constant nausea/vomitting/acid reflux

Has your doctor suggested any diagnosis?  What blood tests did you have and have you had a CT or ultrasound?    Do you have any stomach pain that moves around, changes in bowel habits, incomplete evacuation?  Try keeping a food diary to identify any other food triggers.  Ask your doctor about IBS which can be brought on by food or stress. Hearburn, and nausea are also symptoms of IBS.  I all other tests are negative, Irritable Bowel can be diagnosed.

Dear Stephanie

An easy thing you can do while waiting for all the tests is to assume it is IBS and put yourself on a FODMAP diet.    That is a diet that excludes or limits a gruop of carbohydrates called FODMAPS       This diet was developed by the Monash University in Melbourne just for IBS.   There are now FODMAP research and application centres at hospitals around th world so there is one near you.    To start tomorrow search for FODMAP and find a site with a list of allowable foods.   Its a bit confusing because many prohibited foods are not allowed.   An apple a day may not be all that good for you but an orange a day is fine.

The diet had about a 75% success rate.   It is intended to be a short term diet o exclude everything that might disagree with you until you feel good and then you introduce foods to see what upsets you.   There are five (i think) foodgroups and your luck can vary from finding that only one of them upsets you to finding all five of them upset you.  

The diet takes away some nice food but from what you say I expect that if you are on a tight diet for ever you will be happy to feel well again.

Monash university publish a phone app that you can buy over the web and I am told its very useful.   It wont run on my phone but there is plenty on paper available.

In my case I dont have ibs but restless legs syndrome.     For some reason the ibs diet appears to be a great help for the restless lgs.There seems to be some relationship between the two conditions as I have been told that many people with IBS also have RLS.   I try not to ask why it works and just be happy thjat it seems to work much of the time.

If you decide to give it a try I hope it works for you.

Cheers

Graham

BEFORE an after i had my gallbladder out  was feeling like i had to move bowels constantly nausea so bad i wanted to die.found out  gallbladder was all sludge.cld not even eat.so had upper GI and colonostopy. i was more sick after these 2 test.Bowel was backed up also.had my gallbladder removed.Dr said I was starting non alcoholic Cirhosis of liver.I never drank.now 3 yrs later i cant move my bowels unless I use a enema bottle with water i get nauseated, cant eat cold food. lettuce.no grease.I was told this wld happen.so dr said i had acid reflex.I choke cant swallow pills.drink coffee n bend over and it comes up. so back to square one.only sleep 5 to 6 a night also i do have bad rotor cuffs anxiety.an take pills for Diabetes.my nausea meds r great i looked for bottle if u want to know the name there white football shaped i was given a shot in my IV when i went to ER over this.

I get what you mean about toast and crackers I'm on the same. You are deffo right I cut out lactose and I feel a bit better.

Does the pain move around, mine does 1 minute its on the left and then the next day its on the right.

The problem with cutting out (say) lactose and feeling better is that the substances that might be upsetting you are more complex and in places you dont expect.   The FODMAP diet provides a systematic and thorough way to find your problems.

For example I read of people who are following a good diet with lots of fruit and vegetables.    Apples pears plums apricots ....   are NOT allowed   Brocholli onion garlic ...   are NOT allowed but wouldnt you think they are all part of a healthy diet.

Do you have real milk in your coffee?   Some people ignore that.    Does your margarine contain a small amount of lactose?   Dos your salad have any dressing?   What's in the dressing?

Do you eat any bread other tHan that labelled FODMAP friendly?    Biscuits

For it to work you have to think abouot everything that reaches your stomach

I dont know how much it will help you to go absolutely FODMAP but in 6 weeks you will have a good indication.

Get help from your GP and if you can afford a dietician then get help there as well.

Start a food diary so you record every morsel

Dont cheat   You are only spoiling your own life.

Good luck and I hope you are one of the lucky ones who the diet helps.

I was the same re: sickness. I improved my diet and it helped but I am prone to sickness through anxiety. A few weeks ago I found out my family had sufferered a bereavement. Most people sit and weep whereas I was straight upstairs vomitting so for me it is a nervous reaction too. 

Hey, did you find out what was causing this? I'd be massively grateful to find out as I'm currently suffering the same thing x