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Chronic nausea

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AnonymousGirl99

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Hello everyone,

I'm just wondering if anyone else has the symptom of chronic nausea? I take Zofran when I need to, but doesn't always help. And because I'm an emetophobe, I can't relax when I am nauseous, which I know makes it worse. Does anyone suffer from chronic (like daily, intermittent) nausea? If so, what do you do? And I'm sorry if I've posted something like this before. I have PTSD brain today. Just not good for anything, really.
 
I deal with chronic nausea but have always attributed it to my chronic migraines. I don't have the challenge of being an emetophobe but dealing with nausea and throwing up from pain so often zofran is my "best friend". I have tried other anti-emetics but the ease of being able to take zofran without a drink in the middle of a work meeting I can't leave is priceless.

I am sorry that I don' have any ideas to ease the nausea other than what you are already doing but I just wanted to let you know that you aren't alone in all this. Sometimes just knowing that someone else shares our journey can help.
 
This is one of my main symptoms when it comes to my anxiety and like you I have the same phobia as well .
I am quite lucky with that my GP and mental health team have given me stemetil tablets which I take when ever I require them.However whenever I feel really panicky I find it hard to get rid of the nausea feeling.
I have found over the last few weeks that doing a mindfulness app has helped me control my breathing and helped the thoughts of nausea.
 
I used to suffer from it big time. The least bit of stress could set it off and it would last for days. It was diagnosed as various stomach bugs for years and treated with antibiotics and such, then finally the doc said it was "severe nervous stomach" along with IBS, etc., and she gave me a prescription to take for nausea, but it didn't help. I can't remember the name, but for some reason I'm thinking it might have started with a p.

Fresh ginger slices under my tongue ended up helping ease the nausea better than the prescription ever helped. Also, sipping on fresh ginger "tea" or real ginger ale...not the ones sold as soda that don't actually have any real ginger in them. She also gave me xanax for the anxiety, and ambien for insomnia, as she felt that was causing all the rest of the stuff, although a sleep study determined I had no sleep issues. lol I guess the meds helped somewhat, at first, as it usually knocked me out or made me too tired/lethargic to do much else, although it never really addressed any of the actual issues causing the symptoms and the increasing side effects of all that stuff were overwhelming me in many ways.

Years later, after finally leaving a highly stressful job, having the full-time step-kids grown and gone, having relocated from a concrete jungle to a serene nature scene, still having my supportive hubby hanging in here with me, luckily having acquired skills that I never knew I even needed to add to my therapeutic tool box, like breathing exercises, fun daily movement, unlearning what had been repeatedly drilled into my brain for years, and making overnight drastic diet/consumption habit changes, thanks to a medical emergency, I no longer suffer from nausea, along with a few other things I'd been told I'd just have to get used to and would need meds for the rest of my life to manage. I had to totally change life as I knew it just to be able to get through it, pretty much. Hope you can soon find some lasting relief.
 
I have extreme daily nausea. I take omeprazole and ranitidine, as well as Zofran. Without the Zofran I can't hold down even sips of water. My doc is pretty sure it's stress related, but I'm having an EGD next week to check for problems
 
Hello everyone,

I'm just wondering if anyone else has the symptom of chronic nausea? I take Zofran w...
I get nauseated from my anxiety usually, it has basically disappeared since starting Effexor, but I still wouldn’t recommend taking it because soooo many side effects. If it’s nausea related to anxiety I don’t even know if this will help but grated ginger in hot water or tea can be helpful. I have pretty much constant butterflies or rather used to, in social situations or you know anywhere where there’s humans lol. Man anxiety sucks.
 
Hi Ellie,

I am sorry to hear your situation but at the same time very gl;ad as I am in a similar position and as so stressed it was just me. I get sever anxiety when I am going ot my T's or when I have flashbacks/ nightmares. I always end up vomiting. Its so embarrassing especially while I am i my T's with my head in her bin. It happens almost every time and I have been doing CBT for 6 months now. It has eased a bit but I thought I would be cured of it by now. It is so disheartening. I am going to my doctor today as my T recommended I see her but I am so afraid she will put me on medication for the anxiety and I really do not want medication.. but then I think the alternative is the nausea and vomiting. Even writing this is bring on the nausea, ugh!!!!!!!!
 
Hi Ellie,

I am sorry to hear your situation but at the same time very gl;ad as I am in a similar posit...

Aww, I'm sorry, Sarah. It can be so bad, I know. One thing I will say is CBT is not the only way to get through this. If you don't want to go on medication, I would stick to your guns. You can still try things like EMDR, meditation, yoga, other stress relieving practices. You don't have to do medication. Unfortunately, it's really hard to get through this work, and I think anxiety (and all of its accoutrements) is normal. Until we make it out on the other side, we might have to deal with this. But again, CBT is not the only way. And neither is medication. Stay strong! I know you can get through this!

I'm sending loads of good thoughts your way!
 
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