I swear this happens every single time!
I alternate between three antibiotics at all times. It helps my Chronic Pouchitis (the chronic inflammation of the internal J-Pouch created after my large intestine was removed), as well as the constant severe staph infections I develop on my skin. It also helps take care of other common infections I get because of being immunocompromised and a few other things.
On one of these antibiotics, I have to sit up for 30 minutes afterwards and cannot have dairy, otherwise it can cause stomach or esophageal ulcerations/esophagitis (which I have experienced before and it is terrible).
On another one, the pill itself dissolves instantly and the taste makes me gag and sometimes dry heave. It is disgusting, but it works.
On the one I am currently taking, it has an adverse interaction with Zofran (my INCREDIBLE anti-nauseate). When taken together, it can result in arrhythmia and an even faster heart rate - and since I already have tachycardia, when this happened to me, my heartrate was at 150 resting. INSANE.
So... usually after the first day I always find that I feel absolutely awful. I feel like I am gonna puke with each step I take, and I always forget why. Then a little lightbulb pops up and I remember that I have not been allowed to take my Zofran.
So I took some extra Gravol... which made my stomach settle a bit but made me feel so terribly loopy I could barely hold a conversation.
Always juggling.
I am grateful for every one of these medications because they have made significant improvements in my day-to-day experiences, but it is amazing how quickly you can forget how bad things used to be. One day on Cipro and I remember what it was like to be on the verge of vomiting every second of the day.