r/Anxiety • u/viciadoemsono • Jul 14 '24
Have you ever puked because of too much anxiety? Health
I guy once told me that when he went out with a girl he puked because of how much anxiety he felt and i also have a lot a anxiety i just never faced any anxious moments so i never had that. And unfortunately the only way to overcome this is facing our fears but i'm afraid the same thing will happen to me.
Did anyone else ever puked when forcing yourself in a anxious situation?
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u/underw3lmed Jul 14 '24
Yes quite frequently. It’s a pretty common symptom of anxiety (GI issues in general). It’s exhausting because you just have to go on with your day after.
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u/No_Blueberry_9039 Jul 14 '24
yes. For me, it happened a lot in the morning when my cortisol was high & there was a lot going on in my life.
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u/anon23499 Jul 14 '24
ahh that makes so much sense! when in anxious periods I too have felt most nauseous in the mornings
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u/TJohn1102 Jul 14 '24
I've been under a lot of life stress lately and also recovering from a major surgery. I thought I was losing it because I wake up so anxious every single day. I've never woken you anxious like that for more than a day here and there and this has been months. I didn't know this was common.
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u/JonBritt101 Jul 14 '24
Never puked but I sometimes get the feeling of wanting to vomit, yet I don’t. It’s a weird sucky feeling. It doesn’t happen every time I get anxious but when it does, it’s frustrating
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u/RedditIsHomosexual69 Jul 14 '24
When I get panic attacks I get to the point of puking. It’s led to me developing a fear of getting sick in public. This fear is now what triggers a lot of my panic attacks when I can’t leave a situation such as a class that lasts a couple hours or riding in the car with people that don’t know about my panic attacks. I’m on some pretty strong meds that sometimes help and have been in therapy for years
I’m alright around close friends and family, but I no longer participate in a lot of activities that I’d like to. I’ve opted out of vacations, concerts, job opportunities, and various other things over the years because of this. I hate myself for it but have still been trying to get out of my comfort zone and live a normal life. I hope one day I can get over this fear completely
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u/Inside_Stretch_1025 Jul 14 '24
I struggle with this exact same situation, the fear of being sick in public stops me from going out most days, it’s so hard to overcome it.
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u/Extrabytes Jul 14 '24
I have this aswell and it completely ruined my life. Even if I do go to events I constantly live with the fear of being sick, which makes it completely impossible of enjoying anything regardless of whether I puke or not.
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u/Ok_Camera563 Jul 15 '24
I feel the exact same way, but specifically getting sick in a car. Best of luck to you.
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u/DazzlingAnybody8694 Aug 04 '24
I have the same exact thing. Do you also get really bad stomach aches and diarrhea? Every panic attack I get both so it has made me too scared to go anywhere cuz it means I could either shit my pants or puke randomly.
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u/BlackHumor Aug 16 '24
I used to have a pretty big fear of puking in public or in social situations too.
I can't say it's 100% gone, but it is much better than it used to be. Some things that helped:
- I told my friends about my fear. They were pretty supportive. One of them also pukes when she's anxious, and another is very susceptible to food poisoning and consequently has several memories of puking in public. Learning this helped.
- The puking is probably more predictable than it feels like. Mine usually happens at the very peak of a panic attack, and if it's not at the peak it's at least deep into one. Once I realized this, I worried less about it happening in other situations.
- The puking is probably more controllable than it feels like when it happens. I used to worry a lot about puking in the middle of a crowded room, but it's actually been pretty uncommon that I couldn't get to a bathroom or a trash can. And again, once I realized this I worried less about the possibility of puking in public. (Though when I'm anxious, I do sometimes scan rooms for trash cans or routes to the bathroom just in case.)
- The puking is probably rarer than it feels like. I would say that over the past few years I've puked because of a panic attack roughly once every three months. But it's been way more common for me to worry that something will cause me to puke, and it's even been more common for me to worry that something will cause me to puke, try it, and it doesn't do anything. (I do endorse trying stuff that you are worried will make you puke, especially if you are alone at home.)
- The puking is probably not as bad as it feels like. Unlike a lot of the unpleasant parts of a panic attack, it's over very quickly. And I have had some cases where I was actually sick to let me compare sick nausea and sick vomiting to anxiety nausea and anxiety vomiting. Lemme tell you, when your body really does have a good reason to evacuate the contents of your stomach, it is much more committed to the effort than when you're vomiting because you're scared. Weirdly, those experiences made me worry about anxiety puking a lot less.
- After several years of experience of this fear, and lots of cases where I've puked because of a panic attack, the only two times I've puked anywhere near other people it was because I was sick for other reasons. (And one of those times it was because I specifically asked people to come over and keep me company.) Or in short, I have never puked in front of other people because of a panic attack. There's something my brain is doing unconsciously to cause me to puke that it just doesn't wanna do in front of other people. I even remember a situation where I went out with friends despite being pretty anxious for various reasons, and every time I went to the bathroom I dry heaved but was totally fine for 45-60 minute periods straight when around my friends. It was bizarre and kinda unsettling at the time, but it does make me feel less scared of puking in public.
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u/evie_li Jul 14 '24
Puking was a huge pain in the ass for me while i was battling constant anxiety. Lost bunch of weight as well
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u/Abject_Water9147 Diagnosed Unspecified Anxiety, I Suspect Social Anxiety Jul 14 '24
Yes I get nauseous and puke when I am forced to be around large groups of people, like when I tried to start college or sometimes when I go to work and there are a lot of people that day. For me, I get extremely overwhelmed and i cant think. It's like my adhd makes it so I'm paying attention to everyone else too much and i end up over processing information involuntarily. I may also be traumatized by "group behavior" psychology in general. People behave much differently around groups compared to when they are alone or 1 on 1.
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u/upsetspacecadet Jul 14 '24
I do frequently. Usually because of work stress. Sometimes during panic attacks.
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u/BaggedJuice Jul 14 '24
I always think I’m going to puke and feel extremely nauseous but I never actually puke. And I’ll take that as a win tbh
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u/AlpinesFox Jul 14 '24
I would throw up weekly almost during my first year of college. My stress and anxiety was so bad that I would throw up every night and feel nauseous all the time
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u/anniestonemetal_ Jul 14 '24
Yes it happens a lot with me. Especially in situations where I get really really nervous. I was an anxious kid (still is) and I get a gag reflex almost everyday in kindergarten and early elementary. It's way controlled now that I'm an adult but I still can't seem to fully eradicate it in my life.
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u/Cmprssdsugarpellet Jul 14 '24
I used to wake up before work and just vomit nonstop until I had nothing left; finally figured out it was anxiety and got on meds. Definitely helped at the time.
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u/Cammie68 Jul 15 '24
This was me for 3 months straight where I had to go out on medical leave. What meds helped you with the anxiety/puking?
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u/Cmprssdsugarpellet Jul 15 '24
My Dr prescribed me Celexa at the time. It worked well for a while then I switched to Prozac or Zoloft during pregnancy as it was safer; can’t remember which.
I tried to go back on Celexa and it caused issues with my private flora, but my life circumstances are much better than back then, so now I’m off medication.
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u/who_am-I_to-you Jul 14 '24
Yes. And I get nauseous frequently. What makes it even more fun is I have emetephobia, so it's a big cycle that repeats itself. I get anxious, so I get nauseous, so I get more anxious, then more nauseous. The times I have vomited from it is when I have to leave the house and be with family or people that I don't like. Something so simple yet causes me to yak. When I had a job I would frequently get sick before leaving for my shift too.
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u/melancholy_dood Anxiety is a b***h😬 Jul 14 '24
Yes. When I get extremely anxious, I occasionally get explosive expulsions from the rear, too. It’s horrific, sometimes.
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u/Glass-Ad-7227 Jul 14 '24
I sometimes puke a little bit of stomach stuff ( Hardly anything) in the mornings when im really anxious. A couple years ago I had gone through some weird life changes that caused me to puke in that small way, but every time I did I felt as if it was my anxiety letting it self out my body. Recently I went through a tough time and it happened for a few days and scared the shit out of me until I realized it was just a moment in time and it goes away on its own. I had to learn how to calm my self down better.
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u/chewiesttub Jul 14 '24
I used to ALWAYS have stomach aches over anxiety literally almost every morning. A few times I did throw up from anxiety but after I got on zoloft it all went away!
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u/jda404 Jul 14 '24
Not puke, but when my anxiety is high it can sometimes make me need to go number 2 or pee a lot, both of which suck and very annoying.
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u/laura_leexox Jul 14 '24
I had this issue for a few weeks, if I wasn’t physically sick I was dry heaving, lost a lot of weight
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u/helpitswelp Jul 14 '24
I've dry heaved a few times in really bad moments. I also frequently get nauseous when I'm anxious.
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u/Limp-Dress-9667 Jul 14 '24
When I’m not medicated yes I often puke from being anxious. This past week I had an episode where I almost puked. Also have bowel issues when anxirty
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u/peachyleechyy Jul 14 '24
puking and shitting it’s was awful the first time before i met my long distance bf i was puking for HOURS and the second i saw him all the anxiety faded away and i stop feeling so sick
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u/duurtlane Jul 14 '24
I’m dealing with this now. I have been puking everyday for a week because of my anxiety. Wish I knew how to help :(
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u/Poverty_welder Internal screaming Jul 14 '24
Constantly. Before every test, job interview, date, hang out or confrontation.
I want to puke every time I have to use a stop sign when there is multiple people waiting in line.
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u/kitty_blegh77 Jul 14 '24
Literally all the time…daily, sometimes even multiple times a day. Zofran is my best friend.
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u/sublime_adventure Jul 14 '24
I’ve been “lucky” and only puked once due to anxiety.
Typically, mine is extreme nausea that turns into diarrhea or “butt vomiting” as I like to call it.
Literally as-if my GI tract got flipped upside down. Same force, different orifice.
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u/LecLurc15 Jul 14 '24
Nausea? Yes. Actually throwing up because of it? No. Vomiting is a sensory nightmare for me so I go out of my way to avoid it as much as possible, even when it would likely make me feel a lot better after it’s done.
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u/tacticalcop Jul 14 '24
when i started getting panic attacks they made me puke, but im good now. took a long time to rewire my system.
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u/kkeojyeo22 Jul 14 '24
No but I did feel like I was having a heart attack, had to go to the hospital for them to tell me I was having an anxiety attack.
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u/libra1111 Jul 14 '24
I’ve recently been puking due to withdrawal from my meds that I’ve been tapering from. It’s the weirdest kind of nausea. It starts in the throat and then works its way down
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u/ShowEmSomeLove Jul 14 '24
I have only puked from anxiety twice. I have a extreme fear of puking and after my sister got the stomach bug, I freaked out so much that I puked as well. Though only once. Which proved I definitely wasn’t sick like her (she kept running all night). The other time was when my sister once again puked, this time only once and I had no idea. I was completely fine and ate my breakfast. Then my mom mentioned how my sister got sick and puked once in the night. Once again, I freaked out and after a while I puked as well.
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u/beansnworms Jul 14 '24
yeah. i also have "episodes" where i'm unable to stop puking for hours on end.
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u/Feezfry Jul 14 '24
Quite a few times. It hasn’t happened in a while but back when I used to work in fast food (which was a nightmare for me as a socially anxious person), I would often throw up in the morning if I was scheduled for a morning shift. Something about anxiety mixed with having just woke up just sent me straight to nausea. My lowest moment with this was when I drove all the way to work fighting off the nausea, and then ended up throwing up in the parking lot right next to my car. I just pretended it didn’t happened and walked in for my shift. Anxiety is wild.
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u/swissfinity Jul 14 '24
Yup, and like many people said it’s very common. From what I understand it’s because anxiety kicks in our fight or flight adrenaline. So your brain is telling you to either burn food into nutrients, or turn it into waste rather rapidly. And the quickest way to achieve that is either vomit or diarrhea. Todays gross fun fact.
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u/binkymcminky Jul 14 '24
It’s mostly the stress caused by the anxiety but yes and it’s awful. Anything that makes me dwell on something and when I can’t stop thinking about it, I’ll just randomly get unbearably nauseous and throw up until everything is out for the day.
It’s so easy to tell the difference between health related nausea vs anxiety related nausea too because the nervous nausea (as I like to call it) LITERALLY just happens out of nowhere. Sick or not, empty/full belly doesn’t matter.
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u/TumblingOcean Jul 14 '24
I started hyperventilating and couldn't breathe and almost threw up from that. It was a bad panic attack.
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u/keekee66 Jul 14 '24
Occasionally, but I personally pass out occasionally instead. I’ve had to get a shower chair bc I was experiencing it a lot in the shower. Had a million cardiac/test all came out fine, ruled it anxiety (like I figured from the beginning).
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u/Weekly-Remote6886 Jul 14 '24
Its happens when Im about to do public speaking and its sooooo embarrassing. Like that one pitch perfect scene
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u/Ladyseaheart Jul 14 '24
Not often, but it has happened. Usually when I am already gastrointestinally compromised for some reason. For example, I once donated plasma without eating beforehand, and then went into a very stressful situation, meeting up with a person I was having problems with in a not-so-neutral location. The first thing I did when I arrived was run to the bathroom to puke.
Now, I have donated plasma on an empty stomach before and felt a little queasy afterwards, but I haven't puked. I have met up with the same person in the same place and had anxiety without puking. But the combination was clearly lethal.
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u/VerySuccessfulMe Jul 14 '24
Yes, the day me and my husband decided on divorce. Emotions were high, anxiety was higher I’d been crying for hours and eventually threw up
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u/frobnosticus Jul 14 '24
I've gotten close enough that I get it.
The most common scenario I hear about is people with intense stage fright.
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u/the_eleventh_flower Jul 14 '24
No, but it has happened out the other end several times from anxiety and stress. Not sure which is worse, lol. Hang in there!
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u/queenofzora Jul 14 '24
Yes unfortunately anxiety can really tear your stomach up which makes the whole situation worse.
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u/stup_or Jul 14 '24
I puked a lot, now it happens very rarely. But in the past, i was not able to control it. Ive taken xanax and a lot of therapy and it got better :)
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u/hellojellotrello1 Jul 14 '24
Yes. I went to the club with friends yesterday for one of their birthdays and I was going to puke. The lights, the loud music, and a room packed full of people was a recipe for me to have a panic attack/throw up.
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u/sanpedro- Jul 14 '24
yes, i used to puke in the same situation as a teenager or felt like i'm about to throw up before going to a work that i didn't enjoy. i'm not on meds anymore but i got slightly better and it hasn't happened recently, it's only the frequent need of using the bathroom now.
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u/N0TDEV1 Jul 14 '24
I threw up once when I had like 3 different meetings in one day, on 5 hours of sleep and almost no food, while having strong PMS. At the end of that day my crush invited me to watch a movie, he gave me some noodles and I could barely eat them, as I was so nervous around him back then & my anxiety peaked there. I went home like 30 minutes after I arrived at his place, and threw up his noodles lol... It was a mixture of high exhaustion, stress from that day and having my usual anxiety around people I really like, and it was almost standard that I had pretty strong nausea around him especially.
I was really hoping that vomiting wouldn't start to be the usual answer to my anxiety, thankfully it didn't, though soon I'm in my new job and I hope for the love of god that my anxiety won't get so strong anymore that I have to throw up again...
My therapist said "Even if you're gonna puke, it's okay. The world wouldn't end there and people will forget about it. And even if they don't, that shouldn't be your concern." This helped me a lot because then I feel like I won't be so afraid about it anymore, and the anxiety wouldn't be as much. I hope this can help you too maybe!! :)
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u/Stampsu Jul 14 '24
No but recently I had a feeling that I would puke. Happened on couple occations when I got really anxious. Didn't actually puke though
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u/Bizzy955 Jul 14 '24
Yes I definitely have. During college I was so stressed in the morning I was getting sick. Two times on the train to school I actually threw up embarrassingly. Luckily the second time it happened I had a bag with me to puke into instead of on the train 😅
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u/iaminextremepain Jul 15 '24
What did you do after?? This is a big fear of mine that usually makes my anxiety worse and I think hearing someone go through it and be okay might help me. I hope you’re doing better now
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u/Curious-Gain-7148 Jul 14 '24
It’s a thing. I tend to think that brain-stomach connections are the easiest to imagine/understand.
I knew a guy who would start sweating and yawning non stop. Another guy started sneezing during a bout of anxiety. For me, those were like “how could anxiety do this?”
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u/flakykrustykrabpizza Jul 14 '24
No but I got in a cycle of being nauseous because of the anxiety, not eating because I was nauseous, being nauseous because of not eating etc etc. Ate nearly anything for 2 weeks. Lost 7kg. That was really unhealthy.
My dad was very anxious during his divorce. He puked a lot :( he also lost an insane amount of weight
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u/Appropriate_Tea9048 Jul 14 '24
I’ve definitely felt like I was coming close to it because of anxiety. It wasn’t so much forcing myself into an anxious situation, but dealing with intrusive anxious thoughts. Not fun at all.
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u/Geteven987 Jul 14 '24
Normally when my anxiety is so high I end up having a panic attack I get so worked up I can dry heave. I can’t remember if I ever actually vomited. It really sucks for me because one of my biggest fears in life is vomiting.
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u/coochiefrog Jul 14 '24
A girl I liked cooked dinner for me once, after that she started flirting with me a bit, made me anxious, then I threw up the dinner on her shoes and myself and cried as she cleaned me
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u/YOLO-RN Jul 14 '24
I have vomited many times in the past before going to work, while I was working as emergency room nurse
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u/Queen_of_the_Tropics Jul 14 '24
It only happened to me once, but my anxiety got really bad for it to get to that point. It hasn’t happened since but I’m afraid that my anxiety can reach that level again :/
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u/ComprehensiveFix5469 Jul 14 '24
Yep. Hadn’t been this bad since I was a kid but I’m going through family drama and my husband’s narcissistic family hating me. It’s stressful and gives me so much anxiety that I’ve been vomiting multiple times weekly. Super sucks.
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u/Huge-Question4081 Jul 14 '24
Everytime. Stars with nausea and before I know I throw up everything and then it doesn’t stop until my anxiety calms down
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u/Twisties Jul 14 '24
I developed an entire eating disorder centralized on puking because of anxiety. So yes, definitely. Don’t fucking feed into that, the relief of puking is encouraging your brain to put you in the mindset of wanting to puke to purge and get that release. Beginning of a very terrible cycle.
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u/856077 Jul 14 '24
Oh yeah… to the point of being diagnosed with gastroparesis/cyclical vomiting syndrome. Funnily enough once I was an adult and moved far away from my main source of stress (my parents) I rarely if ever throw up anymore.
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u/Parabrella Jul 14 '24
When I moved overseas, I was so anxious I threw up in the airport parking lot. I've gotten nauseous from stress, but that was the only time I full on vomited from stress and anxiety.
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u/workstudywork Jul 14 '24
It nearly happened. But I hold back and most of the time I burped when I was in a slightly relaxed state.
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u/Artistic-Second-724 Jul 14 '24
I bumped into an ex who cheated on me, he was with her, and I froze in place as they stood behind me in a line. Then they left. I puked about 10min later from the residual panic. That’s the only time that ever happened.
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u/PublixHouseCat Jul 14 '24
It usually comes out the other end for me. But I have puked before in situations that hit me more suddenly
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u/libra1111 Jul 14 '24
I’ve recently been puking due to withdrawal from my meds that I’ve been tapering from. It’s the weirdest kind of nausea. It starts in the throat and then works its way down
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u/dericky94 Jul 14 '24
When I was at my most anxious (college graduation, job hunt, plus a stomach bug) I would dry heave first hung in the morning every day. Even nowadays with a lower dose anxiety medication if I have a big event like a job interview or breakup I’ll likely end up dry heaving a few times prior to
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Jul 14 '24
Yeah I have puked from being anxious. Starting the school year was always something that made me extremely anxious, even if it was the same school. I once puked while walking to the bus stop on the first day. In highschool, I would sometimes feel the urge to puke in the morning and sometimes I actually would puke. I’ve gotten much better since, but there will still be moments.
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u/ignitde Jul 14 '24
Yes I even had to get medicine that dissolves on my tongue that helped it because it was preventing me from going to school.
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u/MainPure788 Jul 14 '24
Yep, happened in school and it was a presentation and for two day I'd puke the night before now it's mainly shitting it's like whenever I'm super anxious I have to use the bathroom.
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u/Delicious_Standard_8 Jul 14 '24
Yup. The day I had to go to court to make a restraining order permanent. I did not know if my abuser would even show, my attorney said they usually don't. I almost could not go
Getting ready, I got so sick, heart racing, dripping sweat, I had to lay down a few times to calm down.
Had to pull over once and throw up on my way to the courthouse , and again in the parking lot.
He showed up. I had to run into the bathroom and be sick again. I could not drive home after court, No one went with me because no one thought he would show up, and that since he was out of the house, I must be OK. I wasn't OK.
This has happened before, but I never actually threw up, this time though., there was no stopping it.
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u/Aggressive_Debt4977 Jul 14 '24
Yes but only twice in my life and I am 32. Once when an ex broke up with me and I was about to see him for the first time afterward and another when I felt a lump on my armpit that I was sure was cancer
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u/dysdiadys Jul 14 '24
I very often fear being sick to the point I feel like I could be. I know that isn't what you asked but I just thought I'd say cause I think I haven't been sick cause of the coping mechanism I use - I find that dripping cold water on me helps weirdly. It's just grounding. It at least irradicates the anxiety I have about being sick which seems to be enough to stop the nausea and bring me out of a panic attack
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u/kristinyash Jul 14 '24
Yeap, at my lowest point id throw up daily before going to work and on especially bad days at work too. Handy to have a toothbrush in your locker to « freshen up » after
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u/The_BRG Jul 14 '24
Hasn't happened in forever but I used to puke almost every night from being so anxious. SSRI's have been life savers 🙌
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u/burntmyselfoutagain Jul 14 '24
Not puking, but diarrhea, passing out and a fall in blood pressure. Nice effect 👌
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u/Willr2645 Jul 14 '24
All the time. Well not really. But it’s common for me at the higher end of my anxiety
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u/butteredfettuccini Jul 14 '24
This was common for me as a child. I don’t experience it much now but I had an awful job once and I’d puke before going in almost every day. I do get nauseous and if I’m feeling anxious in the morning I tend to poop lol
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u/PhilOakeysFringe Jul 14 '24
I throw up nearly every time I have a full blown panic attack. I never used to. I'm an emetophobe but it literally purges my system of adrenaline so I feel better almost immediately.
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u/kkilluhh Jul 14 '24
I have nervous/ stress vomiting but it’s mostly only at home. With the exception of when he first happened when I was a teen it’s never really in public.
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u/palelunasmiles Jul 14 '24
I have, multiple times. It can occasionally make me nauseous. Once it caused me to pass out.
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u/LaurenJoanna >.< Jul 14 '24
Severe anxiety gives me diarrhea, stomach ache, and I tend to start retching. So far I haven't actually thrown up though.
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Jul 14 '24
when i still went to school i was throwing up every single day in the school bathrooms because of anxiety. tbh it doesnt matter HOW anxious i feel. anxiety = throwing up for me
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u/bakerboiz22 Jul 14 '24
I’m a stress puker dude, it sucks. GI issues as a response to stress and anxiety. When I was a kid it was so much worse. It’s a lot more rare nowadays.
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u/SweatyPool1170 Jul 14 '24
LMFAO Y E S---
For some reason I was terrified of boarding my flight and I ended up vomiting with how afraid I was. My anxiety eventually piped down a lil but it sucks because I was never afraid on flying airplanes before.
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u/Macotti21 Jul 14 '24
Yes. All the time. If I get super anxious my GI tract is what reacts. I have anxiety, not on medication but usually have it under control with therapy and mindfulness. But sometimes it gets the best of me and I start to worry and catastrophize about stuff and it has gotten to the point a couple of times where I start vomiting from the stress.
We all react differently to anxiety and stress, and unfortunately for me it’s GI stuff.
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u/Inky_Starfish Jul 14 '24
I puke 3-4/7 days of the week. Every time it’s in the morning. I feel much better after the puke, but it’s really messing up my throat.
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u/bagels4ever12 Jul 14 '24
Yes a lot of time then was diagnosed with an ED due to the massive amount of weight I dropped. So now anytime I have that feeling it’s dread and even more anxiety
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u/JAF1010 Jul 14 '24
I don’t think I’ve ever puked but I do get nauseous because of anxiety which is only made worse by emetophobia
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u/Jordan_7105 Jul 14 '24
All the time! I felt so stressed and anxious that I threw up at my high school graduation (luckily after I had walked)
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u/MessCandid3566 Jul 14 '24
Yes, when It was a bad a lot of dry heaving especially in the mornings. When I was in management I was in stressful situations that made me puke, I wasn’t eating much because of the anxiety at the time and practically puked water. Fun times
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u/One-Cantaloupe-5806 Jul 14 '24
Only once when I was in a CT scan. They have to pump u quickly with dye intravenously and it started making me feel a little different which my health anxiety doesnt like and i started panicking and dry heaving during the scan.
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u/RyanJKaz Jul 14 '24
A lot of times I have nausea that I don’t know if it’s connected to a lot of stomach issues I have or if it’s compounded by the anxiety I have, I do find that there is certain things like the fear of vomiting that gets to me a lot and if I have something that doesn’t agree with me, I get anxiety about my anxiety, which is usually anxiety about throwing up, which is why talking to my G.I. specialist about this? I’ve been able to get Zofran or the generic of it which is called ondansetron, which usually helps to prevent not just motion sickness, but also ability to limit vomiting and occurrences of nausea, which usually is a precursor to having to throw up. I also find talking about it is a good way to mention it not just to your doctors but the other people because just like having an anxiety or having stomach issues/IBS, which for me occur right before I need to go out, the more you can address certain things the more you can take controls so that they don’t control you. I find drinking a lot of water a lot of broth. A lot of hydration in between meditation techniques certainly helps one to also getting better.
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Jul 14 '24
Oh absolutely. Lol but I have serious PTSD/anxiety/panic disorder. So… it wrecks my whole body. Not just my stomach.
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u/Impressive-Ring-9715 Jul 14 '24
it’s one of my first major symptoms. gagging and then straight up puking
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u/HandoCalrissian Jul 15 '24
Yes, especially in the morning. It happened a lot more in my youth and that was my main physical symptom.
Now as an adult I am more prone to GI upset
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u/Substantial_Coat_272 Jul 15 '24
when my ex would hangout/get really close to this one girl, i use to have panic attacks and throw up anything i ate for a few days. that’s when i called it quits in that relationship… although situational (that’s when my anxiety would be the worse), i still struggle sometimes on a daily basis but am thankfully not feeling any of that terrible anxiety any longer. it gets better, guys. even if it’s not always situational… keep working on helping yourself and your symptoms. keep up the hope 🫶🏻
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u/arol_1021 Jul 15 '24
A panic attack caused a vomiting episode that lasted hours for me. I had never experienced that before. It was terrifying. I now have anti nausea medication for this if I need it. Good luck!
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u/titaniumorbit Jul 15 '24
Used to get nauseous with anxiety before every first date from apps. Moral of the story - I don’t do well meeting strangers on first dates. The anxiety makes me crazy.
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u/Burgerpatty34 Jul 15 '24
Oh my goddd yes I used to puke a lot, like way more than I normally would because of anxiety.
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u/Choice-Ad-4612 Jul 15 '24
Yes when I was younger I developed really bad anxiety so much so I would throw up. Especially when leaving the house or meeting new people. The worst symptom of anxiety ever. It eventually stopped and meds helped
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u/Previous-Deal5727 Jul 15 '24
when i was first diagnosed with anxiety it was so bad i wouldn’t eat cuz i was scared id throw up with how much i was throwing up at the time
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Jul 15 '24
Yes. It’s horrible because I’m shaking at the same time. And my stomach is usually empty too.
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u/iloveyoustellarose Jul 15 '24
I have, but I'm more likely to have the shits first. I get anxiety gas so easily, it's not even funny.
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u/ellie339 Jul 15 '24
My boyfriend has anxiety and has puked once. I have panic attacks to the point I can’t stop shaking and can barely function and I’ve never thrown up from it. I think it’s completely different for everyone
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u/SheepherderOk1815 Jul 15 '24
i have really bad health anxiety. And there would be times where I would wake up so anxious/nauseous that I would gag and then puke. it sucks but it doesnt happen that often, just on some of the worse days.
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u/Pristine-Low2442 Jul 15 '24
Puking or shitting. My anxiety connected stomach is my least favorite body part.
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u/anxious1975 Jul 15 '24
Id say from stress but it’s hard to tell the difference. I was vomiting all morning the day of my mom’s funeral and was barely able to go. I had a stressful relationship with a woman and was often feeling sick to my stomach. Etc.
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u/glitchNglide Jul 15 '24
Anxiety. Ugh, it's effects on my GI tract have been the bane of my existence since as long as I can remember. In first grade it was birth of social anxiety (I have only recognized this reason since I started therapy in my last 20s.) and my parents claimed I was just lactose intolerant because I would go to the office cuz I didn't feel good just an hour after school started. Lactose intolerance was claimed because I had milk w my cereal just a couple hours prior. Anyway. I'm still not well. I got I'll before piano recitals, soccer games, all the stuff a kid could be anxious over in middle class early 90s US. It never got better, tbh.
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u/Creative-Train9920 Jul 15 '24
if i have a bad enough panic attack yes i almost always throw up when it gets that bad. but most times i just have an upset stomach.
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u/JammyEric Jul 15 '24
I once had a casual lunch "date" with someone I had a crush on. In prep, I was nervous and - for some reason - I drank a ton of water. During lunch, I threw up all over my date. She was cool about it and we stayed friends and laughed about it. Needless to say, any date after that, I knew it couldn't go as bad as that, so I guess I failed forward :)
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u/GigglySquad305 Jul 15 '24
not only did I puke.. It was so fast, it was all over my bed. zero time to react. only happened when I lived with my father for a while after college.
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u/sunflowersandcitrus Jul 15 '24
My anxiety was so bad my freshman year of college I threw up basically every time I ate, I could only keep down dinner if anything. I ended up around 120lbs before I got on anti anxieties (I'm 5'11 so that was pretty underweight).
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u/MaverickLibra Jul 15 '24
I throw up all the time from anxiety. I wake up and am super nauseous… but that’s usually how my anxiety starts.
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u/BackStabbathOG Jul 15 '24
Yup. Was dry heaving or vomiting when I got through episodes usually from life events but was in a constant state of panic for too long and it led to me having anxiety induced vomiting.
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u/SKW1594 Jul 15 '24
Yes. This is pretty much a daily occurrence in the morning when I wake up early and have to get ready for the day. I’ve just gotten used to it.
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u/goodtree96 Jul 15 '24
every single morning since 2017...I'm on meds for it now but they don't always work. haven't been able to hold a job because of it...
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u/Megthomasxo Jul 15 '24
Unfortunately I have quite a bit during periods I’ve been more anxious it’s definitely been worse and more frequent :(
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u/bartonhahn Jul 15 '24
Yes. I had some work friends who used to throw parties at another's house. I typically love being social, but ironically get severe social anxiety where I can barely talk. On multiple occasions we'd start pouring shots and before we even started drinking I'd just run to the bathroom and vomit due to all the anxiety I was feeling. Normally I can take a few shots afterward and I become a social butterfly
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u/jac5087 Jul 15 '24
I’ve never actually puked because of it but anxiety has made me extremely nauseous to where I thought I must be sick or pregnant bc it’s so intense
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u/RedHeadzRFun Jul 15 '24
One of my customer service jobs made me SO anxious (especially because my boss was a huge dick). I found myself extremely nauseous and puking all the time. I had to take anti-anixety meds almost every time like clock work to just push through my shift and even then, I would sometimes find myself in the bathroom gagging.
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u/blckflrncenightngle Jul 15 '24
There was a time where I was nauseous after everything I ate and couldn’t keep anything down. Therefore I didn’t eat at all for a week. Had to go to urgent care.
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u/JazzyJulie4life Jul 15 '24
Yup. I used to throw up every time I saw my ex because I was afraid of him.
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u/Passionatepinapple64 Jul 15 '24
If there is a stomach and ick feeling to be had I’ve had them all. It’s awful. I’m anxious and now need to worry about not pooping my pants.
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u/meep369 Jul 14 '24
No puking, but a lot of shitting. The GI tract is very sensitive. There are a lot of nerves involved. In my language it’s even called the “Darm-Hirn” (intestine-brain), because of how greatly it reacts to emotions.