Is this nausea caused by anxiety?

[JackieSVT]

I have been having bouts of nausea with no rational reason behind it.  I've had several tests for gallbladder but nothing showed up abnormal.  Had an endoscopy, some stomach inflammation but nothing severe.  Went on Prilosec for 3 months which helped but I started getting terrible leg cramps at night and read that Prilosec can deplete the magnesium in your body and cause cramps.  I also started to get cramps in my hands during the day so I stopped the Prilosec, started taking Magnesium Citrate 3X a day and eating a banana before going to bed.  The cramps are mostly gone.  Instead of getting them from 2:30 on I now just get one around 7 and just get up and stay up.  But, now my nausea is back.  Not constant, it comes and goes throughout the day.  It seems weird but if I can start doing something that engages my mind and body the nausea will go away.  I believe the nausea is brought on by anxiety which I don't seem to be able to control. It was getting to the point that I was getting very emotional about everything and after seeing the doctor I was prescribed 20 mg or Prozac to take every morning.  That was 4 days ago but I am still getting nausea, just not as much I think and I'm hopeful it will go away completely.  But my question is, if it is anxiety, does the engaging my mind and body in activity and getting results sound logical?  Has that helped anyone else?  Should I keep taking the Prozac to see if it will stop the nausea all together?

[Paxiled]

Is nausea is your only symptom of "anxiety?"  Do you feel anxious on that constant of a basis?  Do you find yourself avoiding things because of irrational fears?  Because if you don't feel anxious, you aren't.  The problem lies elsewhere.  I would personally not take any antidepressant or other medication for anxiety if this was the only problem I had, if my life were not severely hampered by my anxiety.  Drugs have their own problems.  I might see a therapist if I thought this was anxiety, and further the learning you have already started by learning that if you think other thoughts you don't feel anxious.  If therapy or some other way of dealing with this, possibly by taking natural supplements, doesn't work, then you might consider medication.  By the way, is there any chance you started a new multivitamin at the time your nausea started?  Some that contain certain minerals in not very well absorbed forms can cause nausea, but it's usually relieved by eating.