Everyday-Random Dry-Heaving with no other symptoms!? What's going on?

Did anyone try the Mag 400mg. Did it help?

This is exactly how it is with me. EXACTLY. Every morning before I shower or in the shower and sometimes while getting ready. On the days I don’t have to work, I don’t . I use to think it was something with my liver but now it makes sense. It’s like anxiety.

For me it was absolutely 100% anxiety caused. As soon as the source of my anxiety was removed (former employer lawsuit against me that was settled) the morning dry heaves ceased and have not returned.

Mine seems to be fueled (more) by anxiety but I still get it every morning after sleeping. I'm wondering, besides seeing a doctor, if I need to be sleeping with a humidifier?

If you thinks its not from stress, you are seriously kidding yourself. Im an H.R Manager and when im under the gun i dry heave a few times. When you get that sick feeling in the pit of your stomach because of stress its not imaginairy its causing acid re flux and also to note i am a smoker and this also contributes to the heaving.

No excercise..no fever..very shaky during the dry heaving..yes been having sinus dranage when i first get up..Gagging..also i feel i have a hard knot right below my sternun when pressing ..

I have been dry heaving for about 3 years now, somewhat off and on. Like many of you, it’s most often in the morning and brought on by sudden temperature changes (could be sudden cold or sudden hot). Lately, I’ve noticed it’s when my stomach is empty. It usually goes away when I eat. I thought it was anxiety related because I was working a really stressful job when it started to happen again last year and it got really bad (5-15 times a day) for about a week when I was really nervous about quitting that job. Once I started my new job, it went away. Until recently when it came back! Now I’m thinking it may actually have been because I was getting up so early for the stressful job and now I’m not. It is much more frequent when I get up early. Someone recommended drinking water at that time, which I tried and immediately threw up (that’s the only time I threw something up aside from one isolated incident when I just woke up, was really tired, and got really hot all of a sudden—then I threw up pure bile). Like others, I rarely experience it on the weekend when I sleep in or when I’m at home during the day. All of these things made me think it was anxiety, and two different doctors and blood work said there was nothing wrong with me physically other than mild dehydration (I am VERY bad about drinking water and had kidney stones a couple years ago). However, I do think it is aggravated by stress. Now, after reading these posts, I’m thinking more about other symptoms I have such as headaches when I wake up, sneezing, and post nasal drip (which my dad has really bad). I’ve noticed it can happen when I talk a lot or sing, like others have mentioned, presumably because I’m not taking in enough air. I’m a 27 year old female with no other health issues except lactose intolerance.

One piece of advice for those of you who are embarrassed about dry heaving in public—if you haven’t tried already, when it starts I would recommend coughing. It sounds silly, but I’m able to cover it up that way when I’m at work.

Hey. I have been having it since late 2016. Im 30 yo slim male. My issues are very similar to you, even including not drinking enough water.. I also use coughing to cover it up. :) But nothing beats dry heaving in the toilet alone to let it out...

I think the core mechanism behind our dry-heaving is abdominal muscle (and maybe also throat muscle) tightening when we get anxious or nervous about things. It also happens to me when I get excited. Like you, I seldom have it when Im at home in the weekend. I also had a month completely without dry heaving in a cold winter 2017, so i dont think temperature change is the real culprit. I blame it for muscle tightening.

Im looking into trigger points self help on my abdominal muscles, and I hope it would help. 

Wish you recover well.

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Try having an avomine, phenergan or emin 25mg before bed.

I never found out the main reason for why I'm sick every morning. But these motion sickness medications helped me so maybe they'll help you.

That is me in every way

It seem that we have the exact same symptoms

Stuff that has worked for me. (Disclaimer - I am not a doctor. Also, no Doctors told me to do a lot of these things. No doctors have been able to help me so far. All of these things I've found through self experimenting. These are mostly things that help relieve the symptom, but the cause is still fuzzy for sure.)


Kratom
was the first thing I tried that had any noticeable effect. Used to try to drink it, but that didn't last long because the taste is so bad that eventually the smell will make me throw up, so I recommend the capsules. Play with the doses to find what fits. I still take this about once a week, but it wrecks my voice and since I'm a singer I had to make this only an option on my non show days. Definitely, start with low doses because if you take too much you will throw up and everyone's different. The lower doses have more of a stimulant effect and higher dosages are more of a depressant/opioid -type effect. It actually activates opioid receptors, but is non addictive, because you will just puke if you take too much and the doses to get the desired effect are so high that its a super chore to take it.

CBD Oil
was the second thing I tried after I realized that there are substances that can help. Tried for drops under the tongue with little to no effect, but eventually started vaping it with much better results. Also, I find the CBD edibles to be helpful as well, but take awhile to digest and kick in. You can find both at most local smoke shots.

Regular Marijuana
Helps sometimes, but it really depends on the strain and your setting and if you can get it. I usually just vape the oils and eat edibles. I find a little sativa can work ok, but it's a slippery road, because slightly more can make you very anxious and as most of you notice, anxiety exacerbates the problem. So indica is usually the way to go.

NOTE: I hadn't tried weed for the first 28 years of my life, but after having this issue for 5 plus years, I was willing to try anything to help. If you aren't a regular user of this substance in can be scary by accidentally smoking too much or eating too many edibles. Edibles are always a little bit of a wild card. There have been times where I've have ate or vaped too much and has ruined whole nights where I almost never wanted to do it again, but if you stick in there for the first few months, you develop more of a know how and tolerance to help you with what you need it for. I find this helps, but is not a cure by any means.

The best things about all these substances is they are all natural, so you can't do much damage by trying them. Kratom and CBD are legal in all 50 states and there's no risk of overdosing with any of the first 3 things substances. Though I will say if you vape a lot of CBD and weed and have cavities, this will eventually hurt your cavities. CBD seems to be worse on the cavities.

Phenibut
is a drug I'm not sure of in a lot of ways. It's a substance you have to be super careful with. If you are depressed at all, do not take this. I repeat, do not take this if you are depressed. If you do take this stuff, just be super regimented with it. You have to taper down and on the come downs I usually try to taper with Kratom to counter it. It's completely legal and super cheap, but there are some great things about it and some not so great things about it. Its the best over the counter anti-anxiety medicine I've ever taken. It makes you feel great. It puts you in the best mood. I've never been great in crowds, but this stuff makes me enjoy it and makes me much more outgoing. I honestly think it makes me the best version of myself and definitely helps with the gagging as well. Now here are the cons and listen close. Your tolerance goes up super fast and its super easy to get addicted. If you get up to like 4 (500mg) pills to get you where you need to be and then you don't taper off, you will feel super depressed over the next few days. Like the worse I've ever felt.

Gum
Is my go to. Mint gum always eases the gagging quite a bit. I'm not sure if it's the chewing that relaxes your jaw and throat, the mint that sort of numbs the gag reflex, or both, but now it's more of a comfort thing too, because as most of you know there's a lot of mental parts to this problem, though I don't think it's the root cause.

Caffeine
exacerbates the problem. As a person that works full time and is also a working musician, this is a tough one. There were times where I'd be drinking like 4 energy drinks a day and this definitely makes the gagging worse. I've cut down to about one a day in the morning only and on the days I do that, it seems to help a little. Caffeine ultimately makes you more anxious and high strung, so this is probably why its no good for this condition.

Taking pills
Also, makes the situation worse for me. Some days if I take a lot of pills it feels like they are all stuck in my throat and then that feeling
can last all day making it difficult to have regular conversations with people. When I'm extra gaggy this is always a tough thing though. So minimize taking pills if possible.

The Cold
seems to make it worse, because everything is clenched tighter. I do still have issues in the summer, but seems to be worse in the winter. I find that sitting in a sauna helps relax your throat. (I just use 2 space heater in a small room with sweats)

Omeperazole
Helps a little sometimes I guess. I think ultimately the root cause of all this are digestive issues or throat problems and it did seem to help alot at first right away, but none of these are really cures, just ways to help.

Digestive enzymes
I've been taking papaya enzyme, probiotics, and activated charcoal and this does seem to help slightly as well. But you have to be careful because the more pills you take the worse that can make it also.

Burping
Is a weird one that's been helping me a lot lately. Whenever I've felt gaggy in the past, burping would always provide temporary relief, but I'm noticing lately that if I drink a soda when I'm feeling the extra gaggy, it will make me burp like a thousand times which makes me wonder if that's one of the main issues. Like your body isn't releasing the gas in your belly or throat properly, so that builds up so much pressure that it makes you feel like gagging. I notice this with taking pills a lot too. When I take a pill it seems like the pill is blocking me from burping, so it's hard to continue to take any more pills until after I burp. This is the standout for me lately.

Exercises
There are some exercises that have helped me sometimes as well. When I'm feeling gaggy, I try to move my tongue across my bottom row of teeth to help relax it and my throat. Moving my jaw around too helps in the same way. If you stretch your neck around in a a full circle. When your head is circling be sure to keep your mouth opened and relaxed and do it in both directions multiple times. Regular cardio exercising helps a lot too, probably because it helps with anxiety. You can also try to lesson your gag reflex by exposure, mostly done with your toothbrush on your tongue every day when brushing to make the reflex less intense. I've Also tried hypnosis, but only through YouTube. It may have helped a little for awhile, but its tough to tell for sure.

Moldy water
This one never really worked for me I don't think, but I include it because it was one of the few answers on this issue I've ever seen posted on any of these forums. I think when most people figure something out, they probably just never post any answers, because they just forget that there's a bunch of people out there still suffering with this problem. In this persons description they stopped drinking water from the faucet, even filtered water, because their pipes were old and moldy and the mold would even get in the filter I guess. Completely cured the problem for him he said. I still do this, but I'm not sure how much effect it's having.

These are all things that have helped me or helped others with the same problem. I'm a singer and perform over a hundred shows a year. When this started happening I thought it would pass eventually or maybe I was just sick. I've been dealing with this issue now for about 7 years. Making music is my love and my life, so when this started happening to me it scared to my core and still scares me to this day. I've read thousands of articles and forums on this. I went to an ENT and was told I have acid reflux and GERD like everyone else. I even had part of my elongated uvula (hangy ball in back mouth) cut down, because for awhile I was convinced that was the solution. Which ultimately costed me more money than a person of my income can afford and also made me feel super helpless since, in the end, it wasn't fixed. I'm not sure there's a complete solution to this. Maybe diet plays a big role, because I've only tried a little of changing my diet around (cut down on spicy foods, don't eat before bed). But in my search for a solution, these are the things that have provided relief. When this starts, it's just gagging, after you have it for awhile, you start to get anxiety about gagging. Especially for me since I have to perform with my throat in front of a lot of people on a regular basis. So it's very much a mental problem, as well as a physical problem. The first like 4 things I've suggested here are more for dealing with the anxiety this causes which makes this problem worse. One of the main things I've learned from all this is to be more open minded about things. And also, what's working for you this week might not work next week. This fact comes with a lot of disappointments and let downs, but just keep on fighting the good fight and searching (but don't forget to post any findings if they help you). Don't give up. And for all the people that go to the doctor/ENT and aren't taken seriously, just know they are just being lazy or stupid. Just because they've never dealt with this before and don't have a solution for you, doesn't mean you should have to feel stupid or unheard or helpless or like you are making it up. These forums clearly show that these are real problems for thousands of people. Hopefully this can help you guys in one way or another. Good luck on your journey! And again, don't forget to post any solutions you find, because it could help a lot of people. Just because it's solved for you, doesn't mean it's not excruciating for thousand or millions of other people everyday.

Ok folks I have lived with this condition for years. It started by just being a morning thing. I would wake up and could not get going without dry heaving/gagging. It would come and go. This past December, it locked me up.....literally. I could not get up and get going without the gagging feeling. I literally had to sit or lie on the couch just about all day. I am not one to sit around for an hour much less all day. Every time I tried to get up and get going, I would feel like gagging and would often times physically gag. I could not eat either. Again, if I tried to eat or even smelled certain foods, I would begin gagging. I lost 35 pounds in a matter of 2 months. I went to the ER and had bloodwork done and an EKG, I went to the ENT and got scoped, I went to the Gastro and ended up having an upper GI done. Nothing wrong, healthy as a horse. So I finally got in to see a general Dr. I had never had a doctor so it took a few weeks to get in. I explained all of my symptoms to him. He decided that it was probably anxiety and we began a period of Zoloft and Wellbutrin. About 3 or 4 days in, I could begin to tell the difference. After about a week and half my symptoms were completely gone. I regained my appetite, I have no problems getting up in the morning etc.

I have never felt anxious about anything in my life. At least I didn't think so. I have never taken any pills or anything like that. I don't really like having to take these two pills daily but it sure beats the alternative.

I am not sure this will solve your problem or not. It definitely worked for me and I would say that my case there for about 2 months was about as serious as it could be. Thankfully I had a great employer who trusted me and stuck with me. I was out of work for about 7 weeks.

If you are suffering from this gagging/heaving experience, I hope this helps you. No one can understand how debilitating it can be without having experienced it themselves. So even if you do not think you have anxiety, please take the time to talk to a Dr about this. Some of my symptoms included: loss of appetite, chest burning, social withdrawal, bright yellow stool wipes, and gagging constantly.

EVERYBODY HERE NEEDS TO GET CHECKED OUT FOR SMALL INTESTINAL BACTERIA OVERGROWTH AND TO EITHER DO A METHANE OR HYDROGEN BREATH TEST TO TEST FOR IT. MOST DOCTORS DONT KNOW WHAT IT IS SO GO SEE A GI DOC!!!!

This is my EXACT dilemma. Any headway as to why this is ?

I have had the same issue! Around when I turned 16 I would wake up dry heaving almost every morning , nothing ever comes out so I now know I don’t even need to run to the bathroom or anything to throw up. I sit on my bed and dry heave for about 10 minutes and then feel totally fine and can get on with my day. This has been going on for 4 years it’s more sparatic now though (maybe 2-3 times a week?) I’ve tried changing my diet in many ways but I think it may be anxiety ?