Is it possible to be so stressed it causes vomiting? Or is this something else?

[MoonshineWashingLine]

Split up (kicked out) abusive ex-p nearly 2 months ago and it has been hard work. I've had my ups and downs, nothing too major, but twice now I have had my stomach cramp up really badly, it just get worse and worse until I can't fight it any more and have to be sick. I have loads of wind too and it seems to happen at night. I am otherwise well, no viruses etc. So I am assuming it is stress. What can I do about this and has it happened to anyone else?

Previously when I've been stressed I have got the runs before but never vomiting.

[sharonthewaspandthewineywall]

Yep. Have suffered myself. Been to doctors had all sorts of tests. It's really flared up when I've had very stressful times. You have my sympathies

[MoonshineWashingLine]

Glad its not just me! I find it very odd as I've never been a sicky person before :/ saying that I've never had stomach cramps this bad before!

[peggyundercrackers]

Yes it's possible. A uni friend I used to live with vomited when she was really stressed about things, she went through a 6month period of being sick nearly every day purely because of stress. Once her situation changed it all stopped.

[rabbitstew]

Do you mean you only get those symptoms at night? Personally, I would go to the GP to check - vomiting isn't exactly good for you. Do you have diarrhoea, too, or just vomiting?

[PacificDogwood]

Yes, it's possible for stress to either cause vomiting or make you produce more adrenaline > more stomach acids > irritation of the stomach lining > vomiting.
Go and see your GP for a RL chat and an examination, woman. Random internet strangers are not going to be able to tell you what's wrong.

Well done for getting shot of your Ex . Onwards and upwards for you.

[MoonshineWashingLine]

Yeah I have also had diarrhoea as well as vomiting. But I have IBS anyway so that's nothing new. The vomiting however, is new and has only started since becoming single.

I was planning on going to gp as well, if I can ever get an appointment!

[MadameLeBean]

Possible yes. I have had this when DP and I went thru a rocky patch - retching and even vomiting through stress / anxiety. But I would visit doc to rule out other problems

[TequilaMockingbirdy]

Agree with pacific

But yes, I'm on tablets for anxiety and before that I was always throwing up. Had to see consultants but they found nothing, in fact I got accused of making myself sick because all the tests found nothing.

Only when I started the tablets for anxiety and stress did it stop :)

And also from what I've read stress can trigger IBS!

But obviously that's anecdotal, worth getting checked out. Hope you can get an appointment soon

[rabbitstew]

Could be anxiety, could be giardiasis, could be something else altogether... you have to rule out physical causes before you can blame anxiety.

[Meglet]

Probably. I sleep with a sick bowl in my room because I often feel like I'm about to throw up.

Also have IBS, but everything has been tested including an endoscopy, so it's just stress related.

[ivykaty44]

I would look at doing yoga for both physical and mental relief from stress to help settle your mind and body.

[BigPawsBrown]

Ibs is stress related, so yes. My ibs presents as wind and cramps and if it's very bad I can be sick from that.