No idea what's wrong with me.

Hi,

I don't know what's going on with me.
I have mental health issues, as are written in my signature, but this is more physical, I think...

I've been feeling nauseous for years, so much so I was put on Metoclopramide 10mg 3x a day 2 years ago and am still taking it, despite the risks. I'm also on Quetiapine and another tablet which I won't name.
Recently, I've been feeling increasingly more nauseous, and have 'almost loose' stools most of the time. This tends to occur about 6pm at night, and will go all the way through the evening. It's been for about a week now.

Not only that, but this is the really scary part; I was laid in bed the night before last and I started to feel increasingly more nauseous. I have Emetophobia so this just made me get incredibly anxious. I couldn't catch my breath and there was a 'raw' and funny feeling at the back of my throat and my stomach kept doing somersaults and fluttering. I then started to physically tremble so badly the bed was shaking and I couldn't control it. I was fighting for breath but my heart was beating normally for me. (Fast, but not majorly).

Then last night I got the same thing, but I got myself so worked up by the nausea that had been building up through the evening, that I thought I was going to be sick, so ran to the toilet, only to not vomit. I went back to bed with my bin (classy) by the side of me just in case but every time I glanced at it in my peripheral vision, I felt a feeling of dread in my stomach. I laid in bed and the trembling started again. I put my hand out in front of me and it was going in all directions (on the spot obviously) at a rapid speed. The bed was shaking again and it just felt horrible because I was trembling AND physically cold so I don't understand it, I didn't have a temperature at all, I was clammy.
My heart then started to skip beats and I could feel it thumping in my chest and then stop for a second and start again. It was so weird.

I'm still feeling nauseous now and I'm just praying it's not another night like last night...

If anyone has any advice I'd be grateful?

Thank you.

A very unhappy camper! x

If emetophobic, my first thought is it's related to that. If the nausea's been present for years, it's not the meds or something you ate but probably a purely psychological construct that cascades and spirals out of control because of the phobia. If available in your area might look into medical marijuana for the nausea-reducing aspect.

HesDeltanCaptain wrote:If emetophobic, my first thought is it's related to that. If the nausea's been present for years, it's not the meds or something you ate but probably a purely psychological construct that cascades and spirals out of control because of the phobia. If available in your area might look into medical marijuana for the nausea-reducing aspect.

What on earth is medical marijuana?!

Also, I am questioning the fact I have increasingly worse nausea from about 6pm onwards?
Anxiety? Physical? That is my question.
If Anxiety; Why on earth has it reared its ugly head again!?
If Physical; I don't have a clue what's causing it, I've had blood tests for it a few years back and nothing came up that could reflect a gastric problem.
However, I have always wondered if the everyday-general nausea is anxiety about eating? I don't know.

(Please Note: I am not asking for a Dx/Diagnosis, I'm just questioning things and asking advice.)

If you feel nauseous every evening, and have been for years it's not something you've eaten that needs to be purged. A thought which suddenly occurs is that since the only paralel I know of is being pregnant, and getting sick in the morning, maybe it's something hormonal? Assuming not pregnant, it could still be hormonal and if happening regularly that'd be my guess.

Have you ever seen a gastroenterologist? If not, I would definitely get an opinion from one.

Hello everyone,

I just thought I'd update you all on the situation seeing as I was going to make another post about this topic and then remembered this one.

HarlequinKat wrote:Have you ever seen a gastroenterologist? If not, I would definitely get an opinion from one.

HarlequinKat, No, I have never seen a Gastroenterologist...well, not for Nausea anyway. I was in hospital on NG-Feeding last year and was under the Gastroenterology Team then, but I don't think Nausea was ever addressed. I've never had any indepth tests relating to my Nausea. I think I've had specific blood tests but to no avail, they showed nothing. And they were years ago, but I've had recent tests and they were ok too...I've not had tests specific for Nausea recently though, just for my ED.

HesDeltanCaptain wrote:If you feel nauseous every evening, and have been for years it's not something you've eaten that needs to be purged. A thought which suddenly occurs is that since the only paralel I know of is being pregnant, and getting sick in the morning, maybe it's something hormonal? Assuming not pregnant, it could still be hormonal and if happening regularly that'd be my guess.

HesDeltanCaptain: I can assure you I am definitely DEFINITELY not pregnant. I don't know whether it's hormonal, my menstrual cycle is irregular due to my ED but I'm not sure if the Nausea is related to hormones.

Basically, I was taking and abusing diet pills when I wrote this Topic post. Daily, multiple pills multiple times a day. They contained weird ingredients and a TON of caffeine. One day it made me feel violently ill. I had the reaction I mentioned in my original post.

Ever since then, my Nausea has got 10x worse. I feel sick constantly, the only time I get a break from it is when I'm hungry or don't eat anything (it's getting easier not to eat anything again through fear of feeling sick!) or when I'm asleep, though it wakes me up during the night and I feel extremely sick and I have to drink sips of water and just lay back, shut my eyes and try to go back to sleep. I have to sleep with a bin by my bed and the telly on because my mind is racing and the Nausea is horrible, even when I've taken Metoclopramide and Omeprazole and sometimes, Buccastem. Nothing seems to work on it anymore.

It seems to get worse in the evening. Particularly around 8.30/9pm and then last until the next morning when it's mild and then I eat and I feel crap again...I usually end up bingeing which makes me feel sick to my stomach, but I ate a little bit today and that made me feel worse too. It's after I eat and it's horrible. I literally have to take water with me EVERYWHERE because it's happened in shops, in therapy, in group I had to walk out the other day because my stomach was being mean and I needed the toilet and felt incredibly sick and couldn't explain to my Therapist why I was having an anxiety attack before and after going to the toilet...
I usually end up buying a bottle of water, drinking it round the shop with the receipt of the purchase attached to the bottle so the staff don't assume I'm drinking it before paying for it which LOADS of people do. It's so embarrassing.

I don't want to have to rely on water and sugarfree mints and bins by my bed and panic attacks (I still have Emetophobia which is getting worse) and prescription and OTC medications which cost a lot and I'm not really meant to be taking because they're no longer prescribed...I just want to NOT feel sick for ONE SECOND. That's ALL I'm asking. It goes away for a few seconds sometimes (it's dampened down a bit at the moment) and then it hits me like a punch in the gut.
My bowel habits are up the creek too. I sometimes can't go, and then when I 'go' I go frequently in the space of 1-2 hours...and the Nausea gets worse when I feel I need a b/m.

Basically, I don't know what to do. I don't know whether it's Anxiety/Stress related. Whether it's my Dysthymia causing physical symptoms, whether it's something medical that I need to get checked out...I'm just at a loose end.

To be quite honest, I don't want to be alive anyway at the moment, I see no meaning to my life and I can't see myself ever getting out of this hole, and this constant Nausea is just making the thought of suicide even more welcoming.

Sorry for the long post, but I just need advice on this...

Basically, if you read all that, thank you, if you didn't, this is what I'm asking:

Do I:

A) Go to my Therapist tomorrow and talk to her about my Emet and ask her what she suggests?
B) Go to my GP on Tuesday and tell her it's worsening and ask about getting tests done?

Thanks for your help,

Wingless x.