Nausea Feeling In Throat...?

[ChoctawWarrior]

I have this weird nauseous feeling in my throat, but not my stomach. It makes me feel like I want to throw up. I only feel it in my throat. Any ideas on what is going on? Could it be from stress or anxiety?

 

[surviving_it_all]

I'm sorry to hear that. I hope you feel better. I don't have an answer. I get bad stomach pains, muscle cramps, headaches, etc. I know it can be painful. Try to find soothing things. I went to the doctor for my stomach pains and tweaked my diet a bit. My stomach ache went away mostly. Maybe you should see a doctor. I regret not seeing a doctor earlier for my stomach pains. My post may not be very helpful , but I can relate. I hope someone else has a better answer. Stress does crazy things to the body and the mind.

 

[Whitneys story]

I would recommend seeing a Dr. Two things came to mind when I read your post. Neither life threatening but best to have it looked into. Why guess. Hugs, Whitney

 

[Hashi]

I have done somatic therapy and I currently do body psychotherapy. Both of these look at how we hold and express emotions in different parts of the body, and working with that. Is that an idea you're open to?

 

[JustBe]

I think checking with your Doctor is a good idea. If all is well, it may be anxiety. When I have an anxiety attack my throat gets that feeling too.

 

[Hashi]

I just realised my post might sound like I'm suggesting you see a body psychotherapist. I'm not. All I meant was, are you open to considering it as a physical manifestation of your emotions, and if so then working with that ("listening" to what it's saying etc)?

Of course, you need to see a doctor if you think it might be an ailment. I'm just suggesting another possibility. A symptom like nausea in your throat, which is not really where you feel physical nausea, suggests to me that it might be more emotional. And that it might have a specific emotional meaning, rather than being a general manifestation of stress or anxiety. The throat often being associated with speaking up/speaking out, for example, or with your thoughts being out of line with your feelings.

 

[Spiderallis]

Stress or anxiety has a similar effect on me, but please do make sure it's not a medical problem. Stress can stir up all sorts of body problems. Is it like heartburn? On bad days I go through antacids by the handful. If you like tea, chamomile and anise soothe the nausea quite well. Plain chamomile works, but anise really does the trick if you don't mind the licorice flavor.

 

[orchidbird]

Hi ChoctawWarrior,

I know you posted this a while ago, I've only just seen it so I hope it's okay to respond.

My therapist would agree with Hashi, and for me, it makes a lot of sense

I have recently started to get the same feeling. Sometimes the feeling starts in my stomach but so often I just get the throat nausea with no actual sickness, it stays varying amount of times and I almost will myself to throw up just to get rid of it. It doesn't work! Although distraction helps me.

This has only started to happen to me over the past few weeks and in direct relation to something I blocked out as a child, I am still trying to work out what that is.

My therapist says (and she is not a body psychotherapist) that when people feel sick it's because they want to expel something from their body. The way my throat reacts is to hold that feeling and not allow it to be expelled/freed, for me it is a learnt behaviour but could also be because as a child I may not have had the words to articulate what was happening.

I'm not sure if you see a therapist but I think it would be worth discussing with them, and obviously see a doctor just to rule out any medical issues.

Best wishes
Ob

 

[Shellvena]

It's anxiety/panic attack s etc got my throat checked out since I feel sick just in throat nothing wrong you gotta know how to control the feeling...... You don't need doctors it's a anxious/nerves thing in the throat that's all it is.... Ps what helps me is sucking on Vick Vapo Drops "butter menthol" been on them for 11 months makes me feel a lot better!!

 

[Lady of Longbourn]

@Shellvena I think it's jumping to conclusions to say they don't need to see a doctor becasue it really could be a underlining medical issue. We simply don't know.

If it bothers them enough to post a thread about it then it oblivious worries them. And if a doctor can help, then isn't it just one less thing to worry about?

 

[Shellvena]

I don't think I am jumping to conclusions here it's called being truthful and being reality about it becasue that feeling sick feeling is nerves and being anxious.

For me to tell them to not go to the doctors becasue I'm 100 per cent what I'm saying I bet a million dollars there doctors will say the same thing. I had my throat checked out ECG done normal, a big thing going up my nose through my throat nothing wrong came back as anxiey so no one shouldn't worry so much.

The more you worry about it the worse it gets all you need to do is how to control the feeling... No one can't fix it it's a mental thing that you gotta control and deal with. No one can't help it but yourself they need to be real about this and not always going to doctors becasue they can be wrong there not always right. The more you dwell on it the more your brain will tell u something bad is wrong which it isn't. All it is your brain plays tricks you gotta play it and make it positive and telling yourself it's just a feeling sick feeling it won't hurt me it's nothing but being anxious and nervious.....

 

[Alice Gale]

I get this feeling quite a lot. I have emetephobia also so it is a very scary feeling. My brain automatically makes me think I'm actually unwell. Which I'm not because it comes and goes. Its a very specific feeling, like a rising feeling and sick feeling but also sometimes I feel like a can't talk because I feels like something is going to come up. Eating and drinking are really difficult when it happens too. The feeling can just sit there or intensify to the point where I have a full on panick attack. It's awful. But if I really do try and focus on other things and try to remind myself that it's happened before and nothing came from it, I can get through it. I'm suffering from it right now so this thread really helped me know that I'm not alone. Thank you xx