Retching and Vomiting

[mjh74]

You know Sarah, I'm starting to wonder the same thing! I'm beginning to get the feeling I may have an intolerance to certain foods. I may not be thinking of anything and be having a 'good period'. All of a sudden I just feel that all too familiar urge to heave. I usually either have a couple of rennies or start chewing gum. I do suffer with heartburn a fair bit so I'm wondering if it could all be related. I end up fighting so hard not to heave I end up with full on globus hystericus for the rest of the day, lump in throat, dull ache in the top of my back, crippling!

What are we like!

[sarahblonde32]

yes the same, good periods i think i have conquered it, then bang its back!! if you get heartburn you could have acid reflux, i dont get heartburn, have you noticed whether it occurs after eating? or certain foods? i had once after a rich spag bol, and i tend to notice mine sometimes mid morning...
hhmm puzzled!! i get it mid conversation sometimes and i now avoid long conversations!!

sarah

[mjh74]

I do have reflux and can tell when it's coming on too but it doesn't always make me feel like heaving. I had to stop drinking tea, that definitely brought it on, I thought it may be milk but tea without made me feel the same (especially a strong cup). High fibre foods like brown bread or certain cereals like weetabix also make me feel strange in the stomach about half an hour after eating them, I could heave until I'm blue in the face if I didn't fight it.
That causes me to feel anxious (being an emetaphobe), which I guess in turn causes me to generate more stomach acid making my stomach feel even worse, bit of a vicious cycle really!