NAUSEA - and reducing it

[Lottie32]

Some of us suffer from nausea with our anxiety. [xx(]

As Meg very rightly pointed out, sitting around and thinking about it only makes things ten times worse. [^] But if you feel sick, it's sometimes hard to get ups and do things.

I have found the following things can dispel the nausea so I can "get up and go", and start to feel better.:D

1. Motilium 10 - available over the counter, relieves nausea and bloating
2. Charcoal tablets - available from the health food shop. These relieve nausea, dispepsia, heart burn, diarrohea. (BEWARE - these can make your pooh black the next day, so if you do take them, please don't think you've suddenly developed bowel cancer when you next pay a visit!)
3. Nibbling a biscuit (particularly if you're hungry and nauseaous at the same time) Cream crackers, digestives, ginger nuts and the new digestives with lemon and ginger are very good.
4. Antacid tablets or liquid
5. Peppermint tea and ginger tea
6. Avoid fried and fatty foods
7. Stop or reduce smoking
8. And of course - eat healthily, regularly, little and often and drink plenty of water.

Hope this helps some of you!

Charlie

[benoo5]

thats good advice charlie,

ive also found that flat lemonade sooths the tummy,and buttered toast ,thats been left for an hour,helps as well.

bryan.

[nomorepanic]

Thanks Charlie

I always drink milk - for me it cures a multitude of stomach problems and helps when I feel sick. I am told that it shouldn't really help that much but I swear by it and it works for me :-)

Nicola

[Lottie32]

I really think it's a case of what works bets for you! (I'm sure some of my cures are mental and have no scientific fact)

I'll believe you on the milk though Nicola - I know it's supposed to line your stomach, but it actually makes me feel sick thinking about drinking it, so will give that one a miss!!!!

Charlie

[benoo5]

me too charlie,

sooo many people give me a white cup of tea...well ime an aries,and theres no way ime going to drink it.

just looking at milk is enough for me...i use MARVEL in my tea and coffee...bryan.

[Lottie32]

Gross
Urghhh - Marvel

You deserve to feel sick!!!! It's as bad as my mum keeping UHT for emergencies.

I can't think of any situation bad enough where I'd contemplate drinking UHT. Or Marvel for that matter.

Charlie

[benoo5]

charlie,

well,thats your invite gone out the window :)

heee bryan.

[theresa]

A friend of mine swears by root ginger, chopped finely in hot water. Not helped me much but each to his own.

Theresa

[nomorepanic]

LOL - i take it you don't like milk then?

I could drink it all day - not good for my diet but I do have to drink 3/4 pint a day as part of my diet so I am happy :-)

Nicola

[Vicky]

I carry around a bottle of water, to take sips if I feel sick. Also, polo mints really seem to help. I concentrate on things like fesh air, and breezes, and iceburgs and things that do not make me feel sick.

[Rennie1989]

Vicky

If ya in a car look at the front window. Not sure whether you already knew that

Jade

[Vicky]

I always sit in the front seat for long journeys :)

[Meg]

Teresa,

Ginger is really good for tummmy issues as is slippery elm if you've got a history of being prone to ulcers.

All you in the USA have a great range of ginger sweets/chews which I found very helpful but they won't send out of Flag range..

www.gingerpeople.com.

I used to rely on and swear by fizzy/tonic water to relieve the trapped wind which I'd swallowed when nervous. This often instantly relieved the nausea.

Essential oil of ginger is also great in a hot bath when you're certain you've got a cold coming.



Meg

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[mico]

quote:Originally posted by Vicky

I carry around a bottle of water, to take sips if I feel sick. Also, polo mints really seem to help. I concentrate on things like fesh air, and breezes, and iceburgs and things that do not make me feel sick.


Water and polo mints, that's exactly what I do, don't know what I'd do without them sometimes! Never thought of icebergs before though, I'll have to try that one.

[betsylu]

Just a note: if your nausea comes from acid reflux, peppermint may make the problem worse. If I consume anything minty (toothpaste, mint tea, gum, candy, etc.) when my GERD is flared up, it makes me much more bloated and burpy and uncomfortable.

I much prefer ginger to help with nausea. It doesn't work wonders, but it helps. I just slowly chew on candied ginger. I also take a fair amount of gravol (dramamine) which is meant for motion sickness but helps me. It also makes you tired and helps calm you down. Be careful though-taking it too often makes it less effective and you need more. That's happened to me and it sucks!

[Globetrotter]

I find Melissa drops (by Weleda or others) help with Nausea. Also eating crystallised ginger seems to calm my stomach.

[ElizabethJane]

I have had really severe nausea and sickness following a spinal anaesthetic. I seem to be worse each time I have any sort of anaesthetic. Next time I am going to have acupuncture before the op and also stimulate my P6 pressure point. I did eventually manage to keep some sprite down at 2.am!! I had a drip to replace fluids. There are so many meds I cannot tolerate or that contraindicate with the lithium I am on. EJ