Can nausea be a symptom of depression?

Charlie Brown · Post by **Charlie Brown** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 4:01 pm

During this week I have mild nausea literally every other day, from morning to night. It is truly mild as I am not wretching or actually vomitting.

I have also been battling mild depression for well over a month because of career issues. Ironically the nausea starts an hour or so after I get into work. Now granted it could be a stomach virus but even that--a gastro ailment--can be a sign of depression. (Gastro problems, when evident with classic symptoms like sadness, fatigue and loss of interest in things enjoyed, is a depression symptom.)

Ginger ale, instead of over the counter nausea medicine, has been doing very well for the nausea. For the depression, I am in the hunt for a counselor (and am on Lexapro.)

Thanks.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 4:21 pm

actually, i think that is anxiety....I have that. its like butterflys in my stomach all the time.....just a symptom of anxiety...i've had that symptom since I was 14 and I'm 31.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Jan 17, 2009 4:36 am

Hi Charlie: I have suffered for the past two months with the same thing. I started a new job and I wake up at about 4:00 a.m. with horrible anxiety and nervous stomach. I feel like I have the flu. It is anxiety and it has also made me depressed. I am currently taking Lexapro 10mg for both and after about 10 days it has started to help plus I take the supplement that came with this program that has been very helpful in calming me down.

kyrissian · Post by **kyrissian** » Sat Jan 17, 2009 4:52 am

Hi Charlie, I have had these symptoms for the last 5 months since my grandmother died of cancer. It's sounds like you have quite a bit of anxiety. Is there alot of stress in your life? And I do know that nausea can be a symptom of depression. But it sounds more like Anxiety. What I do when I start to feel panicky I take deep breaths and tell myself that everything is going to be ok. Then my sypmtoms pass. Then I'm feeling alot better.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Jan 17, 2009 6:17 am

I get that too--once in awhile i'll feel a little nausea and i'll feel anxious about it because I feel like im gonna vomit. I also remember being a kid and having that happen to me too. The nausea comes, i think, from nervousness of some sort--i've noticed i can get motion sickness too which is easy to identify because it happens on the road. As for the other times maybe it would be good to track the nausea in the hopes of coming to a conclusion about what it could be that's causing it. I believe there's a reason for everything--especially that your body is becoming ill--there's something ill with your thoughts perhaps that causes the physical ill. That's just my take on it--hope you feel better:)

Malikye · Post by **Malikye** » Sat Jan 17, 2009 7:43 am

Originally posted by hunnie33:
i've had that symptom since I was 14 and I'm 31.

Wow! Sorry you had this so long.

I like your anxiety/depression signature!

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Jan 17, 2009 7:49 am

Originally posted by zizzer:
Hi Charlie, I have had these symptoms for the last 5 months since my grandmother died of cancer. It's sounds like you have quite a bit of anxiety. Is there alot of stress in your life? And I do know that nausea can be a symptom of depression. But it sounds more like Anxiety. What I do when I start to feel panicky I take deep breaths and tell myself that everything is going to be ok. Then my sypmtoms pass. Then I'm feeling alot better.

My deepest sympthaies for your loss.

I do feel some anxiety but this occurs less than the depression. I will have this tightness feelings in my arms and--knowing my body--I recognize this to be anxiety. I will take half a .25 mg tab of Xanax--half of the smallest dose of this med--and the anxiety/tightness soon disappears.

I do have stress because of stuggling to learn computer and procedural protocols in my job. This plus the concern about the air quality in the office (I have mild asthma and had one mild astma episode last month and I felt my nose clog earlier this month) has caused my depression. This situation is part and parcel of my dissatifaction with career history.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Jan 17, 2009 7:54 am

Originally posted by maria9201:
I get that too--once in awhile i'll feel a little nausea and i'll feel anxious about it because I feel like im gonna vomit. I also remember being a kid and having that happen to me too. The nausea comes, i think, from nervousness of some sort--i've noticed i can get motion sickness too which is easy to identify because it happens on the road. As for the other times maybe it would be good to track the nausea in the hopes of coming to a conclusion about what it could be that's causing it. I believe there's a reason for everything--especially that your body is becoming ill--there's something ill with your thoughts perhaps that causes the physical ill. That's just my take on it--hope you feel better:)

Thanfully yesterday and Thursday I did not feel nauseous. During the recent nausea bouts, I was not anxious. In fact I don't think I was depressed at the moment the nausea started.

Thanks for the well wishes.

Carolyn Dickman · Post by **Carolyn Dickman** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 4:48 pm

Hi all, I had this too. The worst thing about it was that I would go to bed early and pray that I would wake up the next morning feeling better (and not dizzy anymore). This lasted for 3 weeks straight.. It was really hard and scary. Soon after I was diagnosed with severe depression and was a result of my anxiety attacks in the past. I was told that anxiety untreated can lead to depression and that is what happened to me.

I purchased the Combatting Stress and Depression Program tapes and they truly saved me. The most critical things I learned where the following.
1. Learn not to be afraid of the attack, once you conquer these they stop. (stop being afraid of BEING afraid)
2. Ask yourself "whats the worst thing that could happen" For example I was so scared of getting stuck in an elevator (again (which started my downward spiral)).. I thought I would lose my mind and embaress myself in front of people. So What!! I am allowed to feel a little stressed in that kind of situation. Who wouldn't be.?.?
3. Catch yourself thinking "WHAT IF" thoughts and change it to "So what if" eg, 'what if I get an anxiety attack in the shopping center', change that to 'so what if I start feeling anxious in the shopping center, if it becomes overwhelming I can walk out and focus on my breathing. It only because I was thinking negativley (what ifs)
4. Exercise - This is the last thing most people want to do with a disorder but boosting your heartbeat up for as little as 10 minutes will produce endorphines which are 'good feeling' chemicals in your body..

Hope this helps as it has for me

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 2:28 pm

Originally posted by Camnuck:
Hi all, I had this too. The worst thing about it was that I would go to bed early and pray that I would wake up the next morning feeling better (and not dizzy anymore). This lasted for 3 weeks straight.. It was really hard and scary. Soon after I was diagnosed with severe depression and was a result of my anxiety attacks in the past. I was told that anxiety untreated can lead to depression and that is what happened to me.

I purchased the Combatting Stress and Depression Program tapes and they truly saved me. The most critical things I learned where the following.
1. Learn not to be afraid of the attack, once you conquer these they stop. (stop being afraid of BEING afraid)
2. Ask yourself "whats the worst thing that could happen" For example I was so scared of getting stuck in an elevator (again (which started my downward spiral)).. I thought I would lose my mind and embaress myself in front of people. So What!! I am allowed to feel a little stressed in that kind of situation. Who wouldn't be.?.?
3. Catch yourself thinking "WHAT IF" thoughts and change it to "So what if" eg, 'what if I get an anxiety attack in the shopping center', change that to 'so what if I start feeling anxious in the shopping center, if it becomes overwhelming I can walk out and focus on my breathing. It only because I was thinking negativley (what ifs)
4. Exercise - This is the last thing most people want to do with a disorder but boosting your heartbeat up for as little as 10 minutes will produce endorphines which are 'good feeling' chemicals in your body..

Hope this helps as it has for me

Great, great advice!!