I have acute asthmatic bronchitis. I have an albuteral inhaler, mucinex, and cough syrup with codein (that doesn't really help). This is the 3rd week I've been sick and I now have general soreness in my entire torso, a bruised rib, and an area in my lower back that is hurting pretty bad - all from coughing long, hard, and constantly. I can barely swallow sometimes because my throat hurts from coughing. This is a sickness I get every couple of years and in the past I've dosed with Nyquil and Dayquil. Nothing else I have is calming the cough and allowing me any sleep, and I can't get better unless I get some sleep. For the record, the Nyquil doesn't give me that 'dead to the world' sleep when I'm sick like this. I cosleep and EBF on demand. This is what Dr. Hale says about Nyquil:
Nyquil is potentially sedating to a breastfed infant. In a newborn, or in one who is subject to apnea, I would not use it at all.
In older, stable, mature infants, I wouldn't worry too much about it.
But avoid pseudoephedrine, and avoid these in moms who have a poor milk supply, as they may potentially suppress milk to some degree.
I don't aparticularly like these agents as they could potentially cause problems in some infants, and they really don't help the mother much at all.
DS is over 7 months old. What is an "older stable mature infant"? I'm open to trying something else, but Nyquil is the only thing I've ever tried that works. I don't know why. I even tried 1 evening having a hot toddy (whiskey) with the equivilent amounts of tylenol and mucinex, so the only thing missing was the antihistamine, and it still didn't work.
I took less than a full dose last night and it really did help. I'm making sure to drink lots of fluids and hoping it doesn't hurt my oversupply too much. Any advice or opinions? Just waiting it out isn't gonna work on this one.
