Eating and Nausea

Hi - IBS shd be renamed.  It gives an impression that it's not as bad as it can be - anything from mild to severe, people being afflicted rarely or regularly.  IBS can be absolutely awful + at the severe end can incapacitate a person for days at a time, suffering from pain, nausea, sleep deprivation etc. There are other things you can try (omeprazole isn't recommended for long term use, as has already been said).  There's the anti-acid Lansoprazole, but you may have tried that.  There are tablets such as Buscopan + Mebeverine (think that's the right spelling) that relax your guts (bowels, stomach).  There's also an old anti depressant called amitryptaline (probably got the spelling wrong there) which can be effective on a small dose daily.  Some medications work for some + not for others.  Something might not work at all or not enough, or the dosage may need increasing.  It's about trying them out in the hope 1 of them will be of help.  If you've already tried all this then apologies.  If you haven't, I hope something works for you, or at least helps.

I've just come back to this and I probably should have read the previous post earlier.  The doctor did try and increase my omeprazole but I told her it didn't do anything to help.

But, can all this be caused by anxiety?  I get pains in my intestines, which has been investigated and nothing has come up, but it's getting worse over the years but I'm always just told it's my anxiety, it's IBS, changing your diet may help, but they have no idea what it's like to feel sick every single day.  There is days where it makes me feel like giving up because no one takes me seriously as to how much it affects my life.  It's all just blamed on anxiety and it's just something I have to live with.

I will get more info on omeprazole and go back to the doctor as I shouldn't just put up with it.

I have thrown up as a child from food smells and textures.  I gag really easily, it's not just my brain it's the texture in my mouth, sometimes the look or knowing what something is (if it's meat based) as well as my throat having a physically hypersensitive gag reflex.

I avoid foods that I can't bear the texture of.  I do even have a problem when gargling after brushing my teeth, I often gag and throw up the water and my gag reflex is extra sensitive for several moments afterwards.

BTW aimosan: did you know omeprazole actually permanently turn off the acid production (proton pumps) in your stomach and you need a certain amount for digestion and enzyme action.  You might want to discuss this with your GP when you next visit.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omeprazole (there are other sources of this information than Wikipedia too).  I have acid reflux and started taking it and came off it and now use breathing and other exercises to push my stomach back below the diaphragm and avoid as much acid reflux.

aimosan said:

I've had issues with food since, like, forever.  My earliest memories were of me vomiting, and the memories are very vivid, even though I was barely 3 years old.  I remember the smell, texture, look of it, and because it's something scary you are not in control in it's a horrible experience for me.  Because of that I will not eat anything I've been sick with, which so far is rice pudding, beef stew, sweetcorn, ham and coleslaw sandwiches, rice, and stuffed chicken.  My whole life seems to be revolved around sickness.  With the way my brain works if I'm sick for a certain reason, or someone else is, I automatically think that's how it will happen again.  Because I get anxious a lot anyway around people and being certain places this in turn gives me nausea, and then I think I'll be sick, which makes me more anxious.  Viscious circles!

I've avoided everything from social gatherings to evenings out just because of sickness.  I don't like being a car passenger and I won't go on fairground rides because people are sick on these things so if I don't do that then I reduce my chances of being sick.  But, with having nausea a lot it puts me more on edge and I'd rather be using my brain space more for reading about chemistry and learning more periodic table stuff.  I've told me doctor I really want more CBT as it's helped me before but all she wants to do is give me medication, which doesn't stop the thoughts.  Only masks the anxiety.

Does anyone else have similar issues?  Or, issues with nausea with anxiety?  If so how does everyone else cope with it?

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I've been on omeprazole for many years now, which helps with the production of stomach acid, so it's helped a bit, but there are still times where I can feel sick for hours, although it is rarer now.  I was also given Citalopram for the anxiety but this medication also aggrivates your stomach lining over time so it's a bit of a miss that one.  The onset of panic makes me feel unwell, but other things like onions and strong herbs like coriander, can make me feel incredibly ill for hours.  I was just wondering if anyone else knows of anything that has helped them?

Hi - being very anxious, for whatever reason, can make a person nauseous.  This in turn can inflame the stomach lining over time. There are anti acids and anti nausea tablets your Dr can prescribe.  I know this doesn't help you with the food issues you've mentioned but maybe could help when anxiety causes nausea.

I find it easier to eat small meals, and foods like soups and mashed potatoes, but when I eat what is thought as 'normal' meals, I end up chewing my food so much to try and swallow it but then I end up having to spit it out in a napkin.  I just can't swallow it and I feel like it's a waste of money.  Because I've been doing it so long people think I can cope with eating meals around people, but it's only because I'm just chewing and spitting the food out.

I have an extreme aversion to it which since childhood has meant that it is very difficult if not rare that I can do it.  On occasions when it has been clearly necessary I've not been able to do so, and have had to let whatever caused it resolve itself slowly.

I don't know when this developed but I was quite young and I remember resisting the urge.

I also developed a gagging action with certain food, whereby I was unable to swallow. I would experience considerable discomfort in my throat, which necessitated retching noises.

This meant I seldom got taken out in public. I remember in my teens as a reward for passing some exams, I was taken for a posh meal in a posh restaurant, and simply could not eat anything.