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Posted 12/19/2010 10:27 PM (GMT -5)
I have horrible nausea about 99% of my life. it makes life almost unbearable at times. like today for instance, i FINALLY felt hungry for dinner. so i ate. now im feeling so nauseated and im dry heaving while sitting here trying to relax for the night before going to bed. on top of that the room now feels like its spinning even though im not moving so everytime i move my head the nausea gets worse.

ugh.

its so bad i rarely eat anymore bc im just never hungry or i know if i eat the nausea will get worse and i'll spend hours dry heaving over the toilet so i just dont.

the other day running errands, the smell coming from some restaurant was so strong and im guessing would normally make people think "wow that place smells so good!" but it made me so nauseated i had to run to my car and drive away as fast as possible to avoid puking in the parking lot.

i do have pills but the side effect of taking them long term is so bad that the doctor will only prescribe 8 pills at a time and only every 3 months. so i only use them on my really really really really bad days. and suffer through the rest.

does anyone else suffer with this too or is this just a "me" anomaly?
Posted 12/19/2010 10:42 PM (GMT -5)
Could you be pregnant? Or have a hormone imbalance (too much or too little estrogen or progesterone)?
Posted 12/20/2010 12:11 AM (GMT -5)
Wow, that sounds pretty extreme!! I have some problems with my stomach, but nothing like what you described. What does your doctor say is going on?

Debbie
Posted 12/20/2010 12:57 AM (GMT -5)
It sounds like you have food adversions or actual allergies. I would suggest that you keep a food diary of all things you put in your mouth from gum, toothpaste, drink and snacks and meals.

Write down how you are feeling after you eat those things. Then you can look back and see if there is a pattern to the foods that cause the most problems.

My husband was so sick and we found out that the salicylates in foods were causing lots of distress. This was after we had removed gluten and corn. He also had to have allergy testing done and there were a few more foods that we had to pull from his diet so that his food was not making his illness worse.

I hope you get to the bottom of this. Have you see a gastro dr and had testing done with them?
Posted 12/20/2010 10:20 AM (GMT -5)
My daughter had that.  She would eat but then run away from the table because she would get nauseated.  She got down to under 100 pounds, too!  Do you have cramping, too?  If so, check with your gynecologist.  My daughter, it turned out, had endometriosis and that was causing the nausea and cramping.

 

Sherrine

Posted 12/20/2010 12:30 PM (GMT -5)

luv2ride said...
Could you be pregnant? Or have a hormone imbalance (too much or too little estrogen or progesterone)?

i know im not pregnant. but my OB has said numerous times that i have too many hormones. but any time he tries to regulate them it just makes things worse so we have stopped trying. :sigh:
Posted 12/20/2010 12:32 PM (GMT -5)

Acheybody said...
Wow, that sounds pretty extreme!! I have some problems with my stomach, but nothing like what you described. What does your doctor say is going on?

Debbie

my doctor doesnt know what is going on. they cant seem to find a thing wrong with me. not that im surprised. they never can find anything wrong me. took them 13 years to diagnose me with fibro. i doubt they will be able to figure out why im nauseated so much.
Posted 12/20/2010 12:35 PM (GMT -5)

Mrsppmrxky said...
It sounds like you have food adversions or actual allergies. I would suggest that you keep a food diary of all things you put in your mouth from gum, toothpaste, drink and snacks and meals.

Write down how you are feeling after you eat those things. Then you can look back and see if there is a pattern to the foods that cause the most problems.

My husband was so sick and we found out that the salicylates in foods were causing lots of distress. This was after we had removed gluten and corn. He also had to have allergy testing done and there were a few more foods that we had to pull from his diet so that his food was not making his illness worse.

I hope you get to the bottom of this. Have you see a gastro dr and had testing done with them?

the only food im allergic to for sure is beef. we have cut that out completely, and we only eat organic foods and i have cut out gluten and pretty much anything else i can think of. but it happens no matter what i eat. so basically i just dont eat.
Posted 12/20/2010 12:42 PM (GMT -5)

Sherrine said...

<font color=#0000ff>Sherrine

My mom had endometriosis. i've had so many tests run by the OB, the gastro doc, the rheum doc, the regular doc, the cardiologist, the ortho doc and noone can find anything. i honestly should glow from all the xrays i have put into my body.

they say its not my female parts, but it gets worse with my cycle. it gets worse if i smell things. it gets worse if i dont smell things. it gets worse if i eat things. it gets worse if im in pain. if im not in pain. if im sitting, standing, laying, etc etc. its hard to pinpoint what does it when everything makes it worse.

i've kept a diary and its not been conclusive. i do have migraines that are abnormal and the neurologist thinks that its my migraines causing this. So i've been put back on Topamax. so far nothing. but its only been a couple weeks so we'll see. im just tired of taking pills and still getting no results. of going to see the doc, having tests run, blood drawn, needles stuck in me, and still nothing. it seems pointless to go anymore. i've been going since i was around 14/15 for this, it got worse around 19 when i really started going more often and now im 27 and still no answers. im sick of going. i've been to so many different doctors in so many different states its not even funny. ugh.
Posted 12/20/2010 1:01 PM (GMT -5)
I'm sorry for all the hassles you've gone through, especially when there isn't a real diagnosis regarding your nausea.

Have you tried acupuncture or seen a Naturopathic Doctor? It might be worth your while, especially if you already know your hormones are messed up, as per the one doctor's comments.

I hope you're able to find an answer to relieve your misery. I'll be thinking about you and sending good thoughts your way.

hugs,
Pam
Posted 12/20/2010 1:24 PM (GMT -5)
My daughter's doctor did outpatient surgery to see what was going on and removed whatever they remove to make her feel better.  It was a short procedure but that's actually how the diagnosis came about.  He suspected it but didn't know for sure until he did the surgery.

 

Sherrine

Posted 12/20/2010 10:52 PM (GMT -5)
It is strange that the doctor would put you on topomax for this. It generally makes food unappealing to a person and they tend to lose weight. I hope that you feel better soon.

Hugs, Karen
Posted 12/20/2010 11:01 PM (GMT -5)
I was also wondering if it might be pancreatitis. It does cause extreme nausea and excruciating pain. I had it in June of this year and was in the hospital 3 times. It got so bad for me that even a sip of water would make me double over in pain and become so nauseated that all I could do was lay very still until it stopped. I lost down to 101 pounds.

Hope you find some answers soon. Sorry you are suffering so much...
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