hi all,
has anyone of you thought that the pain is caused due to existence of worms. yes, worms. sometimes it could be the threadworm. it is difficult to get rid of. it causes nausea and pale looks, or maybe parasites. do you believe that worms cause nervousness and hallucinations. so before you jumb to thinking you are crazy, go to a naturopathic physician or nutritionist, forget about regular doctors, as they are not trained to think such causes.
has anyone of you thought that the pain is caused due to existence of worms. yes, worms. sometimes it could be the threadworm. it is difficult to get rid of. it causes nausea and pale looks, or maybe parasites. do you believe that worms cause nervousness and hallucinations. so before you jumb to thinking you are crazy, go to a naturopathic physician or nutritionist, forget about regular doctors, as they are not trained to think such causes.
I'm sorry for you I am suffering the same symptoms for years now, had an Ulcer, then they thought it was GERDS, now every test comes back normal but yet it does not go away. I have officially been labeled as always sick by co-workers, family and friends. My DR. keeps telling me how I am depressed and put me on 80mg Prozac a day, all that did was get me sicker. The funny thing is the only thing depressing me is my undiagnosed illness. I hope we all can find help soon!
Hey all its been a while since I last posted anything and once again thank you all for your responses.
The pain in my stomach that I experienced last spring which encouraged me to start this article or "thread" has since dissappeared only happened for that month or so but I did have a hint of it about 2-3 months ago with much less severity. However my nausea attacks has not gone away as they have been with me all of my life anyway as you probably have read in my story. Someone had mentioned the possibility of worms, I already thought of that about 4 years ago and was given a worm medication which would have killed anything like that in the first dose.
In Nov '07 I started to seek counceling and I was given a perscription for Paxil. They have associated my nausea with Anxiety, and my attacks of nausea are believed to be anxiety attacks.I do believe this a possibility but I still do have my doubts, I havent ruled out the possibility that it could be bipolar aswell, as this disease is in my fathers side of the family as I wrote in my original post. NO I havent filled out my prescription for the Paxil yet until I get some definet answers, I prefer alternative medicines like herbs to pharmasuiticals. Especially SSRIs as I have heard the withdrawl can be worse than what you are orginally treating.But this is all speculative and I have read many conflicting stories. Alissa23 keep me posted on your treatment with Celexa. I dont want to write a huge post because some of you are probably tired of reading everyones responses by now. I also found Exercise weight lifting (which is what I do) to be very helpful along with a healthy ballanced diet. Thank you all once again.
Does anyone here ever wake up with a very bad headache once in a while that can be accompanied by general fatigue and slight muscleache? This is not a migrain but I get these after a long nights sleep or even with very little sleep. My whole day can be ruined by this and usually goes away after another nights sleep. Anythoughts? ciao for now.
The pain in my stomach that I experienced last spring which encouraged me to start this article or "thread" has since dissappeared only happened for that month or so but I did have a hint of it about 2-3 months ago with much less severity. However my nausea attacks has not gone away as they have been with me all of my life anyway as you probably have read in my story. Someone had mentioned the possibility of worms, I already thought of that about 4 years ago and was given a worm medication which would have killed anything like that in the first dose.
In Nov '07 I started to seek counceling and I was given a perscription for Paxil. They have associated my nausea with Anxiety, and my attacks of nausea are believed to be anxiety attacks.I do believe this a possibility but I still do have my doubts, I havent ruled out the possibility that it could be bipolar aswell, as this disease is in my fathers side of the family as I wrote in my original post. NO I havent filled out my prescription for the Paxil yet until I get some definet answers, I prefer alternative medicines like herbs to pharmasuiticals. Especially SSRIs as I have heard the withdrawl can be worse than what you are orginally treating.But this is all speculative and I have read many conflicting stories. Alissa23 keep me posted on your treatment with Celexa. I dont want to write a huge post because some of you are probably tired of reading everyones responses by now. I also found Exercise weight lifting (which is what I do) to be very helpful along with a healthy ballanced diet. Thank you all once again.
Does anyone here ever wake up with a very bad headache once in a while that can be accompanied by general fatigue and slight muscleache? This is not a migrain but I get these after a long nights sleep or even with very little sleep. My whole day can be ruined by this and usually goes away after another nights sleep. Anythoughts? ciao for now.
omg this is me....
I have to say first off, I don't have the severity of nausea like everyone else here does but I have some similar symptoms which are often only cured by some of the same remedies you guys have. Since high school I have been a nervous freaking wreck. I don't know what causes my anxiety/stress/nervousness/tenseness but I literally am a bundle of stress from day to day. Let's just say I didn't have that great of a childhood/adolescence and was often under stress then from my family members but.....I'm 21 now...married and without those people up under me constantly. anywho...I will suddenly realize sometimes that I'm holding every muscle in my body tight...and i'm doing nothing but sitting on the couch. I feel sick (that's how i describe my issues) constantly. I often feel as though there is something pushing my stomach out from the inside. I feel insanely bloated and my bowels are quite frequently irregular. I have tried hard to take extra fiber and eat veggies and stuff and that really does help the irregularity a lot. I had very severe bouts of fainting when I was like 15-16. I could not tolerate heat and would blackout (painfully) as I would fall to the ground. It hurt so bad...i can't even explain. It felt like my head was on fire. My pediatrician took notice of this and quickly had me take an EEG and an EKG to see if I was epileptic. No, of course. He did find during this time that I have very large swings in blood pressure. I can quickly drop 30 points in seconds. However one day, the fainting just stopped. Everyone of course said, "oh she doesn't eat anything and she doesn't take care of herself." (I've always been kind of skinny.)But needless to say, "problem solved." That problem....It seems like no matter what changes occur in my life, (exercise changes, eating habit changes, a huge effort to be relaxed and calm etc) all keep me in the same boat. I still feel sick and sometimes straight up lethargic. Like someone else said, I often just go sit in a scalding bath and for some reason that makes it better. I hate soda and coffee so I drink water all day long. I often feel like I can't get enough water. My doctor often had to order me to eat more salt because I couldn't retain enough water. I pee constantly (probably because I don't retain the appropriate amount of water.) Also recalling that, when I was 17 or 18 I woke up in the middle of the night gasping for breath and had severe chest pain. Never had anything like that before so I thought i was having a blame heart attack. Nope. GURD. I took a months worth of medicine and it seemed to go away. Right before I got married in Aug of 07 it was back with a vengeance. Constantly feeling like I need to vomit. Not a lot of belching but just a horrible pain right at the bottom of my esophagus. Took prilosec for a month and that stops it but insurance refuses to cover it for some reason so tums seem to help a bit now a days. Often wakes me up in the middle of the night. There are lots more odd symptoms that I just have at random. I rarely have gas(which is weird because its normal. I'm constantly hungry and when I eat it seems i eat until I feel sick again. I don't mean to do it and i actively try to eat slow and try to get the full feeling...never happens. I feel sick suddenly. So i end up eating a bunch of little things all day. Yogurt, crackers, sandwich here, fruit, bread. It just seems that I've had a collection of odd symptoms since i was 15. They are not so severe that I don't go to work or get out of bed, but they have been at times. Oddly enough my mom has a lot of the same symptoms and most of my mom's side of the fam carries pepto or mylanta around constantly. My mother actually smokes pot because of the nausea. Otherwise she can't handle it. It's beyond weird. I just got over the stomach flu where I was puking violently for a day. I feel so wonderful right now. No nausea, no stomach pain...it's like I threw up a parasite or something...haha:) I shouldn't laugh. But i know it will return. one thing I mention to everyone: Someone once asked me if I had systemic yeast. (which is an overgrowth of yeast in your whole body. I guess primarily in your intestines.) I laughed it off because I always heard that was in people with very serious diseases like HIV and AIDS. But i was tempted to try their remedy and when i did, the majority of my stress(no kidding) and symptoms went away. I ate absolutely no sugar or hormones(lest the birth control :/) and it actually made a huge difference. it's also called candidasis. I encourage you to look it up because it can cause a huuuuuge list of symptoms. My doctor thought I was crazy for asking if I may have that(whatever) but i guess the benefits of cutting out sugar is good no matter what. Check it out if you're desperate. It may help someone... I wish all you guys luck. I know we all just wish there were some answers!
my computer sucks..sorry guys
An update. I started a new medication about a month ago, it's and anti-deppressant/anti-anxiety called "celexa" and I have had great success with it. I feel 75% better than I ever had in the last 11 years. It is a huge improvement for me. I am very happy. I wanted to share what I consider a success because to most people 75% probably doesn't sound very promising but for someone with a condition like we experience I think we all can say that it is life changing. I wish you all success with your condition.
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STRANGESENSATION- you asked for an update. I am still on the Celexa (20mg) and I still feel really good. I would say still about 75%-80% better which is HUGE for me. I was on Paxil in highschool it helps but I gained about 20lbs. For a girl who is 5ft 2- it was too much to handle, I was off it in a year. I have also tried lexapro & wellbutrin. The celexa I have had the best results with by far!! I also take (adavan) (?) spelling for high-anxiety inducing situations, its a quick fix not a daily medication. I take it for travel, car rides, some long meetings things that trigger episodes. I still do get nauseas and have bowel issues but like you said- I've had it for over 10 years I can handle it when it's not consuming my life. I also tried natural meds, I think it was kava-kava and st. johns wort back in high school my parents exhausted all methods before allowing me to take a daily medication. I also have biopolar and other mental illnesses in my family tree, and my parents felt like medicine changed those people and became a crutch. So I had EMDR treatments (rapid eye movement) and none of that c**p worked. Seriously. I got over the medicine thing and realized I am not functioning on my own and need the help to live a normal life. I suggest you at least give it a one month trial, you have to do it for several weeks to see the full effect. If it doesn't work then perhaps try one more, all anxiety/depression medication are different and it took me 4 tries and off/on meds for 6 years to find the right one!! I gave up often and took breaks when I thought I was "fine" and could do it on my own. I love celexa now god I could be a sales rep. It has changed my life. Good luck & keep me posted. I check this every so often.
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STRANGESENSATION- you asked for an update. I am still on the Celexa (20mg) and I still feel really good. I would say still about 75%-80% better which is HUGE for me. I was on Paxil in highschool it helps but I gained about 20lbs. For a girl who is 5ft 2- it was too much to handle, I was off it in a year. I have also tried lexapro & wellbutrin. The celexa I have had the best results with by far!! I also take (adavan) (?) spelling for high-anxiety inducing situations, its a quick fix not a daily medication. I take it for travel, car rides, some long meetings things that trigger episodes. I still do get nauseas and have bowel issues but like you said- I've had it for over 10 years I can handle it when it's not consuming my life. I also tried natural meds, I think it was kava-kava and st. johns wort back in high school my parents exhausted all methods before allowing me to take a daily medication. I also have biopolar and other mental illnesses in my family tree, and my parents felt like medicine changed those people and became a crutch. So I had EMDR treatments (rapid eye movement) and none of that c**p worked. Seriously. I got over the medicine thing and realized I am not functioning on my own and need the help to live a normal life. I suggest you at least give it a one month trial, you have to do it for several weeks to see the full effect. If it doesn't work then perhaps try one more, all anxiety/depression medication are different and it took me 4 tries and off/on meds for 6 years to find the right one!! I gave up often and took breaks when I thought I was "fine" and could do it on my own. I love celexa now god I could be a sales rep. It has changed my life. Good luck & keep me posted. I check this every so often.
Please ask your doctor to have an abdominal CT done to check for changes in your pancreas. Urgent!
For the past month and a half I have been trying to research the symptoms I have been experiencing, and I am so happy that I have stumbled on to this site. I have read every single post in here and it makes me feel so good to know that there are other people out there that are experiencing a lot o the same things I am. Its just really comforting to know that there are so many other people dealing with similar problems / symptoms. I can relate to almost every single post on here in one way or another and I really see me in there.
I have never really had anxiety before and never really had stomach problems before. About a year ago to this date, I was at my gyno and she noticed a growth on my thyroid. I was referred to an endo Dr. and I think that's when I started having problems. I had a cancer scare and had to have numerous tests and biopsies and it was a really just a stressful time in my life not knowing the outcome of stuff.
Around November of last year, I started having stomach problems. I am forever feeling nauseous. On top of that, it doesn't help that every time I eat, I feel worse. I haven't been able to finish a full plate of food in months. I Have bowel movements at least 2 times a day, sometimes more. It gets to the point where I am so nauseous that I am afraid that I am going to puke, or have to use the bathroom and I start to panic because I am on my way to a meeting, or at work, or out with friends and it makes it worse. Before I go anywhere, I get nervous and my mind starts racing. I start thinking about where I am going, and if there is a bathroom available just incase. It gets to the point where you feel embarrassed having to constantly apologize for excusing yourself, or not feeling up to things because you feel sick. The pains I have in my stomach come and go. Its mostly located in my upper abdomen right below my rib cage. I also have regular headaches, and my neck and back are extremely tense. The nausea comes on so strong that I start to feel hot and tingly and severely uncomfortable. I go through boxes of chewable pepto a week and just the thought of having to eat one of those makes me groan.
I am unsure as to what to do. I am sure the anxiety that I have recently been experiencing is connected to my stomach problems and vice versa. I am afraid to take anything for anxiety because I don't things to be worse if I stop taking it.
Its at a point where this unexplained nausea really is effecting my life. I am constantly worrying if my nausea is going to get in the way of whatever it is that I am doing at the time. I do smoke pot regularly, but I reserve that for when I am at home. I don't feel comfortable going in to work stoned, or family functions stoned, but it really is one of the only things that seem to help..
I am probably going to make an appointment to go see someone to talk to about my nervousness and what not. Hopefully that will help.
I have never really had anxiety before and never really had stomach problems before. About a year ago to this date, I was at my gyno and she noticed a growth on my thyroid. I was referred to an endo Dr. and I think that's when I started having problems. I had a cancer scare and had to have numerous tests and biopsies and it was a really just a stressful time in my life not knowing the outcome of stuff.
Around November of last year, I started having stomach problems. I am forever feeling nauseous. On top of that, it doesn't help that every time I eat, I feel worse. I haven't been able to finish a full plate of food in months. I Have bowel movements at least 2 times a day, sometimes more. It gets to the point where I am so nauseous that I am afraid that I am going to puke, or have to use the bathroom and I start to panic because I am on my way to a meeting, or at work, or out with friends and it makes it worse. Before I go anywhere, I get nervous and my mind starts racing. I start thinking about where I am going, and if there is a bathroom available just incase. It gets to the point where you feel embarrassed having to constantly apologize for excusing yourself, or not feeling up to things because you feel sick. The pains I have in my stomach come and go. Its mostly located in my upper abdomen right below my rib cage. I also have regular headaches, and my neck and back are extremely tense. The nausea comes on so strong that I start to feel hot and tingly and severely uncomfortable. I go through boxes of chewable pepto a week and just the thought of having to eat one of those makes me groan.
I am unsure as to what to do. I am sure the anxiety that I have recently been experiencing is connected to my stomach problems and vice versa. I am afraid to take anything for anxiety because I don't things to be worse if I stop taking it.
Its at a point where this unexplained nausea really is effecting my life. I am constantly worrying if my nausea is going to get in the way of whatever it is that I am doing at the time. I do smoke pot regularly, but I reserve that for when I am at home. I don't feel comfortable going in to work stoned, or family functions stoned, but it really is one of the only things that seem to help..
I am probably going to make an appointment to go see someone to talk to about my nervousness and what not. Hopefully that will help.
i have the same symptoms. i 've had so many tests and my dr thanks that they are migraines in my stomach. he wrote me off like everyone else has. i've been to the er eight times b/c of the extreme pain.
wow, nice to know i'm not the only one. im a 19 year old female, i've been having chronic nausea and stomach pain since i was 14. i've been to numerous doctors, emergency rooms several times, specialists, and they all believe it is due to stress. I was diagnosed with panic attack disorder two years ago, I find that when i'm having anxiety the nausea and pain does get worse, but even when i'm happy, i still feel sick all the time, i never ever feel good. I take pepto bismol, alka seltzer, tums, etc. on a daily basis, nothing seems to work. I had to leave my senior prom in an ambulance to go to the E.R. because of nausea and severe stomach pains. I've had numerous ultrasounds done, internal and external, but everything looks "fine"..I've been subscribed, phenergan, which does work really well, but makes me WAY to 'loopy', i cant even function while im on it, I've also been prescribed Tigan, which was in the form of an anal suppository, that also worked but then again, made me way to loopy/high to function. Last but not least. I was prescribed Zofran, which is normally prescribed to chemo-therapy patients who have severe nausea, it works great, its a little cherry flavored tablet which disolves right under your tongue, and it didnt make me high, it just numbed my stomach and i would reccomend it for your problem, although it is not a medication that is prescribed for a long time because it is very strong and addicting. I'm still struggling with the chronic nausea and abdominal pain on a daily basis now that i'm not on Zofran, doctors still can't seem to figure out what is wrong, i feel so helpless, i just wanna live my life, healthily and happy, and i cant do that=[ but hopefully some doctor can finally figure out what is going on? I normally munch on pretzels when im really nauseous, they're the only thing that seems to settle my stomach. I'm actually going for a CT scan, and x-ray of my abdomen tommorow morning, since it's the last resort for the doctors to figure out what is wrong. Try asking your doctor about Zofran, if you enjoy being high off medications, l0l, i'd reccommend Phenergan, but anyways, hopefully we all feel better, and this stupid nausea c**p goes away!! hope you feel better, and best wishes. Also, theres a medication which is different from most classes of anti-nausea drugs, which is called Hyoscyamine, which was prescribed to me by my gastronenteroligist, it's a form of a muscle relaxer, which slows down all your abdominal organs, and also stops nausea, it works great, but still makes me really high. But, you know, being high or constantly nauseous is something I question. So next time you see your doctor, ask about Phenergan, Zofran, and Hyoscyamine, and hopefully they'll find a medication that'll help you out!!
have any of you thought of partial seizures. I have a 15 year old daughter who was having the same kind of symptoms. after a lot of stomach tests that came back normal. I asked for an mri. she had an avm (arterio venous malformation. they did brain surgery to repair it. all her symptoms went away. no one knew what they were. 3 years after her surgery the symptoms came back. it took 9 months but they finally found out she was having partial seizurs. we are still trying to get her medicines a justed. she may have to have more surgery to remove scar tissue. but it is nice to know what was causing all the stomach aches & anxiety symptoms. we thought we were going crazy.
I am writing to let you all know that western medicine is good for sports injuries and such things like that, but when it comes to unknown pains and ailments from within the body, it's time to start to address the real underlying problem that is causing the SYMPTOMS... I would tell all of you that you all should be researching alternative forms of medicine, instead of paying doctors to experiment on you for the better of western medicine. Start keeping a food journal documenting everything that goes into your body and how it makes you feel shortly afterwards.
Taking pure acidophilus every day, can really help stomach issues as well as gentle stretching and meditation. stop eating meat for a month and see how you feel. In it's place eat more fruits and veggies (providing that you have been checked for stomach ulcers as some fruits can aggravate sypmtoms... Go to whole foods instead of ralphs (less preservatives) treat your body as if it were the golden child... Think green not brown bag and be patient, Trust your instincts. And do healing meditations each morning..
Taking pure acidophilus every day, can really help stomach issues as well as gentle stretching and meditation. stop eating meat for a month and see how you feel. In it's place eat more fruits and veggies (providing that you have been checked for stomach ulcers as some fruits can aggravate sypmtoms... Go to whole foods instead of ralphs (less preservatives) treat your body as if it were the golden child... Think green not brown bag and be patient, Trust your instincts. And do healing meditations each morning..
I too experience recurrent bouts of nausea. Some days I can hardly brush my teeth. I believe that Candida may be part of my problem. It's worth it to check it out. There seems to be a pattern with me as to what I have eaten to how bad the nausea becomes. I also have the nervous stomach. I have a niece experiencing similiar problems. Too bad Doctors can't experience the pain and aggravation we go through, they always think we are depressed. Who wouldn't be when all you want to do is vomit. Good Luck to All and do look into Candida (yeast infection).
Wow I can't believe how many people suffer the same as I do! I am in a battle everyday with whether or not will feels sick, be sick or catch someone's germs and get a tummy bug.
It started for me at age 8, when my big sister vomited in my bedroom in the middle of the night as she had too much to drink. I have had a phobia of sick since then, but it got worse at age 13 when I started getting chronic nausea. The doctors gave me anti-nausea pills which helped a bit, but everyone thought i'd just grow out of it...i did for a while but i still hated the thought of being sick etc. The nausea subsided.
I am now 25 and have suffering for the last 6 months, since I had a bad gastro bug. Everyday I keep monitoring myself for symptoms of a gastro bug....I suffer most days from nausea, tummy pains, diahorrea, panic attacks, shakes and lack of sleep cos of this.
Doctor prescribed me anti depressants and I am waiting on blood test results. I haven't really taken the anti-depressants as the doc said they could make me nauseous! so don't want to take!
I actually think being diagnosed with a disease is better than suffering this everyday.
I feel for anyone who has to go through what I do.
I've had enough!!!
:-( :-( :-(
It started for me at age 8, when my big sister vomited in my bedroom in the middle of the night as she had too much to drink. I have had a phobia of sick since then, but it got worse at age 13 when I started getting chronic nausea. The doctors gave me anti-nausea pills which helped a bit, but everyone thought i'd just grow out of it...i did for a while but i still hated the thought of being sick etc. The nausea subsided.
I am now 25 and have suffering for the last 6 months, since I had a bad gastro bug. Everyday I keep monitoring myself for symptoms of a gastro bug....I suffer most days from nausea, tummy pains, diahorrea, panic attacks, shakes and lack of sleep cos of this.
Doctor prescribed me anti depressants and I am waiting on blood test results. I haven't really taken the anti-depressants as the doc said they could make me nauseous! so don't want to take!
I actually think being diagnosed with a disease is better than suffering this everyday.
I feel for anyone who has to go through what I do.
I've had enough!!!
:-( :-( :-(