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Could these stomach symptoms be anxiety?
Hi everybody, I posted about this on the gastroenterology forum as well, but I thought it is better if I post on here too since it is anxiety related question...and i do suffer with anxiety...
About 4 weeks ago now I have started getting stomach bloating (upper mostly) with a lot of burping to relive the pressure. This was making me feel really anxious, and I became scared of the episodes coz the pressure of my bloated stomach made my heart feel fluttery... It then turned into nausea for couple fo days and then this constant feeling of heavyness in my stomach, like I have a rock there, and heavy fullness after even smallest meal, i am still burping a lot, i have no idea where all the gas comes from. The first thing i do when i wake up is burp! I also get some gas at the other end too...(blush) Also I have the feeling of a tight knott, like tension around the sternum, sometimes i would feel like the food is gonna come back up...I can also get constipated. Oh I am so desparate about all this.
Seen 3 different doctors, first put me on Lanzoprazole (PPI) and said anxiety indigestion...the second put me back on me escitalopram and after palpating my tummy said also it is most likely anxiety...The third doctor told me also that the symptoms can often be associated with anxiety but for me this is hard to belive coz i feel so bad all the time with this...it is just hard to believe it is anxiety and i worry over it 24/7...He did order some blood tests which will be done sometime next week...but he did say he belives this is just anxiety and me feeling depressed at the moment...Anyone can relate to me? Please, really need some help...
About 4 weeks ago now I have started getting stomach bloating (upper mostly) with a lot of burping to relive the pressure. This was making me feel really anxious, and I became scared of the episodes coz the pressure of my bloated stomach made my heart feel fluttery... It then turned into nausea for couple fo days and then this constant feeling of heavyness in my stomach, like I have a rock there, and heavy fullness after even smallest meal, i am still burping a lot, i have no idea where all the gas comes from. The first thing i do when i wake up is burp! I also get some gas at the other end too...(blush) Also I have the feeling of a tight knott, like tension around the sternum, sometimes i would feel like the food is gonna come back up...I can also get constipated. Oh I am so desparate about all this.
Seen 3 different doctors, first put me on Lanzoprazole (PPI) and said anxiety indigestion...the second put me back on me escitalopram and after palpating my tummy said also it is most likely anxiety...The third doctor told me also that the symptoms can often be associated with anxiety but for me this is hard to belive coz i feel so bad all the time with this...it is just hard to believe it is anxiety and i worry over it 24/7...He did order some blood tests which will be done sometime next week...but he did say he belives this is just anxiety and me feeling depressed at the moment...Anyone can relate to me? Please, really need some help...
First of all, God bless all of you guys. I feel for you because I am also one of you that has been suffering through Anxiety and Panic Attacks. I've had them since 2010 and the first thing I would like to tell you is that YOU CAN OVERCOME THEM. I promise. I did.
Sure, when I'm in a stressful period at work or struggling through family issues, etc., my old friend Anxiety pays me a visit. And, he is shrewd, tactful, cunning, and tricky. Sometimes he'll throw me a tight stomach. Sometimes its an odd pain in my side. Sometimes its vertigo. Sometimes its a full-on, "fight or flight", hyperventilation, fluttery heart, weak legs, gonna pass out panic attack. But you know what? I can get over them in about thirty seconds now and go on with my day like nothing happened. I don't sit and dwell on the fact that I had a full-on attack. I can even start to head them off now when I feel them coming on.
The trick (for me) was to understand that my brain has had a switch flipped in the wrong direction. It is there to protect my body and for whatever reason, it now sees every situation as a threat. So, it throws me into "fight or flight". When I go into "fight or flight" and the adrenaline is running through my body, the physiological reactions are very real. Sure, I feel like my legs weigh 1,000 pounds because I was being given the energy to outrun a bear - but I was sitting at home in front of the TV. It's hard to breath because I'm hyperventilating. I get light headed... because I'm hyperventilating. Five years ago, I would have said to myself "oh my gosh, something is really wrong with me" - maybe I'll end up in the ER (and did once - and of course they found nothing wrong).
Today, I laugh, quietly say to my brain that "this is just anxiety. By the way, it helped me to think of the sympathetic part of my brain as a different person (I know that sounds spooky). He and I have become friends - I know that sounds funny, but I had to think of that part of my brain causing the anxiety as a person that needed to be retrained - and understand that it sometimes takes a long time to train someone. I had to say to myself (directed at that part of my brain): "You are safe, there's nothing to be afraid of here". Then sit and take in your surroundings and enjoy the beauty of wherever you are. Convince your brain that you are in no trouble. Let it see that your living room, your office, your car are all friendly, safe places. Find beauty in something around you. It could be nature or the perfectly engineered mantle on your fireplace. Admire the workmanship, think about the labor that it took to hand make it. And before you know it, your brain will start to take in these sights and sounds as safe environments. Reinforce to your brain that there is nothing to harm you in that situation. It will take time, but before long, the symptoms will start to ease and when you feel an odd little tinge in your side or a funny heart beat skip, your brain will ignore it - and eventually you will too. That's how each of us dealt with it in the past and we didn't even know about anxiety. But, one day, that switch was flipped and now we have to figure out how to flip it back to "normal'.
We remember things really well and vividly. Think about when you've seen a stressful sight (maybe a car wreck or something that has left an image in your brain that you can never get out of it), That's what you are trying to "rewrite" in your brain. So it takes time. You are trying to get your brain to look at the world and see beauty again, safety, serenity, and even in challenging situations - the zeal to attack them and take them head-on...without fear.
I fly a lot and speak in front of lots of people. That doesn't scare me because I'm focused on something other than my health. My anxiety hits when I'm quiet. Because, my brain is allowed to focus on that funny feeling in my chest or the fact that my vision isn't quite as clear as I think it should be (so it's a tumor right?) :) It couldn't possibly be the fact that I sat at the computer all day and never looked up.
I don't take any medications. And I hated this when I was "suffering with anxiety" when someone would say this (because it scared me), but be sure you talk to your doctor if you are thinking about weaning yourself off of any medications - there's a right way and a wrong way to do it. But, when I was on medications, the side effects caused anxiety! They put me on a water pill for instance, that dehydrated me and the dehydration caused light headedness and the light headedness caused me to have a panic attack. It was a vicious circle. If nothing else, have your doctor help you understand the side-effects of meds you are on so that you can "talk to your brain" and convince it that a particular feeling you have is just a side effect of the meds you are taking - and that's all. It isn't anything more.
I hope that this helps just one of you. You can overcome this. This is not how every day will be for the rest of your life if you work at it. If you sit there and allow yourself to be a victim of anxiety, the symptoms will continue. If you take them in and laugh at that "other person in your brain", and retrain that "stupid person" to realize that you are not needing "fight or flight" at that time, things will start to change.
Sure, our old friend Anxiety will revisit us. Sometimes its days, weeks, months, or even years after our last little "episode". But, over time you start to recognize what it is, embrace it for what it is, talk your way through it, and before you know it - you are back to "normal". Today, when I get anxiety, I actually embrace it and use it as a barometer to help me realize that I'm allowing things around me to build up into a pretty stressful situation. I use that as information - and try to de-stress myself.
Again, (for me) the episodes got shorter, the effects less stressful, and you get back into a healthy cycle. Don't run from it, embrace it - and thank your brain for trying to protect you - just reassure it that it didn't need to at that moment.
For those of you that are Christians...God would have taken you a long time ago if he wanted to. You are still here for a reason - and it's not to suffer. He's allowing you to go through this period of time in your life so that you can get mentally stronger, release the notion that you think you can control your body or your future by worrying for even a second about tomorrow, and rest in the peacefulness that you have a job to do on this earth because you are still here... and you better get on with it. Many disciples had "thorns in the flesh". This is your thorn - love it and get over it.
Love all of you guys. Take care.
Sure, when I'm in a stressful period at work or struggling through family issues, etc., my old friend Anxiety pays me a visit. And, he is shrewd, tactful, cunning, and tricky. Sometimes he'll throw me a tight stomach. Sometimes its an odd pain in my side. Sometimes its vertigo. Sometimes its a full-on, "fight or flight", hyperventilation, fluttery heart, weak legs, gonna pass out panic attack. But you know what? I can get over them in about thirty seconds now and go on with my day like nothing happened. I don't sit and dwell on the fact that I had a full-on attack. I can even start to head them off now when I feel them coming on.
The trick (for me) was to understand that my brain has had a switch flipped in the wrong direction. It is there to protect my body and for whatever reason, it now sees every situation as a threat. So, it throws me into "fight or flight". When I go into "fight or flight" and the adrenaline is running through my body, the physiological reactions are very real. Sure, I feel like my legs weigh 1,000 pounds because I was being given the energy to outrun a bear - but I was sitting at home in front of the TV. It's hard to breath because I'm hyperventilating. I get light headed... because I'm hyperventilating. Five years ago, I would have said to myself "oh my gosh, something is really wrong with me" - maybe I'll end up in the ER (and did once - and of course they found nothing wrong).
Today, I laugh, quietly say to my brain that "this is just anxiety. By the way, it helped me to think of the sympathetic part of my brain as a different person (I know that sounds spooky). He and I have become friends - I know that sounds funny, but I had to think of that part of my brain causing the anxiety as a person that needed to be retrained - and understand that it sometimes takes a long time to train someone. I had to say to myself (directed at that part of my brain): "You are safe, there's nothing to be afraid of here". Then sit and take in your surroundings and enjoy the beauty of wherever you are. Convince your brain that you are in no trouble. Let it see that your living room, your office, your car are all friendly, safe places. Find beauty in something around you. It could be nature or the perfectly engineered mantle on your fireplace. Admire the workmanship, think about the labor that it took to hand make it. And before you know it, your brain will start to take in these sights and sounds as safe environments. Reinforce to your brain that there is nothing to harm you in that situation. It will take time, but before long, the symptoms will start to ease and when you feel an odd little tinge in your side or a funny heart beat skip, your brain will ignore it - and eventually you will too. That's how each of us dealt with it in the past and we didn't even know about anxiety. But, one day, that switch was flipped and now we have to figure out how to flip it back to "normal'.
We remember things really well and vividly. Think about when you've seen a stressful sight (maybe a car wreck or something that has left an image in your brain that you can never get out of it), That's what you are trying to "rewrite" in your brain. So it takes time. You are trying to get your brain to look at the world and see beauty again, safety, serenity, and even in challenging situations - the zeal to attack them and take them head-on...without fear.
I fly a lot and speak in front of lots of people. That doesn't scare me because I'm focused on something other than my health. My anxiety hits when I'm quiet. Because, my brain is allowed to focus on that funny feeling in my chest or the fact that my vision isn't quite as clear as I think it should be (so it's a tumor right?) :) It couldn't possibly be the fact that I sat at the computer all day and never looked up.
I don't take any medications. And I hated this when I was "suffering with anxiety" when someone would say this (because it scared me), but be sure you talk to your doctor if you are thinking about weaning yourself off of any medications - there's a right way and a wrong way to do it. But, when I was on medications, the side effects caused anxiety! They put me on a water pill for instance, that dehydrated me and the dehydration caused light headedness and the light headedness caused me to have a panic attack. It was a vicious circle. If nothing else, have your doctor help you understand the side-effects of meds you are on so that you can "talk to your brain" and convince it that a particular feeling you have is just a side effect of the meds you are taking - and that's all. It isn't anything more.
I hope that this helps just one of you. You can overcome this. This is not how every day will be for the rest of your life if you work at it. If you sit there and allow yourself to be a victim of anxiety, the symptoms will continue. If you take them in and laugh at that "other person in your brain", and retrain that "stupid person" to realize that you are not needing "fight or flight" at that time, things will start to change.
Sure, our old friend Anxiety will revisit us. Sometimes its days, weeks, months, or even years after our last little "episode". But, over time you start to recognize what it is, embrace it for what it is, talk your way through it, and before you know it - you are back to "normal". Today, when I get anxiety, I actually embrace it and use it as a barometer to help me realize that I'm allowing things around me to build up into a pretty stressful situation. I use that as information - and try to de-stress myself.
Again, (for me) the episodes got shorter, the effects less stressful, and you get back into a healthy cycle. Don't run from it, embrace it - and thank your brain for trying to protect you - just reassure it that it didn't need to at that moment.
For those of you that are Christians...God would have taken you a long time ago if he wanted to. You are still here for a reason - and it's not to suffer. He's allowing you to go through this period of time in your life so that you can get mentally stronger, release the notion that you think you can control your body or your future by worrying for even a second about tomorrow, and rest in the peacefulness that you have a job to do on this earth because you are still here... and you better get on with it. Many disciples had "thorns in the flesh". This is your thorn - love it and get over it.
Love all of you guys. Take care.
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Thank you so much for this post. I do happen to be a Christian and this just started for me a few months ago after I totally surrender to him. How ironic. Going through the worst time of my life after surrendering. No wonder people don't want to become Christians, but I know it's the best thing in the whole world... without him I would be nothing. Anyway if you want to become friends with someone who's going through a similar situation feel free to email me and we can be buds... Or anybody out there that's reading this feel free to email me if you're struggling with anxiety like I am. ***@**** Becky
I might be a little late here but i have suffered with anxiey for 4 to 5 years , adrenaline controlling me in short
The past week i have had the feeling of like a hard lump sometimes its the middle of my chest then it goes to the left side under my rib cage sometimes it feels like its my heart its like a gurgling feeling and i always just feel something like a gri9 in the middle of my ribs , i worry constantly and this is hard
It only started since the cotor put me on propranolol and i took my self of them
Because i was having more issues on them and they slowed my heart down and i can't deal with that stuff as i always feel like something is wrong but thats anxiety for you
But the feeling is really making me worry but since i seen this and anxiety i guess its normal ?
I honestly feel like i am about to die but i worry alot so its hard not to think that when you go through anxiey its horrible
The past week i have had the feeling of like a hard lump sometimes its the middle of my chest then it goes to the left side under my rib cage sometimes it feels like its my heart its like a gurgling feeling and i always just feel something like a gri9 in the middle of my ribs , i worry constantly and this is hard
It only started since the cotor put me on propranolol and i took my self of them
Because i was having more issues on them and they slowed my heart down and i can't deal with that stuff as i always feel like something is wrong but thats anxiety for you
But the feeling is really making me worry but since i seen this and anxiety i guess its normal ?
I honestly feel like i am about to die but i worry alot so its hard not to think that when you go through anxiey its horrible
Our emotions can control how our body functions good or bad. I'm a diabetic, with IBS, diverticulitis, and yep the list can go on. The heaviness in my stomach that I get from time to time I just realized is from my body's reaction to stress/anxiety/depression. Like today it's really bad and while I was looking to find maybe a cause I came across this site and was reading what others had to say when a light bulb moment went off in my head. Like those here have mentioned before I eat what I want 'cause for me what's good for one is not so good for the other; so I deal with the out come of my choice. Considering I didn't sleep well last night and woke up all out of wack with vertigo on top of everything didn't help me none. As I sit here typing this I have found my stress & depression loosing it's hold on me, now I can get mad; for I can't let this bring me down to the very bottom again it is hard to climb out. If you have had all the test and they are normal the remember your emotions are in control and if you let yourself fall too far it's harder to climb back up, I know I've been there, with the loss of a child and my mom I had to claw my way back up out of the pit I made for myself. The saying is true " Sometimes u just gotta pull urself up by the boot straps" and keep going. Family support helps, but you must do it for you and no one else. Go ahead and shed the tears, they will help you get back up where you need to be and God is always there with his hand out to help, but you must start helping yourself first. My stomach rock is still there, and GERDS too, so some water for me, a few tears to ease my fustration and the knowing that this too will pass I'm off to get some stuff done. If you need something for the anxiety/depression then get it and take it, tell you doctor is it's not working anymore so it can be changed if needed I did. But first you must be honest with yourself and admit there may something going on and you may need a little help to get back on the right track. Your not the first person to ask for help nor will you be the last; honesty with yourself and your family starts the healing. We all fall and stumble from time to time and it's ok we ain't perfect and if we were we'd be in heaven by now. So grab those boot straps pull hard and carry on the best you can. I've been there and can say I love all who keep putting one foot forward no matter what!!!! :-)
Suzzie, have you had the test to see if your stomach is emptying properly? I had one done when getting diagnosed with gallbladder problems. They make you eat some oatmeal with some dye in it and then you lay under a machine that shows if your stomach is emptying properly or not. Might mention it to the gastro dr.
Sharon
Sharon
most of you are suffering from gerd...bad acid reflux.....what it does is the acid starts to irrate many nerves....one being vagus nerve....you will get fast heartbeat...upper chest pain..shoulder pains...back pains....headaches...mostly in the back of the head....your bowel movements will be unusual too....you could also feel dizzy and lightheaded....sometimes you feel like your going to pass out too...and of course these PHYSICAL things cause anxiety....gerd is very hard to get rid of ..mostly you just control it....try what works for you.....maybe even operations to fix it may be a solution if all else fails
I know that this is an old discussion board, but how is everyone? I have the same symptoms and reading these posts have helped me tremendously, I don't feel so alone now.
i have ibs have had for years , yes it makes you feel bloated, hurts, makes you for sick, lose weight, they have pills for it but i choose not to take pills, i just know when its there thats what it is . and yes anxiety makes it worse
Yeah, Suzzie, I am so glad I have posted this and found you, understanding exactly what I mean. :-) I have heard about a similar explanation. But anti-acid meds didn't help me. Actually meds never help me if it is anxiety lol I can't wait to see a gastro doctor, to get my reassurance.
I also see a holistic doc and whenever I get the full feeling real soon after eating along with nausea, it's either been bacteria, or my diaphragm needs to be adjusted downward. If I'm real nauseous and start the gagging reflex for no apparent reason, it's usually gall bladder. Now this holistic doc does Dr. Brimhall's techniques and that's a whole other story. It's thru kiniesiology but in any case, he always fixes me right up.
I know my body so well, I pretty much know what is going on by my symptoms. I freaked out when my ribs were killing me - felt like someone was driving a knife thru them. In fact, I went to the ER and they did all sorts of x-rays and I was normal. And I couldn't breathe fully. And of course, everything was normal. They finally said - "anxiety".
When I'm anxious, I tend to breathe shallow and tighten up my stomach muscles and side muscles. If I really think and relax everything, my rib area, doesn't hurt any longer. Stupid anxiety! If I take an ativan, that helps me greatly.
I know my body so well, I pretty much know what is going on by my symptoms. I freaked out when my ribs were killing me - felt like someone was driving a knife thru them. In fact, I went to the ER and they did all sorts of x-rays and I was normal. And I couldn't breathe fully. And of course, everything was normal. They finally said - "anxiety".
When I'm anxious, I tend to breathe shallow and tighten up my stomach muscles and side muscles. If I really think and relax everything, my rib area, doesn't hurt any longer. Stupid anxiety! If I take an ativan, that helps me greatly.
Your comment about feeling like you ate an elephant is so true. There are times when I have eaten around 5 or 6 pm and when I go to bed at 11 or 12 the fullness is still there as if I had just eaten a huge meal. One Dr. explained that when you have anxiety you produce too much stomach acid and when you try and eat it chuns that acid around to make you feel full. Have you ever heard of that? At least I'm glad to hear there is more of us having this problem. I too had posted on more than one site and never got any feedback, so this has been really helpful me to not feel so all alone with my problems.
Yeah, stomach is said to be like a second "brain"...It responds so much to our emotions...I can't quite connect the fullness we feel with it though...that's where i get lost and start doubting. If it was just nausea or pain or butterfliesi think i would believe it easier...It is this fullness after food that is driving me mad...and the way i feel full, i wish i was pregnant, at least if it would feel heavy i would know why...i could have 2 whole christmas dinners in my stomach how full i fell...((((crying))))
Sorry to hear you are going through this too, but am I ever glad to find out that I'm not the only one. I have had this well over a year, I don't go out to eat for fear I will get sick, won't eat anywhere except where I feel safe. I even carry a bag in my purse at all times, just in case. I had an upper GI ran a year ago May, the one where you drink that nasty stuff, what an awful test. That came back normal,had an ultrasound on my gallbladder and liver both normal. Now am waiting to have the swallowing camera test. Hate to put myself through all these tests just for anxiety, but what else do you do. You have to find out if there is a medical reason for all this. Has anyone explained to you why anxiety would make you feel too full? I don't understand the conection. Then there's those times I'm starving and can't get enough to eat so I think it's finally gone, then boom it's right back again. Take care and hope you start feeling better!
Oh and.... I am skinny to being with and I have lost so much more weight. My clothes don't even fit any longer - they just hang on me. I just want to be normal again!!!
OMG!!! I'm not the only one!! for the past two years (more than that, but it has gotten worse over the past two years) I have felt horrible with food. I have all the same symptoms. Full feeling even after eating small amounts. Sometimes it feels like I have to go to the bathroom (BM) right after, sometimes not.
And whoever posted about the urge to gag after eating - YES!! Only sometimes if I'm full of anxiety. I have social anxiety so eating out with people is practically impossible. When I do go, the minute I go into the restaurant, I feel nauseous and then I just can't eat. If I force it, I know I'll be sick.
My therapist has suggested for me to take some ativan before I go. But I've just been hiding from people.
I have all sorts of tests done and everything comes back normal. I even ended up in the ER with BAD pain under my ribcage - I thought something was horribly wrong but they just said it was anxiety. Anxiety is EVIL!!
I'm not on any daily meds yet but I see my doc on the 8th and I'm going to try Lexapro if she agrees. My sister in law went on Lexapro and it helped with her depression/anxiety and her upset stomach issues have gone away. I guess I'm just hoping for that too.
the only thing that takes away those symptoms right now for me is compazine. Then I'm good for two days. I can eat without those horrible full, gassy icky feelings.
When I have a full blown panic attack, I can't eat or drink anything, I gag, I get diarrhea and I just want to die. LUCKILY, that hasn't happened in a long time. If it does, I have to take a compazine and an ativan.
I feel like I'm a prisoner. I don't want to go on vacation because then I'd have to eat out and lord knows what anxiety that would bring.
I'm just hoping AD's will work. it's amazing what our minds can do to our bodies.
And whoever posted about the urge to gag after eating - YES!! Only sometimes if I'm full of anxiety. I have social anxiety so eating out with people is practically impossible. When I do go, the minute I go into the restaurant, I feel nauseous and then I just can't eat. If I force it, I know I'll be sick.
My therapist has suggested for me to take some ativan before I go. But I've just been hiding from people.
I have all sorts of tests done and everything comes back normal. I even ended up in the ER with BAD pain under my ribcage - I thought something was horribly wrong but they just said it was anxiety. Anxiety is EVIL!!
I'm not on any daily meds yet but I see my doc on the 8th and I'm going to try Lexapro if she agrees. My sister in law went on Lexapro and it helped with her depression/anxiety and her upset stomach issues have gone away. I guess I'm just hoping for that too.
the only thing that takes away those symptoms right now for me is compazine. Then I'm good for two days. I can eat without those horrible full, gassy icky feelings.
When I have a full blown panic attack, I can't eat or drink anything, I gag, I get diarrhea and I just want to die. LUCKILY, that hasn't happened in a long time. If it does, I have to take a compazine and an ativan.
I feel like I'm a prisoner. I don't want to go on vacation because then I'd have to eat out and lord knows what anxiety that would bring.
I'm just hoping AD's will work. it's amazing what our minds can do to our bodies.
I do get some days that I feel a bit better, but not alright, just better, then it just comes right back with the same force...It's exactly how I feel now, like i ate an elephant and it doesn't get better for hours and hours after eating. I don't feel great even when i don't eat, but it is a bit more bearable. I am so scared i won't be able to eat normal ever again...Some moments i freak out, the weight of the food (or what it feels to be food, it might just be tension or god knows what) is just so unbearable, i just wanna run to the doctor again and tell him look please just figure out right now what is wrong with me...Than i start remembering so many logical reasons why this could be just anxiety...But i still worry. And meds don't make any difference at all!
Lozaluva, i'm glad your symptoms only lasted that little, i have been battling with this for the past whole month constantly...not sure what to do...
Lozaluva, i'm glad your symptoms only lasted that little, i have been battling with this for the past whole month constantly...not sure what to do...
i had all those same syptoms last week iw as convinced i had a stomch ulcer but it was all put down to my anxitey nad the syptoms went within a day!!
our brains can convince us of anything and make us feel syptomsthat arnt actuali ther!!
so dont worry just anxtey so try not worry and u will be back to norma soonxx
our brains can convince us of anything and make us feel syptomsthat arnt actuali ther!!
so dont worry just anxtey so try not worry and u will be back to norma soonxx
I have had this well over a year now. At first it was blamed on my medication. Changed medication which helped a little, but didn't complety take away the problem.NO!!!!!!!! I probably won't feel better if they don't find anything I'll just worry about what they didn't find. Sometimes my fullness is in my lower abdomen( like when I feel like the food just dropped there). Other times it feels like I ate Thanksgiving dinner and ate way too much without eating much at all. Like today I are a whole tuna sandwhich about 3 hours ago and it feels like I just finished eating it. Then I also have it where I feel full all the way up to just under my boobs. All this stomach thing does it make anxiety even worse a vicios cycle. I cannot go to a buffet or anything like that at all. So I stress about food, eating, not eating, eating too much, it's most of what I think about all day. Do you have it where there's times when you eat and this doesn't happen and you think you're past it, then within a few hours you know you did in fact eat too much? Let me know! Love getting your feedback.
Hey there....I've been trying to find others on here with the same sort of symptoms. I was wondering if either of you get nauseas and feel the need to gag after you eat? I have major anxiety that seems to go hand in hand with nausea and diarrhea. After a severe stomach pain below my ribs sent me to the ER last week I had all the tests done to make sure it wasn't gallbladder, pancreas, etc. and everything came back normal. They gave me morphine and the pain went away...it was the first time I had ever had anything like it. I went to see a specialist and he said it's just IBS (the acute pain was an inflamed colon?) which I've learned can come about in those with depression/anxiety. I'll alternate between constipation with gas all the time and well, the opposite! I'm on Lexapro which def. helped with the depression and had no side effects unlike others I'd tried.....and helped with the anxiety at first. My anxiety then seemed to come back stronger than ever along with worse stomach problems. I've was put on Prilosec a year ago but I don't remember it doing much good. Xanax helps sometimes because I feel it relaxes my stomach muscles. Like you guys...I love food and miss going out and enjoying meals with friends...it ***** so much having to cancel dates, etc. I even had to take a break from school because I'd get sick in class and then really tired all the time. It makes me just want to stay in all the time and eat soup alone...so sad!! I'm already skinny and am losing more weight because of this which isn't good. Any tips anyone has would be greatly appreciated!!
:) Julia
:) Julia
Oh about the food, i miss the food so much, i can't eat most of the stuff i used to love, because i am scared how my stomach will react to it. I used to love eating, and when i feel down i would just have some chocolate and i'd feel better straight away lol i never could eat too much really, don't get me wrong, i wasn't overeating, but i ate anything i would feel like eating :-)
Now i feel so depressed about the whole thing even more because i can't really eat.
It's quite a while til 18th of August...maybe you'll even feel better before then. Hopefully. But if you don't, you think if the camera results show nothing you will feel better?
Oh I hope i feel better before i have to do that. Where is the heavyness you feel, is it above bellybutton?
I got this herbal tablets today, i will tell you how it goes with them.
Now i feel so depressed about the whole thing even more because i can't really eat.
It's quite a while til 18th of August...maybe you'll even feel better before then. Hopefully. But if you don't, you think if the camera results show nothing you will feel better?
Oh I hope i feel better before i have to do that. Where is the heavyness you feel, is it above bellybutton?
I got this herbal tablets today, i will tell you how it goes with them.
Thanks for getting back to me so fast! No I don't seen to have any gas, but I do hear that's commen with anxiety related stomach problems. My camera test isn't until August 18th. Part of me is nervous about it and part of me is just do this and find out if there is anything else wrong.
Another issue I have had since this anxiety thing started is not being very hungry. I have lost so much of my appitite. Also, foods that I loved to eat before all this I don't have a taste for now. Has this happened to you? Keep in touch, hope you start feeling better soon.
Another issue I have had since this anxiety thing started is not being very hungry. I have lost so much of my appitite. Also, foods that I loved to eat before all this I don't have a taste for now. Has this happened to you? Keep in touch, hope you start feeling better soon.
Oh don't worry about the question, when you need to know if you are alright no question is gross really...But I have never noticed that.
Well my doc told me I should give another 2 weeks to Lanzoprazole (like your Prilosec), it may need time to work, and also the other med I'm taking, domperidone and he gave me another med to try if domperidone doesn't do anything - mebeverine. If nothing work he may refer me to have the camera down like you. When are you doing that? But he says he believe it will just turn out to be anxiety in the end.
I get a lot of burping with the stomach heavyness. Do you get any gas?
The worrying about this affects me so much, I can't do almost anything, I stayed off work for a week, because i feel so depressed because of my stomach that i feel something is going to happen to me so what is the point...I know I am being irational but I can't help myself :-( Just hope my Lexapro is going to kick in soon and maybe make me feel at least a bit better.
Plus i keep looking online and when i can't find anyone or anything telling me listen this is definitely anxiety, i felt like that and it is just that, I start feeling doomed and feeling even worse...
Well I hope you don't feel as bad as I do about this :-)
Well my doc told me I should give another 2 weeks to Lanzoprazole (like your Prilosec), it may need time to work, and also the other med I'm taking, domperidone and he gave me another med to try if domperidone doesn't do anything - mebeverine. If nothing work he may refer me to have the camera down like you. When are you doing that? But he says he believe it will just turn out to be anxiety in the end.
I get a lot of burping with the stomach heavyness. Do you get any gas?
The worrying about this affects me so much, I can't do almost anything, I stayed off work for a week, because i feel so depressed because of my stomach that i feel something is going to happen to me so what is the point...I know I am being irational but I can't help myself :-( Just hope my Lexapro is going to kick in soon and maybe make me feel at least a bit better.
Plus i keep looking online and when i can't find anyone or anything telling me listen this is definitely anxiety, i felt like that and it is just that, I start feeling doomed and feeling even worse...
Well I hope you don't feel as bad as I do about this :-)
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