Anyone else get after-meal anxiety? Esp. when feeling bloated?
I have a feeling this is more due to memory and past fears of my heart beating fast after a meal, but I always seem to get so anxious after eating. It goes away once that 'digestion feeling' goes away. I can pin it down to nearly the minute it seems, from thirty minutes to an hour.
I just get terrible bloating feelings and feel stuffed to the brim until I can burp (or do something else opposite of that, lol). I had some Mexican food last night (nachos, salsa, taquitos and some deviled eggs) and it WAS delicious, and maybe too delicious, cause I must have eaten a lot. I felt so weird and anxious and bloaty, like I was gonna explode. It passed after about 30 minutes and I felt great and normal.
I used to be more panicky about my heart beating fast after a meal, but I'm kind of okay with that now. It also depends on certain foods. Like eating something with a lot of carbs or something hard to digest makes me feel all weird and hot and my heart seems to beat faster. Now I've been worrying about which foods will make me do this...
I get full real easy (I think it may have something to do with the bloating and gas?) and I dunno if it has to do with my anxiety and trying not to overeat but everyone here in the States is a member of the 'clean plate club' and always wonder why I never finish my meals! (Social anxiety again, boo) I do eat enough to make me feel satisfied (like instead of eating three pizza slices I'll eat two, or I'll eat 3/4 bowl of macaroni instead of the whole thing), I just don't overstuff cause it makes me anxious.
Last edited by Gryphoenix; 23-05-09 at 22:03.
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