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Why do I feel nauseous while eating?
Sometimes while I'm eating I get nauseous to the point where I can't take another bite without thinking I'm going to throw up. This has been happening for a couple months now. Not very consistent but it's a horrible feeling when it happens. 20, female, somewhat healthy
No chance of pregnancy but I do get migraines a lot. Sometimes a couple a day and sometimes one will last for a couple days. So yeah, that might be it. I'm allergic to sulfate for sure but I haven't been to an allergist yet. That's something I'm looking into. Thanks for the advice! I'm making a doctor apt soon to discuss this and some concerns I have with random sharp chest pains.
If there is no possibility of pregnancy, then there are some other issues to consider: Do you have a history of migraines, such as low grade "silent migraines"? Do you have Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)? What about food sensitivities?
These issues I just mentioned can and do overlap one another. Sometimes it's not necessarily a food sensitivity as much as it is a specific known migraine trigger. Yet, at the same time, food sensitivities can and do bother IBS and migraine issues both. Not only that, often if a certain food causes IBS symptoms, those same foods can trigger a migraine for migraine sufferers.
Do some research on both Tyramine Intolerance and Histamine Intolerance. Many of the foods listed on either list are listed on both lists.
Also, have you had any reason to see an allergist? Believe it or not, certain seasonal allergies can even be a problem for people with food sensitivities. If you've ever been tested for allergies and have been told you are definitely allergic to birch, you can very likely have Oral Allergy Syndrome. This is something you will run across when you're researching Tyramine and Histamine Intolerances. There are proteins in foods like apples, celery and carrots that are similar to the proteins in birch pollen, so if you are for sure allergic to birch, you'll want to avoid apples, celery, and carrots this time of the year until the tree pollen has gone down. While this mainly affects people who clearly suffer from the usual seasonal allergy symptoms, I wouldn't rule out nausea as being one of the symptoms caused by seasonal allergies--especially if you know for sure you're allergic to birch pollen.
If this stuff doesn't necessarily apply to you, this basic information may help someone else, because what you're talking about isn't really all that uncommon.
One thing to do is to research information about doing a "food elimination diet challenge". This is one way a person can discover food sensitivities that aren't actual allergies. The simple explanation about the difference between a food allergy, which can normally be detected with skin scratch tests by an allergist, and a food sensitivity, which can't be detected by such tests by an allergist is this: A food allergy can kill you with anaphylactic shock, or at the very least cause a rash. A food sensitivity won't cause the normal allergic reactions, but a food sensitivity will still make you feel sick. With both you still need to avoid the offending foods, but if you accidentally ingest a small amount of the offending food with a food sensitivity your life won't be at risk--and, you might not even feel sick if it's a small enough amount of the offending food.
If the information about the food elimination diet challenge you find online still seems to complicated to you, you will want to see a naturopath in order to get the guidance you need in order to understand how to do the elimination diet successfully and get the most information you need in order to feel better.
Sometimes the foods in the Tyramine Intolerance list will make me feel sick and other times they don't. And, usually if I feel sick it means I'm getting a migraine. It means I need to treat the migraine and avoid that particular food for a while. It's not precisely a food sensitivity with some of these things, but I do need to use discretion if I don't want to keep having migraines all the time.
These issues I just mentioned can and do overlap one another. Sometimes it's not necessarily a food sensitivity as much as it is a specific known migraine trigger. Yet, at the same time, food sensitivities can and do bother IBS and migraine issues both. Not only that, often if a certain food causes IBS symptoms, those same foods can trigger a migraine for migraine sufferers.
Do some research on both Tyramine Intolerance and Histamine Intolerance. Many of the foods listed on either list are listed on both lists.
Also, have you had any reason to see an allergist? Believe it or not, certain seasonal allergies can even be a problem for people with food sensitivities. If you've ever been tested for allergies and have been told you are definitely allergic to birch, you can very likely have Oral Allergy Syndrome. This is something you will run across when you're researching Tyramine and Histamine Intolerances. There are proteins in foods like apples, celery and carrots that are similar to the proteins in birch pollen, so if you are for sure allergic to birch, you'll want to avoid apples, celery, and carrots this time of the year until the tree pollen has gone down. While this mainly affects people who clearly suffer from the usual seasonal allergy symptoms, I wouldn't rule out nausea as being one of the symptoms caused by seasonal allergies--especially if you know for sure you're allergic to birch pollen.
If this stuff doesn't necessarily apply to you, this basic information may help someone else, because what you're talking about isn't really all that uncommon.
One thing to do is to research information about doing a "food elimination diet challenge". This is one way a person can discover food sensitivities that aren't actual allergies. The simple explanation about the difference between a food allergy, which can normally be detected with skin scratch tests by an allergist, and a food sensitivity, which can't be detected by such tests by an allergist is this: A food allergy can kill you with anaphylactic shock, or at the very least cause a rash. A food sensitivity won't cause the normal allergic reactions, but a food sensitivity will still make you feel sick. With both you still need to avoid the offending foods, but if you accidentally ingest a small amount of the offending food with a food sensitivity your life won't be at risk--and, you might not even feel sick if it's a small enough amount of the offending food.
If the information about the food elimination diet challenge you find online still seems to complicated to you, you will want to see a naturopath in order to get the guidance you need in order to understand how to do the elimination diet successfully and get the most information you need in order to feel better.
Sometimes the foods in the Tyramine Intolerance list will make me feel sick and other times they don't. And, usually if I feel sick it means I'm getting a migraine. It means I need to treat the migraine and avoid that particular food for a while. It's not precisely a food sensitivity with some of these things, but I do need to use discretion if I don't want to keep having migraines all the time.
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