stomach problems almost everyday. IBS?

raul07 · Newbie Joined: 14 Aug 2006 Posts: 4

ever since last year i have been waking up with stomach cramps and nausea. I have only thrown up 2 or 3 times bc of this nausea. It is mainly just an annoying feeling. It used to just happen in the mornings but not has begun to happen anytime durring the day, ussualy if i am stressed or i know i am going somewhere important. My stomach will feel like it blows up like a balloon. Sometimes it feels like a golf ball is stuck in my throat. I have been to the doctor a couple times about this and they thought that bc of the morning symptoms it was acid reflux soo they have prescribed me almost every different medicine out there. At first i took prevacid which seemed to work fora couple of months but i believe that that was all in my head. I think that my whole problem is all in my head. It seems to me to be IBS.

simone · Gold Member Joined: 23 Jul 2005 Posts: 471

Are you under a lot of stress? Do you have troubles with anxiety in regular every day situations? The reason why I suspect that the stress could be causing all of your symptoms is because you mentioned this golf ball in the throat and it is one of the stress symptoms.

When a person is under a lot of stress for a long time, they may experience a whole lot of symptoms including nausea and bloating and other GI symptoms.

If you do have problems with anxiety and nervousness, try relaxing and taking deep breaths as this may ease the stomach contractions.

I have heard that lavender helps with anxiety, stress and nervousness, so you may want to get something that smell like lavender when you get upset. I know I will have to because of the excessive stress I started to sweat (which can be felt all the time, even directly after a shower) and my scalp is disastrous, I have developed or aggravated seborrheic dermatitis ever since I have been under a lot of stress.

As for the nausea, try drinking ginger tea.

stomach problems almost everyday. IBS?

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