Yep! Had gagging attacks daily and frequently due to a work situation where I was told all these negative comments and it was something I loved and there was not a dang thing I could do to stop it.

Now, I have very few gagging attacks but I went to 7 months of therapy and am on two medications but I have a prn medication in case of an attack. I now can go through the day without an attack and I do awesome. But it was quite the struggle I went though. It does get better. I am a little more emotional now; however, I would take that over gagging any day!

One thing I never did was I never let my gagging stop me from anything; however, my best friend did not want to hang out with me because of it. And that friendship of 12 years is pretty much not the best now.

i usually get it when I am anxious. Almost always in the morning. I actually feel better after about three times. I think it is related to the adrenaline in our body. Remember people who have their fight or flight activated due to a quick stressfully situation almost always feel like they want to throw up.

I have this problem as well but I will throw up to. It is not fun. I went on about a 3 hour trip with my mom and sisters and I threw up the whole way up there and the whole way back! it is so embarrassing and miserable to have to deal with all the physical symptoms of anxiety. If you find a way to help settle your stomach please let me know.

You are probably true. I know my anxiety came out in "gagging and nausea" due to my fear of throwing up and puking.

As when I was at my worst and had frequent attacks gagging was my was of removing the "tension" the uncomfortable feelings. Now I don't truly gag that much, like I said I do not remember really my last attack. But have my emotions been there, yes!

I think the best thing you can do for the gagging is get help whether it is through just therapy, therapy/drugs It really did help me a lot. I'm not cured from the anxiety but I know how to handle it and I will over come this. It is just a rough bumping road right now.

But I see my rough bumpy road is smoothing out! :) As I see myself that I'm doing better everyday!

Rskb3,

I use to have gagging attacks to the point of throwing up and it was hard but the way I got them to stop was a proper antidepressant and therapy. I did an antidepressant in the past; however, it did not work for me well as I did not mix the therapy with it. I think it is wise to do both and I never understood why or believed other people until I went through the process.

I have always coughed when I'm afraid and sometimes it leads to gagging

I experienced this symptom during a really high anxiety time, though for some reason it never clicked that the two were related until I read your question! I have anxiety in general, but I was taking a Public Speaking class in college. I'd have to speak out loud to people pretty much every class, which I am not generally comfortable with as I am somewhat of an introvert/have anxiety already. Not to mention the days that I had to give speeches! I'd wake up with horrible anxiety on my speech days, though I had probably spent hours in the days previously perfecting said speech and would gag and gag and gag until I would eventually throw up. It was mostly white foamy bile (TMI? Sorry.) but once that happened, I was generally able to feel better, though the anxiety didn't reduce completely, the anxiety about the gagging definitely goes away. I noticed that when I start to get 'gaggy' in the mornings because of anxiety or whatever other reason, it is worse when I have to speak out loud to someone. I also find that if I keep chapstick or gum in my pocket and start to smell that when I feel 'gaggy' if I am in a public place where I cannot peacefully gag in public it seems to tremendously help and curb the gag reflex. Learned it from a pregnant friend :) In any case, thanks for the revelation... and I hope it gets better for you. After time, it has for me. I only experience every few months or so these days.