Constant Nausea

I have been having constant nausea for almost 6 months now...and It has effected me quite a bit...my weight fluctuates and me not being able to eat or throwing up either in the morning or in the evening. I would like to know what is causing it. But I dont know if I should talk to my doctor or what? I've tried to take pepto Bismol and tums..it relieves it a little but after i take it and I wait the feeling comes back. I HATE it...any suggestions?

I commented on here several months ago. I had constant nausea from when I was about 15 to 23. It happened mostly when I went out in public, most often at restaurants and when I was in school. I thought it was anxiety related. It got so bad over the past year that I couldn't even go to the grocery store without stopping in the restroom several times. I never actually vomited, it just felt like I was going to. And  I got flu-like symptoms (mostly diarrhea) frequently, especially before bed.  

I never thought it could be diet related. I read on hear to stop eating gluten, and my sister  also persuaded me to do so. I was a healthy eater before, but I decided to try it. My nausea stopped almost IMMEDIATELY! Within a week I lost about 10 pounds of water weight, and I realized I had been bloated for years. It turns out I was allergic to gluten, and after not doing anything about it for 8 years, it got so bad it is now Celiacs. I have not had any feelings of nausea in public since. I was still paranoid about it for months after, since it had been happening for so long, but I realize now it is completely gone. I no longer get diarrhea and I can go out to eat, see a movie, and just go out in public with friends without worrying about it. There have been a couple instances where I accidently ate the smallest amount of gluten, and all of my symptoms returned within minutes, and I can't believe how miserable I was before.

Gluten intolerance is a serious, incredibly common problem, and most people don't realize they have it.  It was the one thing I couldn't see myself giving up because I LOVE bread and pasta...but you can seriously get anything gluten free now because it is such a common problem. The gluten free pastas are flawless, and you can get gluten free baking flour to make all of your favorite recipes. (I love Grandpa's Kitchen Brand. Can't taste the difference.) If you have constant nausea, please try it for just a month! You'll be surprised how immediate and how incredible the results are. You don't have to buy anything...it's just like a detox. And if you feel the way I did, you need to cut it out forever because the gluten is literally tearing up your digestive system. Try it! It might be the permanent solution you're looking for. Treat the disease, not the symptoms! 

What you have, my friend, is emetophobia; the fear of throwing up.  Emetophobia tends to cause panic attacks in it's terrible wake, making you even more afraid of actually vomiting. You're not alone. T

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Hi all!

This could possibly turn into the longest post ever so I apologize in advance.

Let me start out by saying that it feels so good to know that I am not totally alone in this, even the posts from seven years ago, because most of the time that is exactly how I feel.

I have been having stomach and nausea problems for as long as I remember. I distinctly remember all the way back to the first grade when I started visiting the school nurse all the time feeling sick to my stomach. I missed most of my 6th grade year from the stomach discomfort/nausea problem and I missed so many days of high school it is amazing I even graduated. My senior year I decided to take classes at the local community college instead of classes at the high school I was attending and my stomach discomfort/nausea decreased to the most bareable level I had ever experienced it at. I am not sure if this was because I was finally enjoying my classes or because I was finally surrounded by some of my best friends (whom were either homeschooled or attended the other high schools) or because I finally had the option to leave the class if I was feeling ill but, what ever the reason life finally sort of resembled bearable. There were several weeks between Febuary and March 2009 where I felt completely normal. Then after a cold I started feeling nauseous again and have been ever since. I can distinctly remember leaving work early at least 10 times throughout the years because I felt sick/ to miserable to be in my own body. I would drive home sure that I was going to vomit somewhere along the way speeding extremely fast and riding peoples tails willing the lights to either stay green or change green the moment I pulled up to it. I must note that during this time period I had been to the doctor too many times to count having blod drawn, an endoscopy, and tried on many different medications with no relief or positive tests.

Fast forward a few years and I decide to go to nursing school; because what girl with a fear of vomiting and a self diagnosed anxiety problem doesn't want to commit her life to a stressful profession where you are not only around other people's diseases but, also their vomit?

Somehow I not only make it through most of my classes but, also clinicals. Yes, I felt uncomfortably nauseous everyday. Yes, I needed to continuely remind myself that it would be ok and that I'd make it through and if I really couldn't if I actually did puke that I could leave early no harm no foul. There are a million things out there that I could commit my life to and if nursing wasn't it well so be it. As it turned out I actually only left clinical early one time in two years and that day my instructor was the one to send me home because I had a cold that was getting worse as the shift went on (I ended up with a fever of 102 F). I just figured if God didn't want me to do it then I would fail something and move on with my life. But, here's the other thing every time I give into my stomach discomfort and nausea I feel like a complete failure so that was another motivation. I didn't want to appear as a failure to my family, my classmates, or myself because I would never let me forget it.

Then comes December; not only is graduation right around the corner so are the nursing boards and my stomach acts up like I had never experienced in my life. I missed my pinning ceremony because I was feeling so ill. I studied and worked and thought about my boards all the while feeling miserable. My family got the stomach flu and although I do not believe that I did but I sure felt sick and ended up missing a week straight of work. Feeling fed up I once again went to the doctor whom perscribed me carafate, omeprazole, and zofran. Nothing worked. I thought it would either subside once I passed my boards or end with me vomiting blood d/t a stomach ulcer. Neither happened. Now I had to search for a job and a place to live.

Just this August I moved out of my parents home for the first time (in the city I grew up in because it was the only place I could find a job) and got a job working night shift (2300-0700) at a LTC facility with one-on-one care. I also started school to get my Bachelors of Science in Nursing. I tell you all of this just to emphasize how little stress my life should really hold.

Since August my stomach has been so bad life is miserable. It is always worse at night and first thing in the morning but, will randomly hurt during the day as well. Sometimes it comes on with absolutely no warning, I'll be feeling 100% then BAM I'm so nauseous I want to die. On my days off I still can't fall asleep until 4 or 5 in the AM. If I do go to bed before midnight I'll wake up feeling sick in the middle of the night. I cry more now than ever before. My stomach symptoms have changed throughout the years from just feeling gassy/bloaty/uncomfortable to now which is straight up nausea. It is unbearable. All I want to do is stay home, in bed, and read books or watch TV preferably by myself or with my family. I like induling other peoples seemingly normal lives. Although I try to live my life I see abvious ways that I don't because of the stomach issues. Work is the worst; I sit all night feeling completely miserable but, now I have to pay bills so I need to work no matter how awful I feel. Throughout the years different things have helped to calm my stomach everything from chewing gum, eating goldfish crackers, drinking water, and eating TUMS like they are candy but, now little will touch it even the zofran. Sometimes drinking soda helps sometimes pacing helps and sometimes the only thing that helps is getting home and going to bed with the knowledge that I can be dead to the world for at least 8 hours.

Yes, I know I have emetaphobia and that I have anxiety. I have also recently cut gluten from my diet (it has been almost a month) and have felt no change. I am scared to eat most foods for fear of food poisoning (though have lost no weight) and desperately want to quite my job d/t the amount of discomfort I feel while I am here (yup at work feeling like death warmed over as we "speak"). I am constantly feeling exhausted. My back hurts all the time. When I am feeling especially awful I have increased urination and am really jittery. My family doesn't understand. My doctor has been no help and I really don't want to quite doing something that I have worked so hard at but, I also don't want to live life feeling like I do.

Thanks for listening.

can anyone give advice on how to deal with  nrvous nausea which has taken over my life even to making myself vomit  specially in the mornings  really fed up with myself anyone else  with this problem