wird feeling need advice

hi everyone i had panic attacks in the past and there back again but iam noticing a chain reaction of symptoms due to gerd i went to doctor they did some test and sed i have gerd what happens is if i dont eat my hands are cold my feet are cold my nose is cold i can breath normal as soon as i eat somethin i get bloated and my sinuses get clouged and i cant breath and i keep burping and chest hurts and i get a reflux and my heart beat fast and stomach makes all these noises and at the sme time i think about it and panic and iam sick of it i dont know if there is something to do with anxiaty or my stomach tension or what anyone have these wierd symptoms its like i dont digest my food so if i dont eat iam ok if i do iam dead its the worst feeling need advice is the gerd causing this

Hi

It's a fact that anxiety can cause or aggrevate GERD (gastro-esophogeal reflux disorder for those who were wondering) because it causes blood to be diverted away from your digestive system, sometimes leading to a weakening of the gastro-esophogeal sphincter.

Have you tried eating several smaller snacks, rather than big meals?

Chris

No I Havent I Will Try That Iam Afraid To Eat At All Cause I Soon As I Eat I Get So Much Gas And Bloating And The Food Just Refluxes Back And I Cant Breat And I Panic My Hands Turn Cold And Feet And It Stays Cold For Log Time Thanks For Ur Advice WHAT KIND OF THINGS SHOULD I AVOID EATING

Hi

I'm not a nutritionist or anything but as I understand it, fatty foods and meats are more likely to cause nausea, reflux and belching as they are digested higher up in the intestine. Carbonated drinks are also a big culprit.

I think a lot of your problems are coming from the fact that you are fearing the consequences of eating and the anxiety is triggering all sorts of psychosomatic effects. Sometimes you have to just bite the bullet (no pun intended) and trust that you are going to be ok. The more you can do it, the easier it will get.

Best of luck

Chris

PS. Don't worry about the fact that your hands and feet go cold - anxiety also diverts blood away from the skin. This is why people go pale when they are afraid. Put some music on and dance around your room, the blood will start flowing and the adrenalin will dissipate.

Thanks Chris I Know I Soon As I Eat I Get All Bloated And My Sinuses Get Shut Off The Only Thing I Dont Under Stand And No Doctor Has Helped Me Figure It Out When It Goes Away This Whole Feeling I Can Breath Agagin My Nose Turnes Cold And I Can Breath Normal No Chest Pain And All I Was Diagnosed With Acid Reflux And Small Sliding Hital Hernia But It Also Can Be From Stressing The Doctor Sed I Havebt Got Any Drugs Yet But I Take Zantac 1500 2 Daily And Still Not Enough Cause I Dont Eat So Its Worse And When I Do Want To Eat After Empty Stomch I Choke And All The Food Feels Like It Stuck In My Troat

You are putting your whole focus on how you feel physically. Trust me, there is nothing physically wrong with you, you are just putting your focus on the wrong things.

I can explain ALL your physical symptoms as effects of anxiety. There is nothing wrong with you other than your worries.

Try to stop worrying and get used to feeling ok.

Chris x

you think so ca it be that strong as far as the power to make ti happen thanks for ur help man thanks a lot

Hi

If these things didn't seem so real then they wouldn't be so scary and neither of us would be members of this forum.

The truth is, stress and anxiety do cause biological changes and a lot of them are uncomfortable but they are harmless and I'm sure if you could win the battle in your head, you'd find that you could eat fine.

Chris

thnkas but what about all the gases and bloating as soon as i eat i sholud just ignore eat i buro 100 times if i eat a bowel of ceral in the morning and the milk kill sme but 2 monhts ago i can eat a steak and be ok but now its all messed up and i get up some days my hands and feet al cold the whole day

Well you have two options. You can either badger your doctor to get to the bottom of it or you can trust that it is caused by anxiety and stop worrying about it.

What you can't do is keep speculating about what might be causing it and worrying yourself unnecessarily. I don't mean to be rude by saying this - and I might be wrong - but you probably don't have enough knowledge of the way the human body works to draw any objective conclusions so all you are ever doing is imagining a worst-case scenario.

I can't tell you that there is nothing wrong with you but I can say that I get a lot of digestive problems caused by anxiety and that it is a very common complaint. I have been through spells where I couldn't eat for days on end and I used to get indigestion so bad that I thought it was a heart problem. I did a lot of research and eventually had to accept that anxiety causes your digestive system to receive less blood and this causes digestive problems.

I wish there was more I could say to comfort you.

Chris

no chris i really am thankful for ur response and i feel better talkin to someone who understand s u know everyone else just looks and goes ur ok they dont kno whow u feel inside but yeah same here i can eat for weeks i lost so much waight and i soon as i eat or even if i dont i have the ball feelin g in the middle of my stomach and i get shorthness of breath and cold hands and when i do eat i buro and all the dramam that goes with it i just have to not think about it anymore its hard cause u dont feel healty but i have to to try to get my body back on track and stress with my cars buyback going on for 8 months and my resent layoff and looking for job has made me worse

Hi

One more thing that I will say to you is that it is very easy to adopt habits and if you get into the habit of not eating because it feels uncomfortable then your body will get used to this and perpetuate the feeling of discomfort whenever you try to eat.

Try to get into the habit of eating regularly and ignoring how you feel immediately afterwards. I know it's hard but I think before too long you will get into the habit of eating and not thinking about the consequences.

Good luck

Chris

thanks man for the help like i eat today and the food felt like its stuck in my troat and i wanted to trow up and i was getting cold flashes and felt like i wasnt getting air and its wierd but ill try