Feeling sick all the time

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Why do I have a constant sensation of travel sickness (morning sickness even)?

Feels like it's being going on, on and off, for months. If not feeling nauseous it's always just there lurking on the edge, like when you're really empty. The slightest motion makes it worse, I felt travel sick on a train today and even going up an escalator, can hardly bear motion on TV or scrolling through my phone - I feel dreadful as a passenger in a car after just a few hundred yards. I'm eating and I do have an appetite, sometimes eating helps but mostly it stays the same. The only thing that relieves it temporarily is sleep, although initially I feel sick on waking. I have metaclopramide on prescription for migraine, which I've used when desperate and it just won't recede.

I don't have any dizziness, haven't had an ear infection to my knowledge; I am not pregnant; I have been quite stressed recently, home and work worries; no unexplained weight loss; I am 47, pre-menopausal and my mirena coil is coming to the end of its 5th year . Could it be hormonal?

I have mentioned it to GP but was dismissed, just idly wondering if anyone has experienced anything similar?

Hi @ineedacupoftea.

I never got a complete answer but I figured out a few things that were contributing - my iron tablets (was taking ferrous sulphate and ferrous gluconate on different occasions) and they definitely made me feel sick. Am currently taking just once before bed but even then they make me queasy.

Also I now drink 3 big glasses of water per day and only drink alcohol on Saturdays and that really helps. I read recently that water/dehydration are linked to oestrogen regulation so that may be why. Its surprising how crappy I feel once I slip for few days - over the holidays, I had a week when I drank maybe 4 nights and wasnt so careful with the water, and I really noticed a difference.

I also think I read that we can often become less tolerant to dairy during perimenopause (can't remember the article or I would link to it) so you could also try a month off and see if that helps?

Thank you @gardeninggirl14, I will definitely try drinking more water, that certainly can’t hurt! Funnily enough I’ve just decided to try to give up dairy for a bit, so hopefully that may work too.
I’ve been given some anti nausea medication by the GP but although I think it worked a bit in the past it hasn’t helped this week. Perhaps I need to call again to ask for a different type.
I hope you continue to feel better.