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Sick to my stomach

QPXZ
QPXZ
Hi,

I had written about depression and anxiety and people have written about anxiety when waking up. I feel sick to my stomach wehn I wake up. I come out of a relaxing sleep and boon there it is that sick feeling in the pit of my sti=omach. It doesn't go away and I don;t know but I think the Buspar the doctor prescribed for me is making it worse. A lot of people on this board don't like it. I also feel sick after I eat even a small meal. I am job hunting now and am running out of money. I don;t feel very confident about getting a job either. I have even taken Tums for the stomach but I think it is mental more than physical. I went for a walk today and actually ran and felt better while I was doing it but now am bad again. I can't tell if it is the depression or anxiety or both. I think it is life and it is not going well. Is that what this is that sick feeling, the same as when anxiety hits first thing when you wake up?

QP
deleted_user
deleted_user
I have anxiety upon waking and taking BuSpar at night helps me and actually prevents my nausea. Could it be that you are not getting enough BuSpar. BTW I am job hunting as I am writing to you. Good luck to both of us.
deleted_user
deleted_user
Somtimes people will feel sick with depression and not want to do anything and you feel sick to stomach. Anxiety does the same thing to so it is hard to say. I would just check with your doctor and see what he thinks so you dont have to feel this way any more take care.
deleted_user
deleted_user
I used to get "morning sickness" all of the time. Sometimes it was so bad that I would even vomit. I really got it back when I was in high school. I know it was my nerves. It usually went away after being awake for 2 hrs. I still get it every once in a while. I'm not on any meds and I wasn't back then either, but you could be having a bad reaction to your meds. When I tried celexa, it made me really sick. I stopped taking it because I couldn't eat anything. Everyone reacts differently to meds. You could also have gastrointestinal issues. I found out later that I had GERD. This is common in people with anxiety.
MegK05
MegK05
If you don't have any sort of "rescue med" like Xanax or Klonopin you can always just take a Benadryl. I know that seems a little weird but a lot of time anxiety will cause an over production of histamine which can make you sick to your stomach. Benadryl (or generic version of it) can help with the nausea and have a calming effect. There are certain anxiety meds, like Vistaril, that work on this premise, so Benadryl is just a milder, OTC alternative.
deleted_user
deleted_user
I have a lot of stomach nausea issues too. I almost constantly feel like I have thousands of butterflies in my stomach lately. I am feeling that right now. They are just churning away in there.
deleted_user
deleted_user
I have been told by my nurse practitioner that BuSpar works best as an ancillary med to some other antidepressant. He actually stated that alone it isn't always that effective. Maybe you could do better with some other antidepressant assisting the BuSpar. Like mentioned earlier, too, you might ask your doc if it would be ok to rotate it to taking it at night. I take Paxil (as prescribed, it is at night) and I noticed I do better if I do not take it in the a.m. The upset tummy thing could be a mixed factor, due to the med and the anxiety. Do you get heartburn at all? Prilosec could help if you do.
QPXZ
QPXZ
I took a Benadryl last night and I went to bed at 8:30. It was great. I did not want to wkae up this morning. I felt good but then the belly started acting up again. It is weird I always used to have heartburn and one doctor said I had an ulcer and it would act up under stress but now it is just this sick feeling. I would not want the ulcer acting up again so although this is bad at least it is not painful.

I am gonna ask for an antidepressant once and if ever I get a job. Right now I am taking Lavender that the doctor suggested but won't be able to afford that soon either.

My friend says I just need something good to happen to me for oce and I think that would help the most. It is what I wish for all of us. just something good for once.

QP