I caught something

[falon_17]

Well I got sick Friday. Didn't v* but I'm sure it was a mild sv. I don't know if you all read my post about the oat bran cereal making me have to do #2 really bad, but I think that was the beginning of the sv and not the oat bran. Or it was both. The oat bran didn't help any.


Anyways, I had the most terrible migraine Friday afternoon. I took a nap and it was a little better, but I was so nauseous when I got up. My stomach felt crampy and I was too scared to even go to the bathroom, but I know if I had, I would've had d*. I didn't eat at all Friday except for that cereal...wasn't hungry any for the entire day. I was so sure I was going to v* that I ran my bf off when he came to check on me. The next day I woke up, no migraine, but I knew then that I had something because I felt so weak and dizzy and my stomach was still upset. Later that afternoon I was a little hungry and ate some toast, did okay...I ate one more time that day and was okay. This morning my stomach still felt a little weak so I took it easy, but I just atea hamburger for dinner and I'm good now. That goodness I always seem to get sick on weekends so I won't miss any work or class!


People, this is the 3rd stomach related illness I've had in SIX MONTHS. I had a sv in July, one in November, and then this one. I v* with the one in November, didn't in July only because there was nothing on my stomach. I get sv more than my toddler, who never washes his hands and goes to daycare and puts everything in his mouth. WHY????? Why am I sick so much?????? I am getting so depressed about this, I just keep thinking "I'm gonna be sick soon again, I know...if I get 3 sv in 6 months it's gonna happen again soon" Why do I get sv all the time??????????

[purpleteacher]

To me, your symptoms sound like the reminants of a migraine and not a SV. I get the exact symptoms you are describing when I have a significant migraine --- especially with the feelings of an "off stomach" and feeling weak. I can get that feeling for a few days, depending on the severity of my migraine. I have terrible migraines and sometimes my stomach gets messed up for a long time following one. Hope you are doing better now.

[falon_17]

I didn't know that the stomach symptoms could last after the migraine was over. I had that migraine 48 hours ago and still have twinges of nausea. It was the worst migraine I've ever had though. If I moved a centimeter my head would pound 100 times worse. I was so ill I couldn't get up to get any pain reliever...all I could do was try to sleep it off. And I had no appetite for 2 days.

[reese]

That happens to me when I get a bad migraine... sick for a day or 2!

[marty518]

Have you ever been checked for an ulcer? Sometimes recurring stomach
problems can be a sign of those. Additionally, since most emetophobes
typically suffer from ongoing nervousness, the risk of having an ulcer
or recurring stomach problems is even higher. Extreme nausea and /or
diarrhea from a stress induced ulcer or simply stress/nervousness is
very common! Additionally, emetophobes tend to panic when symptoms
arise, which automatically makes it that much worse. There may be
medicines to help you if you have in fact developed a stomach ulcer!
Good luck and no matter what happens, just remember that deep breaths
and accepting the fear for what it is: just a fear, is the best
thing you can do to yourself.

[mjewell]

falon, have you been to the dr for migraines? If you can get a good migraine medicine you can avoid it altogether. I don't get them as much as I used to but if I did not take an Imitrex when I got one I would have it for days on end and be sick with nausea too.

[aar13]

It def. sounds like a migraine to me as well. My stomach also feels really quesy and n* when I have a migraine. Other symptoms of migraines are dizziness and weakness as you have also complained of. I would check with the doc to see if he can put you on meds for it - a lot of docs now are putting patients with migraines on anxiety meds which would also help with the emet. Good Luck!

[silver]

I get n* and d* very frequently, for me it is a stress thing. It gets so bad sometimes that I almost can't distinguish the difference between a sv* and just my normal stomach problems. I have IBS though and thats the way that it is, maybe its not sv*, but rather related to those headaches...the n* and all go hand in hand with migraines. I would see my doctor if I were you and find out what you could take that will help with the headache, the n*, etc.???

[falon_17]

I haven't been checked for ulcers but I have been tested for the H. pylori bacteria that can cause ulcers. It was negative. I got worried about that when I had 3 n* with d* episodes within 1 week of each other last summer. Still don't know what that was about. I felt like I caught a sv every weekend for a month.


I haven't asked a dr. for migraine meds either...I only get them around my period so I don't think its a big enough problem to be taking meds, but that one that I had was unlike any other. I've never had one knock me down for 2 days. I still can't beleive that was due to a migraine.

[SimplyMe]

I'm sorry that you felt so bad, whatever the cause. Hope you're feeling better!