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Nausea and Anxiety

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Notthatginger
Notthatginger

I really want to just know I'm not alone. And if anyone has any suggestions of how to relieve the nausea and help me be me again. And have a normal life.

I struggle with pretty much daily nausea that fluctuates in intensity over the day and it makes me not want to leave the house. It makes me so so so miserable that every single day I'm considering suicide to make it stop. For those that don't know what it feels like just imagine having a stomach bug but for every single day for well over a year. How do I get through today knowing I'll just suffer the same tomorrow. I hope no one else suffers the same way as me but if they do please contact me, I'd love to know some ways to cope.

I've had CPNs, psychologists, gps , psychiatrists and counsellors. Nothing has helped at all. The nausea still controls my life 100% and I don't know what to do.

I've had so many different anti depressants, anti nausea and propanolol and these have done absolutely nothing.

There is one thing that used to help and that was diazepam and sometimes lorazepam. But I now am so tolerant to the tablets that they do absolutely nothing. No matter how much I take. And if I'm completely honest sometimes I use drugs. Like exctasy because it gives me a few hours of relief where I feel like me again. I know that in the long run this is probably making me worse. But after days of misery I feel so hopeless I turn to these drugs to help. Alcohol used to help but now it doesn't at all. So I try not to drink too much and the next day is hell.

Please please please help me. I'm completely struggling. I've totally quit anti nausea tablets because I think they were just feeding my fear and not helping me at all. And I'm trying to come off of all Benzos because I think they're actually making me worse.

Please help

Hayley

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  • jan34534
    jan34534 Notthatginger

    Posted

    Have you ever seen a gastroenterologist? As far as doctors, you've only seen the gp?

    no specialists?

    • Notthatginger
      Notthatginger jan34534

      Posted

      No, every gp has always told me it's anxiety caused nausea. So it's all in my head. Right now I'm really struggling to cope with it!

    • ann55375
      ann55375 Notthatginger

      Posted

      I get same nausea from whatntheyntell me is anxiety.  I have the anti nausea tablets. Hate having to use them.  I can eat but it is usually about 6pm before the need for food comes.  Then wake next day, samemthing.  I have also been using diazepam formthe anxious feeling and imthinkmit is making me worse,  i will try to lower it imthink but it will be hard.  Havent had a drink though.  Trying to get through each day is hard.  What level,benzo are you on?  I would like to quit anti deps but they help sleep. Total mess, dr doesnt seem to know what to do next. Must be something out there for people like us.
    • ann55375
      ann55375 Notthatginger

      Posted

      Has your dr tried buccastem? It has helped me a bit with the nausea.  I dont know about you but i dont feel the benzos help. Mirtazapine is meant to give appetite back and reduce nausea.
    • Notthatginger
      Notthatginger ann55375

      Posted

      I'm literally just trying to give up buccastem just now. Doesn't help just feeds my fear .

      I'm trying to quit benzos now so I'm back in control, not them. But they definitely helped me. They were the reason I could cope at the beginning.

      I was on mirtazipine for about 6 months made me gain a heap of weight

    • ann55375
      ann55375 Notthatginger

      Posted

      Sounds a bit like me.  I am trying tomgive up benzos just now, but it needs ro be slow, how are yountapering?  Some days i still have the nausea, others i can eat by6pm. Do you find later in day you feel better
    • Notthatginger
      Notthatginger ann55375

      Posted

      The taper is actually alright so far! I can eat most days, I just eat through nausea. Sometimes it helps. I actually find that my nausea is soooo much worse at night.
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