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Reply 1
Yes, for the past year or so. I've been through Prochlorperazine, Metoclopramide and even Amitriptyline (just in case migraines are the cause) and we're still no closer to finding out what's causing it.

Blood tests have shown nothing, pupil dilation has shown nothing, I don't drink, I'm not stressed and I'm not allergic to anything.

Let me know if you find any answers. I'm rather fed up and I'm sure my doctor's sick of seeing me.
Anonymous
Hey,
I feel sick all the time lately...just feel like I'm going to be sick all the time, although I never am.

Has anyone experienced this before?



SEE A DOCTOR

and in the mean time maybe keep a food diary of the foods you eat, nausea when you eat them etc and keep hydrated
yeah i had this a while back... got blood tests done and nothing showed up. i stopped eating because i thought it was food and started to develop an eating disorder which just made it 10 times worse. ..turns out it was anxiety and i managed to recover.
are you particularly stressed about anything at the moment?
i suggest you see a doctor as it could be a number of things.
Reply 4
I've been feeling sick lately and i went to see my dr and he said it was excess stomach acid or something and has put me on lansoprazole. Also told me to stay away from food that would irritate my stomach
Reply 5
Hi, my mum sufferred this, continuously for a month long period, then she got some liquorice tablets and some ginger tablets and no longer feels sick
Hi, firstly OMG i didn't realize other people felt this way, kinda feel dumb for that now lol.
So i don't know whether this is the same thing as what i have cos i have been feeling sick at least once a day for atleast a few hours at a time for the last 5 years (possibly longer cos i can't remember).

So i was just wondering, apart from the whole GP idea (really hate my GP's due to past unpleasent experiences), if anyone had done anything or tried anything that helped the sickness when it came on, or stopped it coming on?
Reply 7
Whether you can do anything yourself to help stem the nausea depends on its cause. I've had similar problems - but with actual vomiting. Nausea is a pretty non-specific symptom that can have a multitude of causes. Given that the nausea hasn't actually led to vomiting, I would take that as a good sign. ~30% of the population have a hiatus hernia, which can lead to reflux of stomach contents and subsequent feelings of nausea. As Groupie said, a trial of a proton pump inhibitor might make all the difference. It could be as simple as that. It's definitely a good idea to get yourself down to your GP and have a chat about this (and rule out other possible causes). If you don't like your GP, ask to see another one; or changing practice is pretty simple. Just ring up the practice to which you'd like to migrate and ask what you need to do.

It is important to note that the subjective feelings of nausea result from activity of the CTZ in the brain, which receives signals from both the gut, other parts of the body and other areas of the brain. Feelings of nausea are common before job interviews etc. Therefore, although it may not be a cause of the nausea, anxiety can certainly make it worse. Therefore, it makes sense to ensure that "your house is in order" and evaluate whether there is anything in your life that could be causing you stress. Taking time out to relax can't do any harm. Also, because nausea is unpleasant, it can cause stress in itself, thus making the nausea worse, and causing more stress etc. Therefore, a calming distraction when you are beginning to feel nauseous can help a lot. Making sure you're getting enough sleep, eating healthily and regularly can make a world of difference to how you cope with this symptom, until you find a cause; it sounds really simple, but pretty much everyone gets this wrong from time to time.

It might be worth thinking about the times that the nausea arises. Is it at a certain time of the day, or associated with a particular event? Is it made worse by eating, or better? Do you have any other symptoms?
Thanks Harry1W for your input, i do think stress is a big part of it, but i don't think its the soul cause. My problem is that the nausea can come on just before say an exam, or when i'm just relaxing on an evening at home, so i do wonder how big an impact stress is playing. I don't think i have any other symptoms, but then again i've had the nausea for so long now i may just see some mild symptoms as just the way my body works. All i know is its getting really difficult for me because the nausea can hav me standing in the bathroom expecting to vomit, i'm just scared htat it may have some impact on my life ... for instance, i'm going to uni after the summer will the extra stress of starting uni causeme to spend the 1st month in my room passing around scared i might vomit at any second. Hmm i think the best thing to do is make a doctors appointment (my family does have a serious history of stomach and bowel disorders) but i'm pretty sure her only responce will be "its stress - just live with it" which however true it may be is still a bit harsh.
Reply 9
I'd definitely make the doctor's appointment, particularly given your family history. Even if it is 'just' stress (which I'm in no position to say it is), I don't see any reason why you should be expected to live with this distressing symptom, and I expect that any good GP would agree. As far as I know, most 'normal' people with normal levels of stress don't experience more than mild nausea on occasion.

I think it would definitely be an idea to get this sorted before you get to uni, where, undoubtedly, you will be subject to increased stress, as any Fresher, settling in, possibly away from home - and if you feel that you might vomit at any moment, you'll be even more stressed - which can only serve to make the problem, whatever its ultimate cause, worse. I would suggest that you emphasise the effect that this is having on your life, and your concerns about university. If you find this difficult to get across when you're facing the doctor, perhaps you could think about passing them a short note with your thoughts instead?

If your GP does suggest that it might have a strong stress component, perhaps it would be worth asking whether you can be offered any help to combat this, if you're open to this, to see if this might help. If not, then surely your nausea would merit further investigation; and if it does, then it might just take a short period of treatment to break the nausea-anxiety cycle (blood stress hormones increase with nausea - so it might be that you're trapped in a cycle of nausea causing anxiety, vice versa), and might give you suggestion that you need to change something in your life. You say that you accept that stress is a big part of it. It might be worth thinking about whether you have symptoms of anxiety/panic (see http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Panic-disorder/Pages/Symptoms.aspx), during/preceding an attack of nausea. Panic disorder is remarkably common - and can cause spikes of nausea. Free-floating, seemingly random attacks are very possible.

Basically, I urge you not to take shrugged shoulders as an acceptable answer. You have a responsibility to yourself to make sure that you're well and looked after.
Reply 10
Anonymous
Hey,
I feel sick all the time lately...just feel like I'm going to be sick all the time, although I never am.

Has anyone experienced this before?


Lately.. it's exam season.
Are you doing any exams.. you could just be very nervous? :yep:
Reply 11
Hey, I have had the same symptoms for around 2 weeks now, at first I assumed it was just a sickness bug and I did actually vomit, but that has passed now and I'm still feeling like it. I have tried eating normally and carrying on with life and I have tried not eating, nothing works. It's hard to try and eat though when I'm constantly feel like I will be sick. Also now because it has been around 2 weeks people are assuming because it has been so long that I 'can't feel sick any more' This is really frustrating because now no one believes me.
You should go to your docs. It might be that you have a bit of a bug left over that you can't get rid of and all that needs to happen is you need an antibiotic or something, or maybe just a good olde antacid
I'm having the same problem and it's worse at uni. I've been given buccastem which didn't help. Funnily enough, sucking a mint helps sometimes. Ginger is suppose to help too.
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I'm having the same problem and it's worse at uni. I've been given buccastem which didn't help. Funnily enough, sucking a mint helps sometimes. Ginger is suppose to help too.


Yer mints are like the only thing that get me through the days sometimes (most times... my
friends always make jokes about me having polos)
Reply 15
Hi,

I CONSTANTLY feel sick, its soo rubbish, and sometimes quite unbearable, but as the same as most of you .. never am actually sick.

Anyway, i went to my doctors like so many times, he must of been so sick of me (excuse the pun lol) , and they did blood tests, all different like tests and shizz, and they are obsessed with the fact its anxiety.

Anyway, ive been seeing my counseller person for 5 months now, and tried SO many different techniques, tips and changed my diet, sleeping routine etc .. and its made NO difference at all.

Im really at the end of my teather toooo :frown: .. just wanted to let you know, your not the only person feeling like this :smile:. x
Klizie
Im really at the end of my teather tooo


Yer it's pretty rubbish aint it :frown:, it actually means that I don't want to go out and do stuff cos I might start to feel ill. I keep getting concerned that there's something really working with me and I'm slowly working myself into an ulcer or something. Hope it sorts itself out :smile:. I was talking to my lecturer (random I know) and she said it could just be something like a hormone inbalance, hope its just something simple like that (if that is simple lol)
Anonymous
Hey,
I feel sick all the time lately...just feel like I'm going to be sick all the time, although I never am.

Has anyone experienced this before?


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Reply 18
If your problem was anything like mine, then I think I might be able to help.

At first I had a stomach bug, I was sick over a weekend, but when the bug was out of my system, the nausea didn't go, I kept on retching although I rarely bought any food up. It got so bad that I couldn't get out of bed without feeling sick all the time.

I had blood tests and urine tests, and there was nothing abnormal. I was referred to a gastroenterologist and another specialist, and they couldn't find anything wrong with me.

It turns out I had something like a ' learned behaviour ' where my brain was telling my stomach that I need to be sick, despite not having a virus.

I was prescribed amitriptyline, which has an effect of blocking this learned behaviour. After a while it got so much better.

Alternatively you could have a yeast overgrowth, look up candida symptoms.
Yes, I've been like that this week, I don't know why. I'm not as hungry either, though im not actually vomiting. Take milk of magnesia for the time being and see the GP.

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