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Nausea
      #319124 - 11/19/07 05:13 PM
Mhillqt

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Does anyone else experience on and off waves of nausea throughout the day? Is this IBS or anxiety? Sometimes I cant even look at food but force myself to eat.......

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Re: Nausea new
      #319126 - 11/19/07 06:09 PM
BendeeWendee

Reged: 07/23/07
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Loc: Brooklyn, NY

Yes, yes, OMG Yes. I think it's a mix of IBS and anxiety that starts with anxiety or maybe with the IBS. Confused? I wake up in the mornings with a knot in my stomach cause I know I have to get on the subway to get to work and I stress over that coupled with the stress of wondering how I'm going to make it through the day and then to have to get back on the train and wonder if I'll make it home. All of that stress from as soon as I get up in the morning starts to nauseate me and because I get motion sick, the last thing I want to do is to get into a moving vehicle, train, bus, etc. but I have to cause I have to go to work. Then I don't eat my oatmeal right away cause I have to wait for the nausea to go away and then just when I think I'm fine, there comes another wave say about 3 hours later and so I have to wait for that to pass to eat my measly slices of french bread with soy butter. Yes, that's all I have for lunch because anything else, even if safe, will make me get sick. Or should I say I will make myself sick. By the time I get home I'm starving but still eat like a rabbit 'cause I know I'll have to go through it all over again the next day.

I just rambled didn't I? Anyway, I always have Ginger Chews on hand to curb the nausea but if the nausea is anxiety driven, even the ginger chews don't help and so I mentally have to fight it off and when I go into that zone, I don't answer my phones, converse with anyone, hell, I don't even check my email solely because I need to use every last bit of energy to fight.

Ok, rambling is over.

P.S. Somehow I still manage to smile through the malaise and crampy pains and you know what? Frankly, I'm tired of doing this everyday!

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Wendy IBS A thru Z
Taking it one day at a time...


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Re: Nausea new
      #319129 - 11/19/07 06:14 PM
Mhillqt

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Bene....you sound like you are also suffering so much ....have you ever tried taking an antianxiety med like klonopin or an ssri like prozac or lexapro? I think you might benefit if you are not med sensitive.......im over all this as well...it sucks

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Re: Nausea new
      #319131 - 11/19/07 06:17 PM

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BendeeW, if I may intrude, I have to say you are a true trooper. I'd never be able to (not yet anyway) take a train, cab or carpool to work every day, heck, I try to avoid giving people rides home or to work. I panic just thinking I'll get gassy, or need to jump out at a gas station to use the bathroom! Truely, I take my hat off to you! And who could blame you for being sick and tired of doing this everyday! I hope soon you can report that this chapter of your life is over and IBS is a thing of the past for you!

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Re: Nausea new
      #319138 - 11/19/07 06:41 PM
BendeeWendee

Reged: 07/23/07
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Loc: Brooklyn, NY

I've not gone the drug route because I never needed the drugs before IBS and so I feel that I can go back to that. I do have to start seeing a therapist because from what one therapist told me, all the negative thinking is a bad habit that needs to be broken. As a child I would always get motion sick so as soon as I was told that we were going somewhere, I would start feeling antsy cause I knew I was going to get sick and I was not going to enjoy where I was because I knew I was going to get sick on the way back. That "little" thought of "what if you get sick" has always been there but since the IBS, it's become more pronounced and I can't seem to shake it off like I used to. The one time therapist that I went to recommended that I go to the American Institute of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and I know that I do have to call them, but the reason that I have to go to them is the very same reason that I haven't called them. To make an appointment with them would mean that I'm going even further away from home and that freaks me out because "what if I get sick?"

I so will beat this thing. Maybe not today and maybe not tomorrow but I will beat it.

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Wendy IBS A thru Z
Taking it one day at a time...


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Re: Nausea new
      #319139 - 11/19/07 06:48 PM
BendeeWendee

Reged: 07/23/07
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Loc: Brooklyn, NY

That's what my coworkers say, "you're a trooper". I always smile and joke around and act like the old me, even though the old me has been hibernating for over a year now. I have no choice but to get on the subway to get to work BUT fortunately for me, I don't get D like other IBSers on here do. Everything that starts to happen to me starts from my subconscious screwing around with me--without me thinking about it--and so my body starts to get queasy or what have you and then the thought comes forward to my conscious and then I have to start fighting the good fight.

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Re: Nausea new
      #319165 - 11/20/07 05:54 AM
auntdebs318

Reged: 10/18/07
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Loc: Yardley, Pa

Wendee,

You are so brave for getting up everyday and going to work. I hear myself in you. But sweety YOU have to comes to terms with the anxiety and panic disorder. I used to wake up all anxious since I hated my boss at my last job. He used to call me a stupid woman and other nasty things. So basically I would get so worked up that I would be sweating so much sometimes I had to change my top before I left. then the drive on the highway. I hate 95 which is so busy people rushing in and out of lanes. So by the time I got there i was exhausted and then had to work 8 hours. Some how I would manage. But my point here is you need to get to a doctor to deal with this all and get some meds. If its ativan, or zanax to take at night to calm you down. Or SSRI zoloft,lexapro,effexor. Trust me I went through and now I take Zoloft and 1/2 of ativan when I get so worked up that I cant sleep. Plus find a therapist that is local. Mine is 5 minutes away. This way it will easier for them to help you. And when you start to feel stronger the commute wont even bother you anymore. And now that I left that jerfoff boss..LOL I work 10 min from my house and I love the environment so I not as stressed at much. sENDING YOU HUGSS

MAKE 2008 YOUR YEAR TO ADDRESS YOUR HEALTH!! its all about you girl! when i am working on me I hear the rocky song.."getting strong now" when he runs up the art museum steps"

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Babies is the plan for 2008!!Hope this IBS cooperates.

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Re: Nausea new
      #319174 - 11/20/07 06:59 AM
blackrvn5

Reged: 04/02/07
Posts: 268
Loc: Virginia

Have you had all the tests done to check for reflux, gallbladder, etc? I had nausea that was caused by my reflux and gallbladder. Usually the IBS affects the lower area. Between diet change (lowfat) and taking Protonix the nausea went away.

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Susan
IBS-A, Gas, Pain, Reflux
"The first in time and the first in importance of the influences upon the mind is that of nature. Every day, the sun; and after sunset, night and her stars. Ever the winds blow; ever the grass grows."
Emerson, August 31, 1837

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Re: Nausea new
      #319186 - 11/20/07 08:38 AM
tovabela

Reged: 11/07/07
Posts: 40
Loc: NYC

Bendee Wendee, a fellow New Yorker here too! I have found that if I listen to music or read while I am in transit, it tends to get my mind off of worrying and reducing the stress. Once it happens a few times and you get to your destination without any "episodes" as I like to call them, the travel part gets easier. Although I have never gotten car sick so I certainly can't compare my episodes to yours. While I always try to stay away from meds, I found that hyoscyamine worked well, ginger sucking candies and yes, even therapy have all played a part in my "recovery". I always like to say I am a work in progress, as nothing ever gets to 100%, but only you can make the effort to decide how to get over your anxieties. I hope this forum, in what ever way, gives you the strength you need. For me, just knowing there are soooo many people out there who have gone through what I have been going through for so many years, gives me the validity that I am not crazy, I really do have something that affects my health and am finding many ways to handle it.

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Re: Nausea new
      #319188 - 11/20/07 08:54 AM
Mhillqt

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Maybe its NYC>..I live in manhattan also.....

Aunt - did you find that the AD you were given alleviated your IBS? Did you also have panic disorder? Lastly, once the AD works, do you have to stay on a careful IBS diet if the IBS is under control with the AD? Thanks

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