Im sopleased Ive found you all

Hi Everyone,

Im so glad to have stummbled across the forum while searching through google.

My story is quite long I became unwell about 18 Months ago and I am now about to see a specialist about possible M.E.

Being unwell and then facing some family hassle in the past two months I thought had made my symptoms worse but to be honest now I feel maybe some of these symptoms are caused by severe anxiety and would love to know if anyone else here sufferes and feels as I do.

I feel anxious and it makes me feel constantly sick like when you have butterflys in your tummy when your nervous, I was given some anti sickenss drugs for this from the dr they seem to work sometimes, I also then had a problem with acid and it caused me to have constant tummy upsets, I seem to go around in circles I feel always feel sick, have upset tummy, I seem to not sleep and I feel anxious at night about being unwell and being sick.

Has anxiety made anyone else here feel phsically unwell?

I have just been given diazepam aswell as tablets I am on for sickness and the tablets I am on for the acid problem I have in my tummy (The dr said anxiety causes more acid???)

Please anyone can you offer me any advice, its great to know I am not alone I feel lots better just by finding you all

love leyann

Hi Leyanna

Indigestion and nausea are very common effects of anxiety - I'll explain why.

When you get anxious your brain takes an unconscious decision to divert blood towards your arms and legs to enable you to run away or fight whatever is scaring you. This is a primeval reaction that we have no conscious control over.

Unfortunately, when the blood is diverted to the muscles in your limbs, there is less blood going to your major organs so you may feel light headed and your digestive system becomes much less efficient. This results in acid build up, nausea, increased belching, etc.

In addition, your heart and lungs have to work harder to keep your body supplied with oxygen and your blood vessels narrow to increase your blood pressure (it takes more pressure to pump blood to your legs than it does to pump blood to your kidneys say).

Your muscles also start to contract and relax quickly causing you to tremble. This is also a primeval response to keep the blood circulating and keep you warm/ready for action. This is faclilitated by a release of adrenalin into your blood. While this provides a short-term 'boost' to your muscles, it can leave you feeling quite drained afterward.

Hope this helps

Chris x