I feel nauseous and I'm scared

[Humly]

Can anxiety really make you feel sick. I've got a cold etc and have been feeling sick for about 3 days (big deal!). I have read that it can just be anxiety but I am getting myself so wound up. I made the big mistake of looking on the cancer uk website and of course I have got stomach cancer. I just need some reassurance. I am determined not to go rushing down to the doctors because they will just tell me its nothing and I know it is but I can't stop these scary thoughts. Help!

[jackie]

yes anxiety can definitely make you feel sick. i have had a bad cold for 1 week and have had no break from the kids so it is lingering. the nausea has been there too.

i know the nausea is a combination of the anxiety and the cold. i am often feeling sick with this horrible anxiety so try not to worry. have you read claire weekes book on the symptoms of nervous disorders l;ike ours
jackie

[lin]

Hi

Anxiety can make you feel sick it happened to me i too thought there was something wrong, the sickness will go try not to worry your not on your own with this.

linda xx

[mandie]

Hi LT

Iv been feeling sick for weeks now. I did restart my anti d's weeks ago and i know its one of the side effects.

However when i took them last year i dont remember feeling this sick, which of course got me thinking that is something else and its serious.

I am sure its worse because i am thinking about it all the time. The first thing i do in the morning is think am i gonna feel sick today. Then of course i end up feeling sick for the rest of the day

mandie x

[Humly]

Thats exactly what I do too. The first thing I do when I wake up in the morning is think - how am I? Am I feeling sick? - and then I do. I just get so fed up with myself sometimes.

[Forrest]

stomach cancer makes more then nausea do you have very dark blood coming out when you have a bowell movment that can be a very big sighn for cancer of the stomach i know what you mean i have nausea all the time but mine is caued from axiety and ibs..

[Silly Blonde]

When I was first diagnosed with health anxiety about a year ago - I had been feeling terribly sick and not eating for about 2 months. As soon as I started my anti depressants and started my "talking" therapy, the nausea went away.

I too had convinced myself that I was dying, I still do it now whenever I get "symptoms", but I keep telling myself that there can't be anything seriously wrong because things like that don't just come and go!!

My cat died last August and although I didn't think I was anxious at the time, about a week later I started to feel terribly sick again..!

Its incredible how many symptoms can be caused or made worse by simple anxiety..I still struggle to accept it.

[sal]

Hi LT

It can and i konw how bad it feels. Here for you if you want ot pm me.

Love Sal xx


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[Humly]

Thanks for all your replies. I do feel a bit better now. I am just ultra sensitive at the moment and I know that the slightest thing is going to set me off. I am trying the distraction method as if I dont think about it I am not aware of it. Hopefully I am on the way up.