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hungry and nausea all the time? help me!

hello everyone. im new to this forum.
for the past few months ive been experiencing a pain in my upper/mid stomach. its like an empty pit kind of feeling. even if i eat a huge meal, i still feel hungry. my lower stomach feels bloated hough? it makes me have really bad nausea too. it comes and goes. the last time it came i remember i was drinking a fruit smoothie and then all the sudden i felt the empty pit and got really nauseous. does anyone know whats going on? i dont want to go to my doctor. he thinks im crazy and that im just making stuff up (like a hypocondriac).
any help would be great! thanks. :)
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has anyone found a cure for this?? feels like I am dying everyday
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I just was having problems like this too, but I couldn't eat and I still can't completely and I was told by my doctor I have a stomach ulcer, no big deal but it makes you feel nauseous because the ulcer is trying to heal itself naturally but you still need to eat and it's caused by acid reflux. Get checked for an ulcer if you feel this way and within a few days of pills you'll be eating and feeling a million times better!
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Feeling nausea full growling of stomach. Feeling hungry even though I ate burping.
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Hi, I have the same problem. I am bloated and my stomach is hard. I feel hungry yet i feel constantly like im going to be sick. However, when i do eat it nothing seems to be filling me up. Going to the toilet is more regular. No different food seem to be making a difference to this. I also feel constantly tired. Any ideas?
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Exposure to black mold can be highly toxic as well check around ur home or work in vent systems or a/c and heating units maybe you've been exposed to mycotoxins.
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I have a lot of the same symptoms as everyone else. I have had IBS for majority of my life. However it has been under control until recently when I had surgery. I had surgery December 2014 to remove my low functioning, swollen gallbladder, after that surgery I felt good and was able to eat. Until a few months later I found an Umbilical hernia and things started getting worse. I had surgery to fix that at the end of July 2015 and have had nothing but problems since this surgery. My doc said it was my IBS flaring back up again and put me on a new medicine and a probiotic. Needless to say 1 probiotic probably would've been better then 2 probiotics. 2 messed up my stomach big time.
So have been just trying to get back on track. I am on a wheat free/gluten free diet and have been for years. Sugar seems to be a big no no, but helps with nausea. But does eventually make it worse. I have been trying to stay on a bland diet, just is not always very easy.

Hope everyone starts to feel better and get some answers
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i suffer from severe depression and every day is a battle to keep myself in a good or great mood. ive noticed that whenever my depression starts getting to hard to handle i get nautious and i feel like im starving to death but as soon as i take a bite or smell my food i instantly sick. sometimes it gets so bad i cant eat at all barely even  a nibble a day for weeks sometimes.


no i am not pregnant and i am in 100% good health besides my inability to eat and depression
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I have had similar symptoms since 36.  I maintain weight, but lots of long dissolving carbs, protein, and fruits.  Carrots are amazing.  I have been to drs for 2 yrs.  Now we are doing full parasitic work up.  I am trying to get a toxin work up.  certain heavy metal exposure might cause e some symptoms.  If its not any of these they r suggesting a growth on head of pancrease.  The only test is a 3 day fast in the hospital.
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I have had similar symptoms since 36.  I maintain weight, but lots of long dissolving carbs, protein, and fruits.  Carrots are amazing.  I have been to drs for 2 yrs.  Now we are doing full parasitic work up.  I am trying to get a toxin work up.  certain heavy metal exposure might cause e some symptoms.  If its not any of these they r suggesting a growth on head of pancrease.  The only test is a 3 day fast in the hospital.
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Get checked for Celiac disease.  I had those symptoms and i was diagnosed with Celiac disease
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Gastroparesis?

I'm really surprised no one has mentioned this. This is when your stomach doesn't empty properly. Therefore you are both full and, yes, hungry (because your body isn't digesting anything) simultaneously.

High-fiber foods (like smoothies and vegetables) make it worse.

There is information on the Web about it. Good luck to everyone.
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I want to post a comment to this.

I'm 17 years old and have been experiencing these for 3 months already.
I constantly get hungry even though I have just eaten and feel nauseous all the time.

It started when I collapsed due to nausea. It was only once, and it was the first. My mother just told me it was nothing so I didn't mind it. The next few days, I still felt it, nauseous all the time. It became troublesome because i'm currently attending school and it got me almost collapsed while cleaning. I was hungry that time, but believe me, I have just eaten 30 minutes ago and I ate 2 cups of rice for pete's sake. Then it started really bothering me because I don't feel like going to school anymore since it was an hour away from home.

My mother and I visited the doctor but the doctor said it was nothing. I thought I hated the doctor. But he prescribed me a medicine.

Next few days (even with the medicine), I still feel nauseous for no reason at all and nagged my mother about it. She told me to exercise and so I did. I jogged every morning for a week, never worked. My mother again told me to never lie down and sit. I did for a week, never worked. I drank 2-3 liters of water a day for a month, never worked. Ate a lot of vegetables, nothing worked. And so, I stopped nagging her.

Now I still feel nauseous all the time. I feel hungry all the time. I feel like vomiting but nothing's coming out. My lower stomach sometimes feels big especially after urine. I don't know what to do anymore.

But after reading few of these comments, I realized one thing.
Maybe the reason was really stress/anxiety/trauma. I don't know why but my childhood has been haunting me ever since it started plus present problems. Everyone around me thinks I'm all innocent, trustworthy, intelligent, and all because I'm always shut in the house and has someone to fetch me right after school ends, but they don't know what's really happening or happened in the past.

But, yeah, if someone knows how to heal this thing, please let me know.

I just wrote my experience for the sake of those who might be feeling the same as me.
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You most likely have an ulcer caused from hpylori infection
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I agree with the post from Boron above.

I believe that the s/s  expressed above are a result of either:

1) candida (yeast)
2) bacteria or
3) parasites

I had a negative O/P stool sample. Although no ova was found in my stool, I insisted on parasite treatment. I took only Flagyl (but no Humatin). I felt better for a few days. Then the headaches, nausea, hunger, bloating, fatigue, and gas returned slightly.



To be clear, my doctor was baffled and kept thinking I had a virus. However, after 2 months, I had to insist on blood work (for parasite antibodies and yeast) and fecal tests (for parasites and yeast). My stool results indicated moderate yeast (which is not good). My blood work for yeast was normal.

I had to change my diet and start probiotics (OTC). Also, I was given iron pills and vitamin D pills.

FYI-The probiotics I am using is Kyo-Dophilus capsules.

I am feeling much better.  Good Luck!!!!!!!!!!!!
Robin
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Guys and Girls,

After a 6 months of test and hospital, and all test are fine.
I'm never surrender i found a solution for this problem, for me my body normally need the double of iron. Exactly my body need double of iron, all this symptom came because you have a deficiency in Iron, and can you tell me how, every body is different, not all body are same, but if you try to eat Meat and all things contains Iron, after a few day you can start to feel better, normally in your blood the iron level is normal but for us is different you need more of the normal people.

I think is something near to Anemia, but if you feel hungry and at same time you have strong nausea, try Iron, I hope should be work!!! For me work now i can thinking better and my body start to feeling strong and powerful.

Of course you need motivation to eat meat because if you feel a strong Nausea.

I hope this change your life in better!
I hope this the solution for everybody have this problem!

Renzo
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Wow, I have been having many of the same symptoms you all are describing. Bloating, insatiable hunger, pressure in my throat, belching, but mostly that horrible empty pit feeling like I am starving to death. Food does not help.

What I have observed is that it starts with my ovulation each month and ends when my period is over. It lasts about two weeks every month. Some times it's mild and some times like this month it is unbearable.

I have been gluten free, dairy free, corn free, soy free for a while now with no improvement. Actually nothing I take, change or do seems to make a difference.

This all seems to stem from my hormones. I'm a 49 yr old on the verge of menopause...
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I have the exact same symptoms as all of you.  My thyroid has always been barely within range, but otherwise normal.  My vit.D and ferritin are low, but I'm taking vitamins.  One interesting thing was that in my last urine test, I had very few bacteria, very high pH, and a cloudy urine.  Anybody else have this?  I've had ongoing gastrointestinal problems that have been diagnosed as IBS and stress without any tests other than your basic blood test for celiac and checking the aforementioned blood/urine levels.  But recently the pain and such is much worse.  I'm usually very constipated(I had poo backed all the way up into my stomach once) but recently I've been going multiple times a day, which is very uncommon for me.

Has anybody been tested for a bacteria overgrowth like H. Pylori?  I was thinking that might be my issue.

Somebody please report back if they figure it out.  
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I noticed what you posted a long time ago about crashing a couple hours agter you eat. There is a good possibilty that is because that is the time that your insulin lebels are highest in the digestion process. Smaller meals with complex carbs should help that rollercoaster. If you are still experiencing it......
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Thanks everyone I started feeling this emptiness in my stomach and feeling nauseas, but also with body aches for 2 days now.  I have started eating wheat bread for a month now so I am going to take that out of my diet and afew other things most of you had mentioned.  I see some of you haven't posted for awhile and would like to know if you found any answers to your problems.  Thanks
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there are several unrelated issues discussed. My son is suffering from some similar symptoms to the first comments but has no psychological issues or stress type symptoms(He is a very calm, emotionally stable person with average grades and enjoys tennis) Has now missted alot of school but keeps his studies up. His chief concerns are constant uncontrolable hunger, gas, bloating and a red blotchy rash on his face and arms.  We have done blood work, tested for food sensitivities and have taken out gluten, then lactose then both with no change in his status. We will go to the MD again today and everyday until someone listens to what is going on...I will not leave the MD today until they run a GI series and maybe an endoscopy to make sure nothing else is going on!!
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i just started having this problem tonight i woke up and had a major migraine but it was behind my right ear like right no the ear and an empty feeling in my stomach well the headache prevented me from eating knowing that i'd vomit i took 4 Excedrin and went back to bed now the headache is gone but my lower stomach feels bloated like its full of gas and my upper stomach feels like a pressure pain i have tried eating and nothing has changed i feel almost nauseous and when i do burp it has the weirdest taste to it i have never tasted it before but it doesn't taste very good but also when i do burp i feel better for a few seconds then the feeling in my upper stomach comes back please any help would be great i know this is an older post but please help.
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I am having this problem too. I don't know way
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Hey I have been feeling the same thing for the past 4 days now. The first time i got it I had a migraine, after I didn't get a migraine again but I get a sick feeling in my stomach, and feel really bloated and bubbly, even if I eat a huge mount of food, 2 hours later i will feel starving again. It even wakes me up in the middle of the night. My muscle aches, and I feel really nausea and starving at the same time.even when I don't feel hungry which is rare my stomach really hurts. Just yesterday my sister got the same thing.  But my sister and i have been eating wheat our whole life, is it possible that We would suddenly get wheat or gluten intolerance, and if so how did it happen, and how did we both get it?
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Your advice to km88 is something I will try.  I have close to the same issue but i have stomach flutters too. I thouht for a few months I was pregnant I had a lot of milk products.
Thank you will try the diet and see what happens
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Adult Victims of Child Abuse will often display a variety of physical symptoms related to CPTSD or CSS - (chronic stress syndrome/or chronic post traumatic stress disorder). Patterns of behaviour are woven into the human psyche like a computer program, literally. Self programming does not occur until the human being reaches puberty, 10-13 yrs.  All program codes downloaded prior to “self programming” are then used for “self programming”. I use this venacular because it speaks to our generation.  An adult who suffered abuse as a child, verbal, physical, and/or sexual all have dramatic long-term affects on the Operating Systems integrity.  You are infected with a virus, nothing you did, but it got in you and if you don’t “reformat” your psyche/hard drive, you will experience all sorts of “bugs”, crashes, and eventually total failure.  A printer stops working - fatigue - a camera no longer captures the image - depression - etc.  70% of the US female population and 40% of the male are reported to have had a sexual abuse/molestation/assault/or trauma in their life prior to adulthood.  Many people looking for physical answers to problems will be eternally frustrated.  The fact is, working the mind is much easier and more effective. The Mind can literally reveal exactly what is wrong, be it emotional/mental, spiritual, or physical.  Today, spending so much time testing this or that leads people into a matrix of confusipon for years.  It takes no risk to seek out a skilled Medicine Man or Meditation Guru and engage in 4-6 sessions directly asking the question you are posting here..”I’m hungry and naseaus, I eat but can’t get full and it’s making me sick. Why?”  This technique helps you to learn how to disable your self-programming mechanism and inspect the codes!  What you are doing by looking for physical answers is using the same codes that got you in this mess - not that they are even yours!  They in fact, are most likely a hybrid of your codes and a viral overlay - which is why I use the venacular - you must upload an ANTI-Virus program, but before you can, you need to identify the bug!  A Shaman can induce a trance state and see him/her self and/or in combination can induce a trance state upon the patient to access the “mainframe”! Child Abuse is an epidemic in the western world, the most under-reported crime and most prevalent in society - it is the elephant ghost of our societal disease. taking from children starts in the home and this results in a diseased society.  Honor your children and they will never need a commandment to honor you - that will be as natural as health! :)
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