Wanting to be sick after eating [warning: potential trigger]

saz_1989

2

Maybe someone with an eating disorder can help me here. After I eat something I usually want to be sick, and half the time I am. I feel over-full after just eating a sandwich, and after I've been sick I feel so much better. I've tried eating less, eating slowly, eating different foods.

It also doesn't help that I'm on a diet so it seems like a good thing this happening, but I hate this feeling of nausea and my boyfriend is starting to get really worried about it.

Btw it happens with every food I eat, any time of day, and sometimes even if it's a tiny amount. Sometimes it happens with drinks as well.

Thanks for any help you can give me.

Reply 1

Helenia

20

I've just edited the title because I don't want this to act as a trigger.

To be honest Lauren I have no idea why you're on a diet as you clearly don't need to be. And wanting to be sick is not a healthy attitude.

However, given that this seems to be persisting despite your trying various ways to avoid it, there may be something behind it. I guess it's possible that it could be a psychosomatic symptom - in which case I would work as hard as you can to overcome it, and consult your GP if you feel you need help. The other alternative could be some sort of intolerance to something, so I suggest for a little while you make a careful note of what you eat and whether it makes you feel sick or not, and look for a pattern. Common things people are intolerant to include gluten (found in bread), lactose (dairy products - milk, cheese, yoghurt etc) or eggs. Have a think about that one too...

Reply 2

Sophdoph

1

Have you eaten something recently that could have given you food poisoning? I had a period where I had an underlying stomach virus and I could barely eat without feeling sick.

Are you on the pill? Is this or any contraception causing you to feel sick as a side effect? /Are you pregnant?

Reply 3

Juno

20

Helenia

gluten (found in bread)

And lots of other places!

Reply 4

RobbieC

15

You may have what a good friend of mine had a while ago, and still does. She found it really hard to eat and stuff, but there was nothing specifically wrong with her. She was sometimes up all hours being sick... In the end it was decided that it was a stomach virus of sorts, but they really couldn't do anything for her in particular. She eventually had to just get past it by eating carefully and taking medicine to make her feel on par. Good luck at getting past the problem.

Reply 5

Helenia

20

Juno

And lots of other places!

This is true. But bread is the most immediately obvious - it's also in anything with wheatflour, so pastries, biscuits cake etc...as well as some random stuff like supermarket grated cheese (which Juno tells me they coat in flour so it doesn't stick together).

Reply 6

Juno

20

Helenia

This is true. But bread is the most immediately obvious - it's also in anything with wheatflour, so pastries, biscuits cake etc...as well as some random stuff like supermarket grated cheese (which Juno tells me they coat in flour so it doesn't stick together).

They even put it in oven chips! :eek:

Reply 7

fleur-de-lis

1

Lauren

Maybe someone with an eating disorder can help me here. After I eat something I usually want to be sick, and half the time I am. I feel over-full after just eating a sandwich, and after I've been sick I feel so much better. I've tried eating less, eating slowly, eating different foods.

It also doesn't help that I'm on a diet so it seems like a good thing this happening, but I hate this feeling of nausea and my boyfriend is starting to get really worried about it.

Btw it happens with every food I eat, any time of day, and sometimes even if it's a tiny amount. Sometimes it happens with drinks as well.

Thanks for any help you can give me.

Sounds to be very pyschosomatic. I used to have a string of eating disorders especially before exams, submission dates, or ordinary dates :wink:

, in which I would end up sick because of the fear of falling sick. However, yours sounds quite different because you want to be sick. Maybe you should figure out why exactly why you want to fall sick.

Reply 8

LubyLoo

2

Juno

They even put it in oven chips! :eek:

That's so wrong!

To Lauren, I think the best thing you can do is go and see your GP. Explain your symptoms and he/she should be able to help.

Could it be because your body isn't used to dieting?

My friend (who I believe is borderline anorexic) finds that when she eats she feels sick. This is usually due to fear of putting on weight.

Reply 9

fleur-de-lis

1

Anyway, it could be some stomach bug, or intolerance towards particular ingredients. Or maybe you had food poisoning recently or are scared of having one, which causes the psychosomatic part. In any case, see your doc- I did it and it really helped. The doc might run few tests and would probably solve the probs!

Reply 10

Trousers

11

Smiley_Me

To Lauren, I think the best thing you can do is go and see your GP. Explain your symptoms and he/she should be able to help.

Ditto - you should see your doctor. If physical conditions are ruled out, he or she will be able to refer you to a phsychologist who may be able to help with your weight issues.

I'm really sorry to hear about this - you sound like such a lovely girl. I can't help but think that your boyfriend's attitude to your weight (which I recall reading about a few weeks ago) might have something to do with this.

Reply 11

Caffine

1

Are you ill at all other than that. I mean are you sick alot around certain times or something?

Here's a thought for you...

There is this illness called CVS (cylical vomiting syndrome) not many people have ever heard of it. I suffer from this illness and i always feel sick after i have eaten and sometimes after i have drunk things.

I will tell you a bit about CVS and if you don't want to know just skip this bit...
The feeling sick after meals is just a kind-of side effect of having CVS. Cylical Vomiting Sydrome is characterised by reccurent, prolonged episodes of severve nausea, vomiting and exhaustion, with no apparent cause. Suffers are healthy and sympton free between episodes.

Basically something triggers the CVS, my trigger is stress others i know are different foods, and when i get stressed it starts with a bad head then i get a kind of 'travel sickness' feeling and soon after i start being sick and once i start i can't stop. Even if i haven't eaten i'm still sick andf i start to bring up stomach acid and sometimes blood because theres nothing else. It can be life-threatening because of dehydration.

I don't know whether that helps at all but if you want more info about CVS if you PM me and i will put you in touch with all the right people... :smile:

Reply 12

thunderstorm

1

i had a loss of appetite over results period and couldnt hardly eat. i got into a cycle of fearing the next meal as i was worried i couldnt eat it. worrying about eating made me unable to eat probably. i was worried about losing weight as well (i cant afford to lose any really). i am eating more or less normally again now but i still worry about getting loss of appetite again esp as going to uni grows nearer. i think a felt sick as a side effect of the stress and i was very depressed. worrying about feeling like it seems to make you feel like it. i know you shouldnt think youll be ill as it half makes you ill! grr vicious cycle.

please go to ur gp about yours tho. i never actually was sick although i retched a couple of times! it sounds horrid to actually be throwing up. i hope you figure out whats causing it and sort it out soon. dont worry if you dont immediately get better it will take a while to get back to 'normal'. i expected to be able to eat loads again overnight and u cant!

Reply 13

marmalade

1

it's a vicious cycle that can and will get very much worse if you don't make a huge effort to stop yourself throwing up, because throwing up is very dangerous for your health, can become habitual and encoarages over eating

maybe try and stick to really dry food, don't drink a lot with meals, might make it harder

I've none people develop bulimia that just started with the desire to throw up after eating, then became a deadly disorder, it ruins lives, get out before it gets worse!

Reply 14

Audacious

4

Go and see your GP. they can rule out MOST physical problems, and can also sort out help for pychological etc probs. I hope evry thing works out 4 u

Reply 15

missjelly

Smiley_Me

That's so wrong!

My friend (who I believe is borderline anorexic) finds that when she eats she feels sick. This is usually due to fear of putting on weight.

i have this. i obsessively count calories, then starve myself if i go over 1000. i cant help it and i keep losing weight. im worried that when i get to 7stone and i want to stop losing, that i wont know how to eat for fear of gaining

Reply 16

Wanderlust

1

Hmm. I have problems like this. As said before, its always best to see a doctor, and wait it through.

(Currently I'm 6 stone 4 lbs, at 5"11. Just for info)

Reply 17

Helenia

20

I'm not really sure that it's healthy to be posting and comparing your weights especially when they are so very obviously underweight.

This thread does have a trigger warning and you guys have to exercise your discretion with that.

Reply 18

RieLouise

1

Lauren

Maybe someone with an eating disorder can help me here. After I eat something I usually want to be sick, and half the time I am. I feel over-full after just eating a sandwich, and after I've been sick I feel so much better. I've tried eating less, eating slowly, eating different foods.

It also doesn't help that I'm on a diet so it seems like a good thing this happening, but I hate this feeling of nausea and my boyfriend is starting to get really worried about it.

Btw it happens with every food I eat, any time of day, and sometimes even if it's a tiny amount. Sometimes it happens with drinks as well.

Thanks for any help you can give me.

I can only reiterate what others have said. Go to your GP and he/she will probably refer you to a specialist but be prepared for a long waiting list. It's good that you've identified the problem now because some people go so far down that road that they find it almost impossible to turn back. In the meantime there may be self-help groups in your area you can get in touch with. (I know that a new ED specialist has been added to the staff at Addenbrookes but again there is the age old problem of the waiting list).

Reply 19

bret

12

Lack of sleep?? Empty calories from booze?? Stress??

All these and countless others lead to lack of apetite. After a big night out i have to force down the food too. As for sickness, maybe its wise to see someone. Just drink loads of water with the meal or try 6 smaller portions throughout the day. In the meantime get energy from shakes until the problem is sorted.

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