 [ Symptoms ] i am breastfeeding and i had to take mucinex it dried up my breast milk what am i supposed to do to produce more milk my wife and i just recently and a baby shortly after she had came down with the flu her doctor had her taking mucinex told her to pump and dump she has been off it for a little over a week now and she still is not producing alot of milk before mucinex she produced 2 212 bottles every time she pumped and now she is lucky to produce half a bottle everytime she pumps is there anything shewe can do to help her produce more milk [ Disease ] i am sorry you are going through this pain is never fun i would urge you to get in to see your doctor as soon as possible what you are describing does not sound like a migraine at all but it could possibly be an ear infection in rare cases an untreated ear infection can move into the bone behind the ear this normally happens in children and is called mastoiditis no matter what the underlying cause of this pain is the fact it is ongoing and seems to be getting worse means you need medical attention if you can not get an office visit it is probably time for a visit to urgent care feel better does the pain throb every secon & hurts very bad