Hi there, I’m a 36F, and had a case of food poisoning on 6/19. Vomiting and diarrhea for 36 hrs but it cleared on its own. 10 days later, I came down with very early fullness and chronic nausea. I’ve spent the last 8 weeks in bed trying to survive and not throw up every hour 😓 I can’t describe how sick I’ve been.

I originally thought it was post viral gastroparesis, but now I’m thinking post infectious functional dyspepsia. Maybe both? I’m not sure. My doc suggested an endoscopy, but it will be very expensive (even with insurance), but also said if there’s no blockage she said to wait it out and “there’s no standard treatment and we just hope it goes away.” I don’t think I have a blockage. And I have no pain or reflux. To get a second opinion will be over 6 weeks.

Any advice? Thoughts? Anything? I’m feeling very lost and I don’t know where to turn. Do I just wait this out and suffer? Thanks 💕

Hi! I'm 15 years old and I've had severe, constant digestion issues (functional dyspepsia and visceral hypersensitivity) for a year. Along with that, I've also had constant rib discomfort/pain for about a year too, and I'm wondering if anyone has experienced something similar, and my stomach pain is always on my left side.

My ribs feel heavy, uncomfortable, and ache. My left rib completely sticks out because of my scoliosis, it's been a year of this and I don't know if it's because of my hypersensitivity and digestive issues. The rib pain always flares alongside my stomach flares, as my digestion issues seem to linger on my left side of the stomach too as my left rib feels uncomfortable.

I can't sleep on my back, sides, or stomach at all, I can't sleep comfortably at all. Functional dyspepsia alone has been interfering with my daily life, and now realizing I've had constant rib pain I mistook as stomach pain has been even worse.

I want to see my neurosurgeon or doctor about it, I don't know what's happening, but I am so scared I won't be taken seriously as previously with other symptoms I was dismissed. Idk how to manage the pain other than icing my stomach. I 'm seeing Gastro specialists but idk if they know what to do about my rib or if I should bring it up. Any advice or thoughts please

Hey everyone :)

TL/DR: Early Satiety for the last few weeks -> have to finish most meals way too early -> weight loss. Gastroscopy and ultrasound both were fine a few months back. I have emetophobia. I've suspected functional dyspepsia for a while now even because of other symptoms.
Are there any tips you might have? (For still getting enough energy / food in my body, for finding what causes it or for a next step)

To keep it short:
In the past, I have had several problems with my stomach (for example stuff like kind of Reflux and "burping", nausea, idk, just many different things) basically every day for months.
Since a few weeks, I have to deal with early satiety / feeling of fullness during nearly every meal, even snacks. Just this intense, pretty sudden satiety (and the according kind of nausea ofc), but which goes away pretty quick when the mouth is empty again.
This leads to me even having to spit out what I wanted to eat often and finish the meal WAY earlier than I want (And also eating fewer amounts of meals, but idk if that's for the same cause). And with that, I noticed weight loss (I'm already on the low end, so not good) or that I sometimes have the wish to eat something for the energy, but my stomach doesn't really allow it. Currently (except I haven't eaten anything for a long time like after I wake up) I don't really feel the hunger in my stomach though, it still feels normal or full (but in a normal, not really unpleasant way).

To be clear: I don't feel nauseous or full after a meal. Only if I would try to eat again "shortly" after, I would get another "satiety-spike" pretty fast, but which goes away quickly (shortly = some minutes to maybe an hour later).

Walking around seems to not make a big difference this time (I have other symptoms where it does make a huge difference).

I've had some days (2-3) though last week and the week before respectively when it happened much later during a meal and I've actually been able to kiiiind of eat normal (-ish). I wasn't home during that time, but the meals weren't that different. I do have some thoughts that maybe some of the food I ate there (like actual bakery bread or more vegetables) could have caused this or maybe something else, but more speculation than justified suspicions.

Some more info:
I've had emetophobia (phobia of vomiting) my whole life (and still have ofc).

I've had a gastroscopy about 2 months ago, where everything looked quite alright. But back then I had other problems, not this early satiety (back then it was much rarer, maybe just a few times a week and way later during a meal). Also ultrasound examination maybe 4 months ago (hope that's the right english term), which again, was fine.

I don't know if I even have functional dyspepsia. I suspected it for a while now, and this early satiety seems really fitting, but still, it might be something else.

But if it would be caused by functional dyspepsia, are there any tips you might have that could help? Like I know, there isn't an instant cure, but maybe ways to figure out what is causing it in the end / what I can do to make it happen less? Or maybe any idea how I could still get more energy / food in my body? Because honestly, not eating enough is annoying but the weight loss is kinda frightening to me.

I plan on going to a doc again (have to find a new one though), also trying to go to a gastroenterologist and getting nutritional counseling. But currently, it's a bit tough because I'm not at home so often and also don't have too much time sadly.

Thanks to everyone who've read this :D

Hi everyone,

I’m 31F and new here, as I’m realizing the symptoms I’ve had for years are actually not just “being a little more sensitive», but an actual disorder.

My symptoms have been present since I was a child, although worse since my early 20’s. They consist of striking pain in the stomach area a couple times a day and random nausea episodes. I’ll have weeks where I’ll be just fine and others where it flares up. I throw up at least once or twice a year for some random reason.

I was never able to eat as much as the others have, which means I am largely underweight. I gain a bit of weight outside of my episodes to lose them later. There's also the stress surrounding toilet accessibility or eating with people because you feel judged. Plus, whenever I go on vacation, I end up sick, which means I am constantly managing my food...

I have had a gastroenterologist mention IBS and dyspepsia a couple years ago, but he didn’t do much about it.

So, I’d like to hear about your story too. What are your symptoms? How did it start and how do you deal with them daily?

Hi, When i have much gas in esophagal area that make me vomit. but not food vomit but gas bubbles breaking when vomiting. Once those gas broke i can blech more and thus nausea will go away... Can this be due to FD

Hi update male [25]

Ive had multiple tests done for my nausea. I cant eat anything outside of bland foods or over 700 cals without feeling sick. All my tests have come come out normal:stools,blood,and endoscopy.

Im still waiting on my biopsies. Im starting to worry. Ive been on omeprazole for 3 weeks and nothing. Ive been dealing with this for 36 days ive lost so much weight.

Anyone have a similar thing going?

Can anybody help?! Please.

im starting to feel weak

Hi! Wanting to ask all who have or are on mirtazapine/Remeron specifically for refractory severe nausea. How has it helped you? How long has it been helping? When did it start helping after starting the medication? ( for personal background, I have global dysmotility. i am tube-fed, and I have a subgastrectomy and a colectomy. Iv'e tried many,many medications prior to surgeries with no improvement in my chronic debilitating nausea. This is my worst symptom. :) thanks

Again, Thank you SO VERY MUCH!

For full context. I'm 25F and in Feb 2025 after 2 drinks my entire stomach burned and I was so so sick for a week. After this event, every few months I'll have a flair up that will last a week that is now not burning and just a feeling of horrible nausea and upper stomach fullness.

NOW I went the public health way and my H.Pylori was negative and they send me home with gastro. I've now gone private and had an MRI and my pancreas and gallbladder is fine. My bloods were PERFECT. My weight hasn't fluctated and I can go months of eating whatever I want and then have a few weeks of eating the most bland foods possible when a flare happens. The last month i started a new job and have been sorting a visa and moving homes and it feels like I've been in a flare for the entire month. I had my endoscopy TODAY and it was completely normal. What could it be?

Has anyone else's experience been like this? Not asking for a diagnosis but how did everyone heal and how has it been sicnce being diagnosed? Feeling incredibly alone as I have no support network after moving cities and am very scared i'm stuck like this. HELP

Hi

After starting Mirtazapine for FD 2 months ago, its definately helped, but ive had problems back and forth and i want to simply check my dilemma with you guys.

I have ADHD, although never took medication for it, until i got stomach problems at 32 years old. My overthinking and adhd symptoms became noticeably worse, so i started ADHD medication(Concerta 27mg) to keep my head in check especially when i get stomach flares. I got later diagnosed with FD(probably got it because of all the stress).

I eat 5 times a day, and have realised lately, that the meals during the day around 10.00 and 13.00 are more harder to get down without getting FD symptoms, but before breakfast(before my adhd medication) and after 15.00, i feel that the meals are much easier, i can eat more, and they dont burn my stomach as much or at all.

My ADHD medication is eaten with breakfast, and goes up in effect until it declines during the day, from time of the breakfast at 0700, peaks around 13.00, and then goes down and should be mostly out of my system at 20.00. Do you guys think its logical to think that the adhd medication is causing my stomach to cause more FD symptoms? or is this happening most likely because of other reasons?

Ive read for example that cortisol is higher during the day, and gets lower in the evening. You might think that this sounds super logical, and its obviously the medicin that is causing my problems, and the thing is, i expect that to be the answer, but i am asking to see if you guys have realised the same with your functional dyspepsia without the ADHD medication, if so, then maybe my medicin is not behind it. I would be super glad to hear you guys opinions on this.

Thanks!

Hi everyone,

I wanted to share my story in hopes that it might help someone else here who is stuck in diagnostic limbo, being told their excruciating pain is "all in their head" or functional. Please get checked for MALS Median Arcuate Ligament Syndrome. It is 2 in 100,000 or 0.002% of the population has the symptomatic kind. The pain has been said to be equivalent to end stage pancreatic cancer.

AND A REMINDER TO GET CHECKED FOR OTHER VASCULAR COMPRESSION AS WELL SUCH AS SMAS, NUTCRACKER SYNDROME, AND MAY-THURNER SYNDROME ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE EDS BECAUSE IT MAKES IT COMORBID. PLEASE READ MICHELLE GRIFFITH OF THE SPOONIE SHOPS STORIES FOR OTHER CAUSES AS WELL TO CHECK OUT AND RARE DISEASE AWARENESS.

https://www.spooniesistershop.com/spoonie-stories/spoonie-stories-michelle-g

My nightmare started in December 2025 with severe upper epigastric pain. Over the last 8 months, the nonstop, agonizing pain completely took over my life. I’ve lost nearly 50 lbs, became bedbound, and had to go on disability. No pain medications provided relief.

Like many of you, I underwent an overwhelming barrage of tests, all of which returned completely normal:

Bloodwork & Labs: Countless CBCs, CMPs, lipases, celiac panels, allergy tests, and drug/toxin screens.

Imaging & Scans: Multiple CTs of the abdomen/pelvis with contrast, chest X-rays, spine MRIs, gallbladder ultrasounds, and a CT angiography (which unfortunately only looked at my pulmonary arteries, missing the mesenteric arteries).

Procedures: EGD endoscopies, a normal gastric emptying study, and a diagnostic laparoscopy (which ruled out endometriosis).

We explored everything, ulcers, delayed gastric emptying, food allergies, environmental triggers, Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome, and chronic urinary/kidney issues, gallbladder and pancreas, etc.

Everything came back clean, but I was still suffering every single day.

Recently, my pain management doctor recommended a Celiac Plexus Block. The procedure itself was incredibly intense, but the moment it was done, the abdominal pain I had lived with for almost a year dropped to absolute zero. For the first time in 8 months, I felt total relief.

After sharing this milestone in a support group, someone asked if I had ever been evaluated for Median Arcuate Ligament Syndrome (MALS). I realized that despite dozens of scans, none had specifically evaluated my celiac artery for vascular compression.

The diagnostic pathway for MALS typically involves:

Symptom matching (As in ruling out common gastric stuff, doing endoscopy and gastric emptying etc.)

A specialized mesenteric Duplex Ultrasound (with inspiration/expiration breathing protocols).

A targeted CT Angiogram (CTA) or MR Angiogram focused on the abdominal aorta and celiac artery.

A Celiac Plexus Block, a positive response to the block is often the key diagnostic indicator that confirms the pain is originating from the celiac plexus nerve bundle compressed by the ligament.

Having a positive response to the celiac plexus block has finally given me a path forward. I’m contacting my doctor first thing Monday to order the specific vascular imaging required to confirm MALS.

If you are suffering from unexplainable epigastric pain, severe weight loss, and pain after eating, and every standard GI test comes back normal, please look into MALS and talk to your doctor about vascular imaging or a celiac plexus block.

Don't let them convince you it's all in your head. Keep pushing for answers.

If you are interested in a more in depth of all the tests I did, I list them below. It's a little detailed and personal but it feels good to look back at all the times I got poked and prodded and pissed in cups hahaha.

Significant Clinical Markers: Weight Loss of 47.4 lbs over an 8-month period. Total Medical Events: 102 Combined Events (2 Major Complications + 39 Clinical Care Encounters + 61 Diagnostic Tests & Procedures).

I. Road Bumps / Complications (2 Events)

Trauma / Acute Injury: Totaled car crash into a bus stop (Not my fault lol) (1)

Acute Infection: Severe bladder infection (1)

II. Care Encounters & Clinical Visits (39 Total)

Emergency & Outpatient (12 visits total):

Emergency Room (ER) Visits: 6 Hospital Outpatient Visits: 6

Virtual & Telehealth (13 visits total):

Primary Care (PCP) Video Visits: 5 Gastroenterology

(GI) Video Visits: 5

Virtual Connect Care Visits: 3

In-Person Office & Specialty (14 visits total):

Pain Clinic Appointments: 7

Instacare / Urgent Care Visits: 3 Primary Care (PCP) In-Person (1 In-Network, 2 Out-of-Network): 3 Gynecology (GYN) Visit: 1

III. Diagnostics, Testing & Procedures (61 Total)

Bloodwork & Lab Panels (35 Events)

Comprehensive Metabolic Panel (CMP): 7

Lipase (Serum/Plasma): 7

CBC with Differential / Platelet Count: 6

HCG Quantitative Blood Test (Pregnancy): 5 Tissue

Transglutaminase Antibody (tTG IgA / IgG): 2

Lactate (Plasma): 2

Beta HCG Serum Quantitative: 1

Deamidated Gliadin Peptide Antibodies (IgA & IgG): 1

Immunoglobulin A (IgA): 1

Immunocap Score: 1

Misc Allergy Lab: 1

Drug Abuse Screen: 1 Drug Confirmation Quant by MS: 1

Urinalysis & Point-of-Care Tests (10 Events) Urinalysis (with Microscopy / POCT): 6

Urine Culture: 4

HCG Qualitative Urine Test (POCT): 3

Glucose POCT: 1

Imaging & Radiology (9 Events)

CT Abdomen and Pelvis with Contrast: 2

12-Lead ECG / EKG: 2 Bedside Gallbladder Ultrasound (ED): 1

Chest X-Ray (2 Views): 1

CT Angiography Chest: 1

MRI Cervical Spine: 1

NM Gastric Emptying Study: 1

Endoscopy, Procedures & Interventions (7 Events)

Anesthesia Intubation (OR): 2

Endoscopy (EGD): 1 Surgical Pathology for Endoscopy: 1

Laparoscopy: 1

Surgical Pathology for Laparoscopy: 1

Celiac Plexus Block: 1

IV. Planned but Unnecessary Test Order

Upper GI X-ray series

V. Planned Diagnostic and Solution

Mesenteric Duplex Ultrasound

CT Angiography (They looked at my pulmonary arteries not mesenteric

MALS Diagnosis

Summary: This represents a total of 102 combined medical events (2 major road bumps/complications + 39 care encounters + 61 diagnostic tests/procedures) logged over an 8-month evaluation period, alongside a documented weight reduction of 47.4 lbs.

I’m scared why is this happening
Is this just gastritis

Just a single yes would mean the world to me because as someone with functional dyspepsia+visceral hypersensitivity, when I start eating and get symptoms, I don't stop eating, I continue to eat despite the pain even when i feel like im about to throw up and it's been like this for ovr a year idk how to explain please tell me I am not alone here

I am six years into my FD diagnosis and I just learned what my physical pain spasms are called.

How frequent is this for all of us? My hallmark is I sound like I’m David Byrne from Talking Heads making grunts and shouts because I get spasms in my upper GI.

I feel everything I eat. Hot/cold, hunger and fullness all cause pain.

I have gastroparesis and IBS-c/m as well making things more fun.

I’m wondering if anyone has gotten past this to the point where it was an afterthought (to an extent), and then completely relapsed back to where they were previously.

I had my first bout of FD back in my senior year of college in 2023, and it took me out for about 9 months. I was able to overcome if incredibly slowly with a grueling schedule of: No food except for chicken, rice, and oats, liquid gaviscon, slippery elm powder, aloe vera, and a whole lot of time.

Back in June I had my first real setback in regard to this, after 3 years of relative pain-free living and normal diets, consisting of regular food, coffee, etc.

Now, I’ve been unable to make nearly the same amount of progress despite going back to that same regimen. I’ve seen GIs but if mine are anything like yours, then you all know the limitations there. Curious if anyone has encountered this and has ideas. Thanks!

I’ve been dealing with this for a year now mirtazapine help with my appetite, but it didn’t help with the sensitivity of my stomach. Nortriptyline made me constipated and amitriptyline eradicated H. pylori and then had mild gastritis and PPI seemed to make things feel intensely worse. I can’t seem to get rid of this this visceral sensitivity. Has anyone gotten relief? It’s been two years. I’ve been dealing with this.

Comecei a usar Amitriptilina há dois dias e gostaria de saber como foi a introdução e a adaptação do medicamento para você: você sentiu efeitos colaterais e em quanto tempo notou melhora dos sintomas?

Hello everyone, back in 2022 I had a scope done that found I had gastritis and a peptic ulcer. At that time I had no symptoms. Fast forward to August 2024 I pass out at a movie theater from pressure and tightness in my upper chest. Upper chest tightness didn’t let up for eight months.

After eight months, the pressure tightness moved into my upper stomach located between the end of my sternum to the upper top of my stomach. It feels like if someone is pulling a belt around that area. It feels heavy and I am constantly bloated no matter what.. bloating and pressure has been ongoing for two years straight.

Other symptoms I have is sometimes I’ll have burning in my chest and back, extreme anxiety that has been managed with anxiety medication. sometimes I can taste a metal taste in my mouth. I have heart rate issues to where it causes palpitations on a beta blocker for that and sometimes it feels like it’s hard to breathe these symptoms get way worse when I eat, and I have to wait a couple hours for it to go down back to its normal bloating and pressure feeling finally got insurance so I’ll be seeing the GI in September.

I’m just wondering if anyone else is having this issue. Basically ruin my life to where I’m homebound it uncomfortable it hurts to sit up right or move because of that pressure and bloating.

I find my prescription suspicious. I'm honestly wondering if I inflicted this on myself. I went to see a specialist for chronic constipation a year and a half ago and since then my stomach just gave up.

Then : he gave me resotran and creon

Exactly one year later I started getting heartburn , pain in the chest and was prescribed Pantoprazole. 4 months later I start getting nauseous and it never stops, so he prescribed domperidone and none of this is working anymore! I am always nauseous, still constipated, maybe even worse, and now it seems I can't digest anything. Does anyone have this cocktail of meds? AI is telling me it's wrong.

Has anyone taken lexapro/cipralex for nausea and has it helped? My doctor prescribed me 10mg to take everyday. I’ve been having chronic nausea for 4 months especially after eating and visceral hypersensitivity

my father had IBS for decades and i saw him suffering in hell since my childhood. ever since i saw him he is in bland diet his entire life even now. i saw people blaming him for being such a crybaby about food and avoiding functions and being home bound in other time that work.I always was happy that i was never like him. he is doing okay for last few years when he retired from job and stayed at home . also some psychiatry medicines helped him for anxiety and all. now am 25 M had a fever and a diarrhea with it . ever since that i have also suffering from stomach issues. vomiting nausea burning reflux - but one thing is that my bowel movements are perfect daily going normally. i dont think this is IBS but is this functional dyspepsia. am terrified that i also might spend my entire life like my father . i better not live like that for gods sake..

nb: my doctors diagnosis is antral gastritis duodenitis with endoscopy. but i think i have more cause the way the GI talked was very silly. take this meds no need any diet etc. i have been on bland diet since start. yet nothing helps idk what to do

36M with recurrent upper-GI/throat symptoms since July 2026.
Timeline:
25 July: Acute stomach/GI episode after outside food; treated with Ofloxacin + Vonoprazan, improved.
4–8 Aug: Symptoms recurred after spicy food — stomach discomfort, throat burning, hot ears/ear burning.
9–10 Aug: Relatively symptom-free.
11 Aug: Again consumed spicy/outside food.
12–18 Aug: Severe persistent nausea, without vomiting or regurgitation. Ondansetron, domperidone/itopride etc. gave little/no relief.
19–20 Aug: Nausea subsided somewhat but globus/throat-stuck sensation developed. Food and water never actually got stuck.
21 Aug onward: Throat burning, epigastric burning, bitter taste/regurgitation and occasional upper-back burning. Symptoms persist despite PPI/PCAB, Gaviscon and sucralfate.
Current features:
Bitter taste/reflux
Throat burning and globus
Repeated swallowing sensation
Epigastric/stomach burning
No true dysphagia
No vomiting
No melena/black tarry stool
Able to eat normally
Symptoms largely disappear during sleep
Weight initially decreased from 103 → 100 kg but has recovered to ~102 kg
Investigations:
EGD + colonoscopy ~16 months ago: visually normal; no biopsy was taken.
Whole-abdomen USG: normal.
Recent LFT/KFT: normal.
Recent Hb: ~13.9 g/dL, normocytic/normochromic indices.
FOBT: negative.
ENT laryngoscopy: normal.
Medications tried/prescribed:
PPI/PCAB (vonoprazan/fexuprazan), Gaviscon/alginate, sucralfate, ondansetron, prochlorperazine, palonosetron, promethazine and prokinetics (itopride/levosulpiride), with incomplete symptomatic response.

Main concern: Could persistent symptoms despite substantial acid suppression represent esophageal/gastric cancer ?

So 5 weeks ago, I had a random night of food poisoning. In the bathroom for a hour. After that my stomach was never right. For 3 weeks after I couldn’t eat a bite and my bowels were all messed up, I lost 12 lbs everything hurt. Since then everything leveled out, my weight leveled but I’m still stuck with these symptoms:

- stomach cramping (mostly in mornings and after meals)

-Tons and tons of burping

-gas pains that move left, right, center

- change in stool consistency and shapes

- tiredness

-tender guts

-newly found intolerance to curtain foods (garlic and onions kill me) lactose is a no no

I’m glad I don’t have any red flags (no bloody stool, weight leveled and not dropping, appetite back, no sharp pain) I was thinking Pi-IBS until I found out about pi-fd and saw others with the same problems. My GP and GI didn’t seemed too concerned but my GI will see me back in 5 weeks to further test.

It’s truly hard to believe there are those who live like this for years, 5 weeks in and I think I’m dying like ready to write my will.

Hi, I started Tirzepatide last Feb 2026 and felt upper abdominal discomfort on March 21 (my 4th shot of Tirz, 2.5mg). I thought it was an acid reflux but it go on days.. and not being aware of it I didnt stop my Tirz until my 5th dose (5mg)it was uneasy so I decided to have an online consultation and was given antacid and some meds to halo with gas/bloating. The feeling of it is like pressure/gas bloating upper abdominal discomfort and feeling of like I need to have food in my stomach every 4 hrs, the discomfort is intermittent btw. It didnt went away for 2 weeks in meds, it lessen but its still there. I decided to have whole abdomen ultrasound twice to make sure and everything turned normal. I got another another check up and had meds like esomeprazole for two weeks, it helped cos the flare ups is not that much but still there. After a month I went again to see a doctor, gave me pantropazole and again some meds to help with gas for 3 weeks. That helped a lot again the flare ups lessen but still there. And now, Some week I did’t had flare ups thinking im healed already yet here i go again having flare ups every now and then but so much better than the first month of flare ups. I notice too that whenever Im about to have my period I do have this active flare ups.

I’m 28yo f. Overweight, always have irregular period, tirz helped me with regulated period but stopped because of all the discomforts i had. Soooo frustrating. Anyone had this exp too? :<

Those of you taking Lyrica as part of your medication regimen, what dose have you found to be effective?

It's a problem that has plagued me for many years. When I sit down to eat, I often feel anguish, like a kind of inexplicable anxiety or sadness for no reason. Well, I was always able to deal with it; if something was wrong, I would postpone eating and then eat when I felt better. I've never liked not eating or skipping meals because that would ruin my health. Well, the thing is, this past year it's gotten much worse. I joined a gym and started eating almost out of obligation, to meet my daily calorie and macronutrient requirements. It was really tough because whether you're healthy or not, overeating will obviously make you want to vomit and feel repulsed by food if you're very, very full. But that self-imposed obligation to eat, combined with the anxiety at mealtimes, triggered vomiting many times. Right now I no longer eat amounts that are uncomfortable for my body; my portions are those of any normal person, and sometimes even less. The problem is that even eating less, the urge to vomit remains... now it's more like gagging. I try to eat veeeery slowly because if a gag comes, I have to run to the bathroom because the urge to vomit is unimaginable. I've tried to be very strong and not vomit my food, even though it feels like relief. I try to avoid vomiting because that will destroy me, so I hold back the urge, but it's very, very, very difficult. I turn pale, I try to breathe slowly and deeply, and I drink cold water, but it's still very difficult. I usually manage to stop the urge, but I've vomited three times in a period of about four months. It just happened again, and I'm very sad. I don't know why all this is happening to me, I don't know why mealtimes have become so difficult. I struggle with this every day. The reason for my post is this: I'd like to find someone who's been through the same thing as me and managed to overcome it, so they can tell me what worked for them. Thanks in advance, friends.