Can anxiety make a person vomit?!


Question: Can anxiety make a person vomit.?
I have been diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder. Sometimes, I spontaneously vomit, and this ussually coincides with stressful situations such as law school finals or car accidents. Can this vomiting be caused by anxiety or stress.?Health Question & Answer


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Yes definitely, I have the same issue. Sometimes I am overcome by nausea for no reason. Its not provoked by smells or seeing something gross - it just overwhelms me all of a sudden. You sould try drinking peppermint tea plain every morning, or when you get sick like this. It helps me a lot. also, supplementing my diet with a B complex vitamin daily has cut back somewhat on my anxiety (B vitamins good for stress) and the nausea.Health Question & Answer

Negative emotions (like sadness, stress, anger, etc.) causes your Serotonin production to be low; when your Serotonin level is low, you are more prone to getting Anxiety, Panic Attacks, Depression, etc.

Medication like Antidepressants (SSRI - Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor) helps to boost Serotonin level.
But there are natural ways to do it without medication. There's this strange herb called "St John's Wort" - it is said to be more effective than Prozac. No, it is not for mild depression only and ignore those sayings. In fact, it does help anxiety and panic-attacks as St John's Wort works like prozac. Other natural ways will be exercise, diet, more exposure to light, etc.

The problem is that, even if your Serotonin is balanced... you have that "learned behavior" in your mind. You need to break that initial cycle to destroy that learned behavior - Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) does this. A technique that you can use without CBT will be Distraction... There are several other techniques to help cope them!
Ok, to use Distraction: Firstly, try to....

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Yes to your question. But stress can lead to more severe health problems. Stress can lead to lack of sleep and with out sleep you open your self up to host of things that can go wrong with your body.Health Question & Answer

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