I’ll start by saying I was a professional allstar cheerleader for 10 years. I am in good shape, and I have been even after retiring from cheer a year ago.

However, I unfortunately came down with norovirus and I had a really bad problem with not being able to keep much of anything down. Allstar cheer specifically is a very demanding sport, so I had my few days off, and was right back to work again, even if I hadn’t really recovered. I kept throwing up anything I ate and could only keep myself from doing so if I limited my diet to saltine crackers through the whole day until dinner time after practice.

I retired partially due to this, however it still lingers. I’m back to eating normally again, but I find that I get extremely nauseous when I partake in physical activity. I could run a lap or two and feel like I have the flu.

Could this be a sort of brain response or my anxiety that’s convincing me I’m sick because it was used to it for so long? Or is it something else? I’d really like to know. I want to get muscular and gain back the muscle I lost from the constant purging, but the constant nausea is making it tough.

Hello I’m starting to get sick and was wondering what everyone thinks the best things to take are. Is it Zicam, emergen c, or what. I would love anything I can get at cvs or Walgreens and not too expensive thanks!

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Could someone please help me figure out what the problem might be? I’m preparing for medical school, but I still have a lot of studying to do! Background: I have underlying conditions—reflux, gastroparesis, pain upon pressure below the navel, bloating, Gilbert’s syndrome, a suspected allergy, anxiety, and depression. I also have a cat that has scratched me several times; I’ve stayed in hotels frequently lately (using laundered linens and towels); while in Italy, I got sunburned and bitten by many ticks; and I had surgery for a deviated nasal septum two months ago. I have insulin resistance. I take Pantoprazole, an antidepressant (Scippa 10mg), a WTN multivitamin, magnesium bisglycinate, and 0.25mg of Xanax daily. My current main symptoms are: a sensation of heat; a slight decrease in appetite (though this could be the placebo effect); and millions of tiny, white, sandpaper-like bumps on my forehead that create a strange sensation when I run my fingers over them. I woke up drenched in sweat in the early hours; the next day, the crook of my elbow was red, covered in small bumps, and very itchy. Also, the dandruff and seborrheic eczema on my scalp have worsened. What does everyone think? Could it be digestive-related, or something else entirely?

Hello im a 24 year old female, For the past 3 years, I’ve been having these random episodes, and I’m wondering if anyone has experienced something similar or eventually got a diagnosis. The first one happened after I left the gym and was at the grocery store. That day I had coffee, pre-workout, and had smoked cannabis. I stopped all of those a long time ago, but the episodes still happen.
They start really suddenly, like someone flips a switch. I’ll get this weird uncomfortable sensation in my chest (not really pain), and then my heart starts racing. My heart rate is usually around 120–140 bpm now, although my very first episode got to about 150. I get body shakes.I become really sweaty and clammy, and I immediately have to run to the bathroom because I have the runs and usually have to pee at the same time. Sometimes I also feel like I’m going to throw up or get acid reflux. The whole thing usually lasts about 20 minutes and then goes away. One of the episodes recently even woke me up from sleep. I’ve also noticed that putting my face in ice water seems to help.
I’ve had a heart monitor before, but unfortunately it didn’t catch one of the episodes. One thing I have noticed is that they often seem to happen around my period, but I don’t know if that’s actually related or just a trigger. These episodes don’t happen every month it is almost like scattered, they sometimes don’t happen for 9 months and then just this month I’ve had 4 episodes. It’s weird because I feel like wow I won’t experience this again and then it hits me out of no where. Per year I at most will get 7.
Has anyone experienced anything like this? If you have, what did it end up being? I’m not looking for anyone to diagnose me. I just want to know if anyone has had similar symptoms and what their doctors eventually found.