For those who have had steroid injections and magnesium

Charlotte02 · February 2013

For those who have had steroid injections and magnesium, if you were sent home, (or even after in the hospital) did you have terrible fatigue? I was laying in a hospital bed for 53 hours except for bathroom breaks (so maybe that was it) but I can't even manage my stairs well over 48 hours after my last injection of steriods and being taken off the magnesium! This is not like me at all. My lungs burn just traveling up and down our basement stairs and my legs feel ready to lock up or give out. I just do not feel like myself at all anymore. I looked through the discharge papers but didn't note any side effects.

PhillyGal34 · February 2013

No but the doctors all said I was strange. They could not believe how normal and energetic I was on mag. I was on it from Monday night to Thursday morning then part of Thursday and Friday night to Saturday night after I had my son. So it was for a while. I didn't really feel or notice anything but again, I'm weird. My thoughts are with you.

lovinglifeasmommy · February 2013

I felt fine just shortly after they took me off the mag. If I was you I would call your dr.

htaylor516 · February 2013

I felt fine after mag and steroid shots as well.

elizabethnseanny · February 2013

I was pretty exhausted after my trip that included both. It may also be the stress of the hospital stay. Besides letting your doctor know, I would make sure to get plenty of food and water and take your time moving around. I had a hard time taking the stairs or walking through the grocery store after I had been on bedrest a few weeks. Hope you feel better soon.

shanaraeburns · February 2013

I was on a mag drip for a couple of days and felt like a truck had run over me. Nurses said it was common to feel like you had the flu. IE exhausted, warm, generally cruddy feeling.

By the 3rd day, I could barely stand to talk on the phone. I felt like my breath had been stolen. I was told that since Mag is a muscle relaxant, that it didn't just relax the pelvic floor muscles, that it relaxed all the muscles. So that it was totally common to feel draggy.

Good luck to you!

Mango79 · February 2013

I was on hospital bedrest when I got steroids and magnesium. I felt like I was in a drunken haze for a few days. I had trouble focusing my eyes and I needed help standing/walking because my legs were wobbly. Luckily I was only on it for like 2-3 days and as soon as I was taken off I felt better.

MrsB*s · February 2013

So I've been on both in separate pregnancies (one pregnancy mag, another pregnancy steroids). The steroids actually made me high, which the nurses said was normal (but the doctor ignored). I did not sleep for 48 hours in the hospital, became tachycardiac, etc. Even on Ambien, they could only get me to sleep for 3 hours! So needless to say, I did not feel at all in the hospital, and once released, it took me a while to feel better -- and I was exhausted.

With the magnesium, I was on it during labor with my first for pre-e, and then for 24 hours afterward. And I felt awful! I had the full on flu like they said -- exhausted, crappy, achy, even throwing up and had an awful headache. Once I delivered (c-section), I spent the next day on it, and could tell when it would drip out of my IV. Every 20 minutes like clockwork I'd get a drip, have to hand the newborn to my mom, and nod off. It was like a sedative. I couldn't trust myself to hold the baby on my lap in bed.

Combine all of that with a hospital stay, which is stressful as is, and I think it's probably normal. Just get some much-needed rest! I honestly think a hospital stay can make you feel worse sometimes!

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