Migrane and Stomach acid from Stress?

[AkatsukiTiger]

I have been in a situation where my mother is being verbally/mentally abusive toward me, each time she does so I immediately become very stressed out, as this happens I get stomach acid and a throbbing headache, topped off with a nice stomach pain.
I hardly eat greasy food, or fast food or such and this occurrence only happens during the times that my mother starts with this routine. The only thing that has been able to stop it was my boyfriend calming me down and making me go outside for a walk and to talk to him.
What is this? It hurts badly.

[Dr Santos]

Hi,
How are you? I'm sorry to hear what you have been through with your mother. Migraines indeed can be triggered by a lot of factors including stress. Although psychologic stress can increase acid production, there are not enough studies showing any link between psychologic stress and peptic ulcers. Other causes of acid reflux or gastritis include stomach ulcers, infection with Helicobacter pylori bacteria, smoking and use of certain drugs such as aspirin and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). At this point, therapy, time and space away from your mother are helpful. Take care and do keep us posted.

[dame_wilbur]

Ok, that sounds like a plan. I'm sorry that she's abusive, but yeah, moving out ASAP and dropping all contact with her is probably for the best.

good luck,

~Dame

[AkatsukiTiger]

Hes kinda in a situation with the horrible job economy that hes talking about marrying me and joining the army.
We've been planning to get married and he wants to do that before/if he joins the military so I can go into an apartment or into the military housing so I'm away from my mother.
Shes verbally abusing to the point that she told me that she didn't care if my sister went somewhere and died and she's said that to me as well. I plan on moving out ASAP and pretty much dropping contact with her until she can speak to me like her daughter, not something lower than our dogs

[dame_wilbur]

I think it highly likely that your symptoms are stress related, but I would hardly say it's "merely"  stress. Stress is HUGE and, as you're finding out, can wreak havoc with your body. Emotional abuse is a huge stress on the entire body, and needs to be taken seriously.

Is there any way that you could move in with your boyfriend to get away from your mother for a while? I had two good friends who moved in together, not for romantic reasons, but because he needed to get away from his mother.

[AkatsukiTiger]

Well, the problem is I live 6 miles away from my boyfriend, plus I have a bad ankle. The abuse is a constant thing from when I was younger but right now I don't have the funds to go out on my own, they rendered me jobless and I have no experience. Now it's not as bad as before, she only does the verbal abuse when she knows that I'm not in the greatest of moods when she knows it'll trigger the acid/migraine, she recently kicked my sister out which was who she always verbally abused so now it goes onto me.
I really don't have another safe person to speak to other than friends online or my boyfriend, but only my boyfriend can calm it down all together.
My mother always has the most fun with trying to keep me from talking to my boyfriend, like I rarely see him and then when I get to talk to him at night (Maybe 2 hours) I'm crying on the phone or venting to him about my day. I don't really know what the symptoms are caused from, is it just merely the stress?

[dame_wilbur]

Stress is a  HUGE trigger of pain. I was emotionally abused as a child, and even thinking about it for a while 10 years later, I can still trigger a migraine.

How long has your mother been abusive towards you? I'm very glad that your boyfriend can help calm you down by going for a walk and talking. It's called therapy, and is a huge help. Please continue to talk with your boyfriend or other 'safe' people. It's a good thing to do.

You are 19, according to your profile, so this might get a little complicated but you NEED to reach out for help to get away from your mother's abusive behavior. I understand that the abuse only happens sometimes, but you still need to be safe ALL the time.

Is there another adult that you could reach out to get help from? Having somebody that will take the abuse seriously and help you out is very important.

Good luck,

~Dame

[AkatsukiTiger]

Sorry for my misspelling, I was hurrying to type this out.