hi.
Its Christmas...
merry christmas to everyone. Wish I could say I was enjoying a merry christmas myself.
Bad day today. But thats not why I am writing.
Anyways...
I was wondering if anyone else out there who suffers from anxiety has eating problems?
Because I have been through the ringer of tests in my life to see why I suffer from constant nausia and no physical problems have been found to blame. But never the less when ever I eat anything more then a couple of bites I feel sick. I just feel a bit panicky, then like I am going to throw up then like I am seriosly ill and somthing is seriously wrong.
But it doesnt happen everyday like this...
usually it does and there is only a few foods that are "safe" to me. LIke plain potati chips... pasta (plain with salt only) and perogies with NO butter..
the starches. Which is why I thought it was physical but now I am begining to believe it is mental. I am very bad snxiety and bi-polar and I havent had the chance to talk to my doc yet about my new idea...
so I was wondering... anyone else?
its at its worst when I am in front of people. ESPECIALLY at a table full of people I am not 100% comfortable with...
I scarf down whats on my plate so fast because I am nervous and then I right away feel sick (even if I only had a little) and I constantly wake up in the middle of the night and have to go sleep on the bath room floor because I feel nausious. I hate this and it makes eating very very very unsatisfing even at the best of times. I dont know. Make any sence?
Well if anyone has ANY eating related problems that they tie in with anxiety then i would love to hear about it...
because I am desprite and all of my pants are slowing getting too big for me!
Whenever i get a bad anxiety attack, i too get real nauceous. There are times when i get absolutely no sleep... i think it drived my roomate crazy when ever it happened, luckily my room was right next to the bathroom...
i have social anxiety and whenever i am forced to speak up in class, or walk into the auditorium for one of my larger classes, i get real naucous and have to leave the room... even when i have to make a phone call, before i dial the number i get sick...
i also get real thirsty sometimes, and cant eat afterwards, i had a period when alll i ate was plain toast for about two weeks, i lost a bit of weight there...
right now it has subsided... but next week i have a bunch of things i have to do and am pretty sure that these wonderful feelings will come back...
what i find that helps is fresh air, kinda cleared out my head and made my stomach feel better... as well as drinking some cold water...
hope that helps at all
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hi.
Its Christmas...
merry christmas to everyone. Wish I could say I was enjoying a merry christmas myself.
Bad day today. But thats not why I am writing.
Anyways...
I was wondering if anyone else out there who suffers from anxiety has eating problems?
Because I have been through the ringer of tests in my life to see why I suffer from constant nausia and no physical problems have been found to blame. But never the less when ever I eat anything more then a couple of bites I feel sick. I just feel a bit panicky, then like I am going to throw up then like I am seriosly ill and somthing is seriously wrong.
But it doesnt happen everyday like this...
usually it does and there is only a few foods that are "safe" to me. LIke plain potati chips... pasta (plain with salt only) and perogies with NO butter..
the starches. Which is why I thought it was physical but now I am begining to believe it is mental. I am very bad snxiety and bi-polar and I havent had the chance to talk to my doc yet about my new idea...
so I was wondering... anyone else?
its at its worst when I am in front of people. ESPECIALLY at a table full of people I am not 100% comfortable with...
I scarf down whats on my plate so fast because I am nervous and then I right away feel sick (even if I only had a little) and I constantly wake up in the middle of the night and have to go sleep on the bath room floor because I feel nausious. I hate this and it makes eating very very very unsatisfing even at the best of times. I dont know. Make any sence?
Well if anyone has ANY eating related problems that they tie in with anxiety then i would love to hear about it...
because I am desprite and all of my pants are slowing getting too big for me!
Hi,
Merry Christmas.
I'm sorry you're feeling so bad. I just want you to know that you're not alone. I've been dealing w/stress and anxiety for the past few months. I am experiencing the same type of sickness when it comes to eating. After just a couple of bites, I soon begin to feel sick to my stomach. After I am done eating, I feel terrible. Within a half hour to an hour, the sickness goes away. And, like you, I don't feel this way when I'm eating potato chips. They are one of the few foods I can eat without feeling sick. I am currently taking ativan, but am trying to gradually taper off from them. I recently noticed I am experiencing some of the same symptoms I had prior to taking them, though. So I'm not sure what my doctor is going to say this week about that. And as for weight loss.....I'm with you there, too. I haven't lost pounds, but I've lost serveral inches. Take care. I'm here if you want to talk again. Stacie
Hi,
Merry Christmas.
I'm sorry you're feeling so bad. I just want you to know that you're not alone. I've been dealing w/stress and anxiety for the past few months. I am experiencing the same type of sickness when it comes to eating. After just a couple of bites, I soon begin to feel sick to my stomach. After I am done eating, I feel terrible. Within a half hour to an hour, the sickness goes away. And, like you, I don't feel this way when I'm eating potato chips. They are one of the few foods I can eat without feeling sick. I am currently taking ativan, but am trying to gradually taper off from them. I recently noticed I am experiencing some of the same symptoms I had prior to taking them, though. So I'm not sure what my doctor is going to say this week about that. And as for weight loss.....I'm with you there, too. I haven't lost pounds, but I've lost serveral inches. Take care. I'm here if you want to talk again. Stacie
thank you soooo much. You explained what I was trying to explain to a T.
Your post actually made me cry because its good to know I am not the only one who feels this exact way. It is SO hard dealing with things like this especially if you think there is somthing seriously wrong with you physically and no one can explain it. I do believe it is in my head ... Especially after hearing what you said! Thanks, I worry so much about why I feel this way and it does make sence that anxiety would cause this. wow. You said just what happens to me... i cant get over it! Well thanks so much for posting! (and ya I dont think i actually have lost POUNDS but there is bones sticking out that werent sticking out before!)
anyways, I am so sorry you have to go through this as well but it gives me hope that if there are others out there it will be treatable!
PEACE and lots of hugs!
Sally
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thank you soooo much. You explained what I was trying to explain to a T.
Your post actually made me cry because its good to know I am not the only one who feels this exact way. It is SO hard dealing with things like this especially if you think there is somthing seriously wrong with you physically and no one can explain it. I do believe it is in my head ... Especially after hearing what you said! Thanks, I worry so much about why I feel this way and it does make sence that anxiety would cause this. wow. You said just what happens to me... i cant get over it! Well thanks so much for posting! (and ya I dont think i actually have lost POUNDS but there is bones sticking out that werent sticking out before!)
anyways, I am so sorry you have to go through this as well but it gives me hope that if there are others out there it will be treatable!
PEACE and lots of hugs!
Sally
Hi again, Sally
Thank you so much for the kind words. I know how much it helped me in the past and even now, to know that somewhere out there someone else is feeling the exact same way I am. And though I adore my family physician, I explain my symptoms to him, and sometimes he looks at me like I've got two heads. Ditto on the bones sticking out, too!!-forgot about that one. Also, there are the pains in the joints which feel like knives, and I am getting watery eyes again-who would have ever thought these things stemmed from anxiety/stress? When I start getting the sharp pains in my head which feel like knives going through my skull, I will most definately be continuing on w/meds. I do relaxatioin techniques, and try "self talk" often. I am not one to be dependent on medications. But if I feel better w/them than w/out, I may need to stay on them for as long as it takes to get "me" back. That would be nice, wouldn't it? Take care, and let me know how you're getting along. Stacie
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