Oh man I really feel you! I’m also still struggling with nausea and fatigue but these things helped like a little bit each:
- seabands
- essential oils like peppermint, especially dropped inside mask when need to go out to spaces with a lot of smells
- sipping flat ginger ale or 100plus. Drinking too much plain water at once makes my nausea worse
- eat crackers the first thing before getting out of bed
- small meals very frequently. I eat like maybe half a muffin every 2 hours, that amount. Too hungry makes the nausea worse, too full causes bloatedness
- Bonjesta (prescribed by gynae). I take one in the morning, one at night
- not forcing myself to eat normal meals. As much as possible I go with intuition on what I want to eat. My food tolerance totally changed! Used to not eat sweet things but now muffins and brownies stay in well.
- some days I also felt like I can’t go on anymore. It’s ok, it’s not your fault, it’s literally part of the hormonal changes to contribute to mood swings as well
- it sucks
- try to minimise movement and overall stimulation (brightness, noise, etc). I managed a comfortable temperature and put on nature sounds whenever I can
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