Can gall bladder cause chronic nausea?

After a couple of years of gi pain and problems I had my gallbladder removed one year ago and felt mostly better. Eight months later, I began having chronic nausea that lasted three months. I lost my appetite and 15 precious pounds off my slender frame. I nearly lost my job and couldn't work for most of that period. I was hospitalized four times. The only thing that came back positive in the myriad diagnostic tests was bile in the stomach and nystygmous (jerky eye movements). What finally stopped the nausea was the SSRI antidepressant Celexa. I was resistant to taking an antidepressant at first until I found out that 90% of the seretonin receptors are in the gut and Celexa is also used to treat migraines and IBS. The drug has worked wonders. One month after my last bout of nausea I am back at work and feeling terrific. I have gained back almost all the weight. The nystygmous seems to be associated with migraines and one of the diagnosis for me was stomach migraines but I still think the nausea was associated with the gall bladder surgery. I have had dizzy spells for three years. Simply eye exercises are making the nystygmous go away along with the dizziness.

thanks you all so much for putting this information on this site. I will be going to the doctors tomorrow as this is also what im dealing with :-) but i have diverticular disease so have found it hard to get an understanding that i have more than one thing going on at one as they had tried to tell me is was all from the same problem

I had my gall bladder removed 7-15-10. I waited awhile to post on here but I think maybe I can help a few people who may be or have experienced what I did. I had chronic nausea leading up to my GB removal. Nothing but, no pain, just horrible nausea. The kind where you don't throw up but you feel sick all day long. The Dr. gave me nausea meds but they didn't work. I had my GB removed and felt great for 5 days and then it came back again. Worse than ever, still no vomiting just nausea. I was in bed for weeks upon end and lost a lot of weight. I called my Dr. (who happens to be my neighbor) he had me come in to check a few things. Among them, a urine test. Alas, I had a whopping bladder infection. So, he put me on CIPRO. After the 4th day I had the nausea again and called him at home (it was the weekend) he told me to stop taking the Cipro so I did. Still nausea. I had a reprive maybe for a week and then it came back again. This is at the end of August now. I am beginning to worry that there is something more wrong with me. I called him again. He told me it would take my body awhile to adjust and just be patient. About a week later I started vomiting and then I was really worried as I had never thrown up before. Found out I had strep. (it just keeps getting better I am thinking) I take omnicef for this. Now, it's September, school has started. I can barely get in my car to drive my kids to school I am so sick. The nausea meds work, but I have to take too much and it makes me drowsy.

Finally by the end of Sept. no more nausea. I woke up one day and it was gone. I was actually hungry for breakfast in the morning. It's January 2011 now. Things are much, much better. Nausea is gone. I can eat pretty much what I want. I just chalk it off to my body just getting used the the gall bladder being gone. I can't explain it, he can't explain it, it just happened. Everyone responds differently. I try not to think about it anymore for fear I'll be nauseated just thinking about my experience.

I hope this helps some of you. Just have faith that it will get better. If it persists, call your Dr. stay on top of it and ask for blood work and more tests if necessary.

I am 17 years old and have been experiencing extreme nausea for 2 months now. Doctors push it off to the side and first called it viral, the stomach flu, my period, but now some time next week im going for an ultra sound to look at my gallbladder. Took long enough haha. I just want an answer. This is interfering with my school work, my boyfriend, my friends, and the sports I love. Nausea is ussally worse in the morning and lingers all day but not as bad but then gets bad at night again. I've lost 15lbs in the past 2 months ( not that I mind that haha ) Most of the time, im just not hungry at all. Even if I feel fine, Im just not hungry. Some one please give me some insight and let me know if this sounds like a gallbladder problem?

I'm a 27 year old woman. I had my gallbladder removed 10 months ago and still have chronic nausea. They have done mulitiple tests including: endoscopy, food intolerance breath tests, food diaries, MRI on the brain, EKG, CT Scan, many blood tests, sleep study and PH probe study. All tests have come back normal...they just can't find anything wrong with me. The nausea hits me in waves some days are better than others and some days its a struggle because the nausea is so consistant. The nausea has taken over my life! I want my life back!! They put me on Zergid 40mg twice a day even though I don't have reflux which is of no help, in fact some days I think it makes me even more nauseous. My Primary put me on Phenergan to help with the nausea and it did help until my GI took me off of it so it would not mask the "real issue". It seems as though I have ran out of options...any suggestions on what tests I should suggest to my Drs would be extremely helpful!

i also am beginning to have daily nausea and my story is very similar to the others.

I seriously thought I was the only one with these problems. I am so nauseous all the time, to the point where it wakes me up in my sleep and I have to run to the bathroom, but nothing happens. I just dry heave but never vomit. I will eventually go back to sleep then I wake up and it starts all over again. I cannot eat fast food, or anything heavy because it makes everything so much worse. I basically eat soup and light meals all the time, because anything else I eat makes me feel so nauseous. I am starting to think it is my gallbladder but I'm still not sure. I havent seen a doctor yet because I thought it was not a big deal, until it started being constant. I am 20 years old, exercise sometimes, not everyday though, and have no history of bad health. I had mono sometime last year and that was about it. Any insight from you guys would be a great help thanks so much!

I'm 18 years old and about 9 months ago my stomach started to bother me abs at first I thought I was just sick but then it became an everyday thing I went to a couple doctors And they diagnosed me with IBS ( irratable bowel syndrome) but I started to get these pains on my right side and I would feel sick for days at a time and feel good for a few days. And I feel sick to my stomach all the time and sometimes I have timbale myself eat. It's hard not to eat the things you want cause you know how it will make you feel after. Come tO find out it is my gall bladder and i have to get it removed.but is for my sake and my boyfriends cuz he has to hear me comPlain all the time. I'm too young fOr this and so is anyone this young suffering from it I am sorry. I found out the best thing to drink is hot tea camomile preferably. It calms your stomach down. Tums doesn't do much and maalox also is great. Good luck to everyone that is experiencing this awful pain

I hope you are still on the forum---did your nausea go away---I have the same thing as you---had my gallbladder out three weeks ago---still nauseous everyday---am losing weight because cannot eat---feel fine except for nausea---what did you do?---please help--

Hi.

You definitely need to see your doctor again and get some testing. You are young and I doubt it is anything serious...It could be your gallbladder or gastritis or IBS....Can you schedule with another doctor so you can get some tests...I had a low ejection fraction with my HIDA scan and severe nausea that wouldn't stop so they removed my gallbladder....you need to do those tests just to be safe---good luck---and let me know how you do---if it is your gallbladder, you will do better eating very low fat...

Well i figure i would have IBS cause my constant having to go to the bathroom(#2) but this is just so way beyond. infact,with in the past 2 hours,its gotten so bad i was thinking of going to the ER cause i wa feeling so bad i felt like i was going to die...i'm thinking of still going cause i can't take this c**p to get any sleep..i won't be able to sleep. :(

BethTn09 wrote:

lillye wrote:

You definitely need to see your doctor again and get some testing. You are young and I doubt it is anything serious...It could be your gallbladder or gastritis or IBS....Can you schedule with another doctor so you can get some tests...I had a low ejection fraction with my HIDA scan and severe nausea that wouldn't stop so they removed my gallbladder....you need to do those tests just to be safe---good luck---and let me know how you do---if it is your gallbladder, you will do better eating very low fat...

Well i figure i would have IBS cause my constant having to go to the bathroom(#2) but this is just so way beyond. infact,with in the past 2 hours,its gotten so bad i was thinking of going to the ER cause i wa feeling so bad i felt like i was going to die...i'm thinking of still going cause i can't take this c**p to get any sleep..i won't be able to sleep. :(

If you are feeling that bad, I would go to the ER---I did feel pretty badly some days---weak, nauseated, diarrhea, pain in my ribs.....It will be 8 weeks this Friday since my surgery---I have cut back on my meds, am still taking carafate twice a day and only 20 mg. of prilosec and a "Nutr-west" digestive enzyme----I definitely feel better and can eat, walk a mile every day and go out and do things---still don't feel perfect though----what exactly are you experiencing? I am so sorry you are going through this and wish I could help....

Hi.

I am glad you started the process---it does sound like your gallbladder though---the ultrasound and CT scan should help them diagnose you---the phenergan does work for the nausea---