for nausea. It is by Rx only, or you can order it online. My overall suggestion is that you try 3 qts; it's nothing against your manhood that you don't do well with 4 qts.

Since my resection, I can only take 3 qts. maximum; I always stay with 2.5 qts. and don't eat before starting. I learned the hard way; I took 3 qts. after a thanksgiving meal and I vomited in the tub.

Phenergan is Promethazine, and a member of a class of drugs called Thiazine derivatives. While usually classed as an anti-histamine, it is actually a tranquilizer, some of the most potent anti-psychotic drugs around are also members of this same pharmaceutical family (such as Thorazine, Stelazine and Compazine). The anti-emetic effects come from blocking off certain receptors in the brain (usually the dopamine receptor). While the drug requires a prescription in the USA, in most of the rest of the world it is over the counter, sold as either a sleep aid, or an anti-motion sickness drug. The anti-psychotic and tranquilizing properties are closely tied to the size and number of side chains on the basic thiazine molecule. Promethazine really has very little in the way of side chains, so its antipsychotic effects are minimal.

Something that I commonly suffer from pretty much every time I take a 4-quart enema is nausea............l

If it's any help, I always get dizzy and usually a bit nauseated from plain water enemas, so I have to salt the water.

Anything I can do?

Does salting the water help with your nausea? I'm lucky that I can take frequent 4-4.5 q enemas and never had nausea, but I don't know why. I'm lucky as I do have a great deal of acid reflux, but the enemas don't bother that either. I am extremely sensitive to cramping but that's just excess sensitivity on my part to a normal occurrence.

Eric

Try hydrating first, and waiting longer between rounds

That said, mild to moderate nausea is a known and common side effect of a large enema,

As long as it's not severe, that is, actually feeling like I'm about to vomit, I don't let it bother me.

If it IS moderate to severe, that's my body telling me I'm overdoing it and Either wrap it up or if it is a complete cleanse, I wait longer before doing anything else.

Thanks a ton for the helpful info everyone! Let me respond to a few of these.

Increased intra-abdominal pressure can cause nausea. That is one of the reasons they use general anesthesia when they do laparoscopic surgery--the CO2 they inflate the abdominal cavity with can cause nausea, and they don't want nauseous patients opened up on the operating table.

You might try an anti-emetic. One you can get OTC that should help is Benadryl. I would take about 50-75mg. Dramamine and Antivert are also OTC.

I don't think we want to get into Rx drugs for playful enema activities.

Your body is also telling you something if you can take large enemas but four quarts sets you off.

Thanks for all the info Susie, I definitely won't be getting into prescription medications for this, those I do my best to avoid at all times if I have the option. The pressure causing nausea makes sense, but just like motion sickness I had hoped there can be ways to tackle nausea brought on by that.

I guess 4 qts. is too much for you. Also don't take your bagful after eating a large meal. I keep Phenergan 25 mg. on hand for nausea. It is by Rx only, or you can order it online. My overall suggestion is that you try 3 qts; it's nothing against your manhood that you don't do well with 4 qts.

It could be too much, but I love the feeling of 4 quarts and the inflation it causes on my belly. I don't think a minor anti-nausea drug would cause issues but it is something I'm aware of. If the body is telling you "no", don't try to argue.

Phenergan is Promethazine, and a member of a class of drugs called Thiazine derivatives. While usually classed as an anti-histamine, it is actually a tranquilizer, some of the most potent anti-psychotic drugs around are also members of this same pharmaceutical family (such as Thorazine, Stelazine and Compazine). The anti-emetic effects come from blocking off certain receptors in the brain (usually the dopamine receptor). While the drug requires a prescription in the USA, in most of the rest of the world it is over the counter, sold as either a sleep aid, or an anti-motion sickness drug. The anti-psychotic and tranquilizing properties are closely tied to the size and number of side chains on the basic thiazine molecule. Promethazine really has very little in the way of side chains, so its antipsychotic effects are minimal.

Sounds pretty heavy. I'll probably be avoiding that for now, but there's good medical knowledge in that that'll be good to know for down the line, thanks!

Does salting the water help with your nausea? I'm lucky that I can take frequent 4-4.5 q enemas and never had nausea, but I don't know why. I'm lucky as I do have a great deal of acid reflux, but the enemas don't bother that either. I am extremely sensitive to cramping but that's just excess sensitivity on my part to a normal occurrence.

Eric

I HAVE to salt the water, or else I will get a bit light headed and usually nauseated. It's 100% of the time.

Try hydrating first

That said, mild to moderate nausea is a known and common side effect of a large enema,

As long as it's not severe, that is, actually feeling like I'm about to vomit, I don't let it bother me.

If it IS moderate to severe, that's my body telling me I'm overdoing it and Either wrap it up or if it is a complete cleanse, I wait longer before doing anything else.

It's only been severe when I tried a whipped cream enema and a milk one, for obvious reasons. That was one of the worst things I've ever done, OOF!

It's usually fairly mild, but I hate the feeling of nausea and I try my best to avoid it. It's never "I think/am going to throw up" though.

I'll try hydrating first, thanks. Any recommendations? Just water? Juice?

waiting longer between rounds.

This is during the first round, actually.

I am not a medical provider and can only add what works for me. Namely, take the enema more slowly by controlling the flow and the height of the bag. Stop when needed. Add a touch of sea salt.

I think I have little nausea of large enema ( 4 quarts or more) when the water went in the small intestines.

It seems that nausea is pretty much a given with enemas of 4 quarts or more.

It CAN get a little strong

Starting with an empty stomach can help. That at least will make it unlikely that you will actually vomit.

With an enema that large it CAN happen.

Hey Mattheww/Susie, isn't stimulation of the vagus nerve also involved in this side effect?

Jimmy, of course the vagus nerve mediates nausea with large volume enemas via stretch receptors in the colon.

Being nauseated only seems to happen to me when I standup. I typically lay flat on the floor and take large enemas. I can get to my max, with out being nauseated as long as I'm horizontal. Kind of strange, I would think it would work just the opposite.

I never became nauseated from an enema.

I have never had nausea related to an enema large or small. I'm perplexed that some have.

It all depends on your body and situation. Most times I'm just fine, but if it's a big, strong enema and I'm backed up I can have some problems. Of course there seems to be a psychological component too, as there was a period where it happened twice, I worried about it more, and it seemed to be more likely.

I've only experienced nausea once in my years of enjoying enemas and that was during the administration of a Mayo enema. It must have been the build up of gas that the Mayo created that caused some reaction that resulted in waves of nausea. As I sat on the toilet with a trash can between my knees getting damp from a cold sweat, I decided then and there that I would not try a Mayo enema again.

Deb

I've never had nausea from an enema, and I've had enemas up to 6 qts. Those really hurt, but I didn't get nauseated. The closest was from a M & M delivered to my caecum with a 36 Fr colon tube! That one felt like a bomb went off in my belly! (But it definitely cleaned me out!)

Usually 4+ quarts, up to 5 one time held for over an hour with a lot of massage and position changes, but never had nausea ever in 50+ years of enemas. This is even using fairly strong Castile soap plus or minus glycerin. Cramps sometimes, yes, but never nausea. Maybe I'm just lucky. I'm a 6 ft male at about 195 lbs.

fEric

Mild nausea is to be expected.

Anything beyond mild is essentially your body telling you "I'm at my limit, Time to cool it!!"

You want to listen.

If you need to continue the session, at least wait longer between rounds and don't take any MORE oral laxative than you already have, at least not today or tomorrow!

Peppermint oil and baking soda in your solution

Peppermint extract in the baking section of your grocery store

Glad to see that I am not the only one who experiences this with large volume enemas. For me it is usually after the first in a series and almost always when using Castile soap. I use very little soap (20ml in four quarts) and that seems to help. After expelling and relaxing for a bit, it is almost always gone prior to taking the third in the series.

For me worst is large volume plus strong solution.

For me, I can't remember ever having nausea from a plain or baking soda large enema. I also don't remember having nausea with a large soapy enema provided the soap concentration is not so high that the soap can't remain in solution. Same is true for a glycerin enema of less than 15% (well-mixed).

However, when the concentrations of soap and glycerin get on up there I can start feeling it coming on. The only time I recall waves of nausea was when I used a variable strength glycerin enema (glycerin in the bottom of the bag topped with a soapy liquid mixture such that the glycerin drained into me first and then the soapy mixture drained into me using my rectum as the mixing chamber). The glycerin closed down my lower colon and rectum to such an extent that it acted as a self-sealing retention nozzle. It made it really difficult to comfortably expel the soapy and glycerin that was well up past my sigmoid colon. Pain and pleasure, to be sure.

Enema Runner,

Almost same for me, but I don't use glycerin past about 8% or strong soap solutions, so even with volumes up to 5 quarts, held for an hour, I've never had nausea from an enema ever in 50+ years. Perhaps my physiology is just lucky.

Eric

Eric,

At 10% or even 15% glycerin alone, I don't recall any nausea. Only if I do the variable glycerin or they exceed 25% will I feel the nausea. And that certainly makes sense.

And at relatively strong Ivory soap enema solutions (to the point where the cooling enema solution in the hose would congeal), I generally don't have any issues. That isn't true with Bronner's soaps as they are infinitely soluble in water and the enema can be pure liquid soap (I wouldn't recommend that BTW).

The combination of soap and glycerin is a delicate balance. So, 10 grams less of soap earlier this morning would have probably avoided any feeling of nausea (note, it was only a slight pang and not to the extent that I needed to have a trashcan. It is this combination of soap and glycerin when I can trigger my orgasm from inside with the inflated DBC nozzle.

How can you trigger an orgasm with the inflated DBC nozzle? Just jiggle it in your rectum, or deflate and inflate it?

Eric

Eric,

With the latex DBC nozzle (the smaller of my DBC nozzles), gently rocking back and forth can help start the process. But it is mostly the peristaltic contractions that stimulate the the area around my prostate. With the larger DBS nozzle (silicone by Clear Stream), it happens by itself. The larger volume of distal balloon positions the nozzle in the correct location and once the peristaltic contraction begin, it's off to the races. Doesn't make any difference whether I'm standing, laying down on my back, or am on my knees with a knee/chest position. It does matter how much the distal balloon is inflated and I've gotten pretty good at judging how solidly to inflate the balloon.

Nausea is how I judge when I am at my limit. That's my body saying "Lisa, slow down, I can't keep this up!"