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Morning nausea(not pregnant) fatigue,loss of appetite

I really need some help with this. For about 4 weeks I have been having severe nausea from the time I get up till around 1 or 2 in the afternoons. I have no energy, I have to make myself eat( feel more like eating late in the evening) I DO have a history of IBS ( diareah / constipation ) I have some discomfort in the upper abd.The worst part is the nausea and lack of energy. I feel sometimes if I don't lie down , I will just pass out. I have been off work for a month now ( worry about job doesn't help problem) I have had several tests done, am going back to dr. tomorrow for liver test. So far they have found nothing. I know I am not crazy, but after a while, with no name to put with this, it is making me crazy. I have seen others post on here with same symptoms, but the post was in archives of last year. I looked for answers ( Piper123 had same symptoms 8-6-06 ) didn't see any. Wish I could get in touch with anyone that has gone through this and is feeling better ( need to know there is light at the end of the tunnel) Please respond anyone.
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trixb
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Hello. I have seen doctor after doctor. This could be a couple of things one is very hard to diagnose but it's worth a shot. If you have anxiety it could. Be neurological   meaning that the chemicals in your brain are off and there is testing for it , it does take time to. Diagnose but once they find out you will feel better.. I would suggest looking at the medications you take as well and not just look at the side effect but look at at allergies to the medicine. It could be making you sick as well.. Also it could be something going on within your stomach or intestines I would see a specialist. Like a GI doctor. My sister was sick for about as long as you were and they couldn't find this issue. But then she found a great doc and they found she had chromes disease. But now she has it under control. I hope this helps.
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Hi, everyone - I'm new to this site and got here looking for info about feeling weak, nauseated and generally yukky in the mornings. I think in my case it's probably a bit of dehydration due to wearing an apnea rig all night. Reading through all of your posts, I feel that I MUST share something with you.

A few years ago, I spent months being hauled to ERs in the middle of the nights with what I was told was anxiety attacks. I was dosed with valium-type drugs and treated as a complete nuisance by the local medical community and my family. Just a middle-aged hypochondriacal, anxiety-ridden woman. An attention-seeker and, perhaps, drug-seeker. I lost 20 pounds within about a three-week period because I completely lost my appetite and was living on minimal intake. I had no energy at all, and could hardly sit upright. I was weak, shaky, and sometimes laid in bed wondering if I had the energy to take one more breath. I tried three different doctors and each had a different set of pills for me to switch to, messing with my blood pressure meds and switching out anxiety meds. At one point, I collapsed and the ambulance that came for me had a doctor on-board, who at one point told my husband he couldn't find a pulse. One ER doctor called for a psych consult before releasing me, keeping me and my husband stuck in the ER for an extra 2 hours. And so on....

Finally, 6 miserable years later, during an unrelated exam in Denver for berylliosis and thyroid changes, three doctors all independently suggested that because I never had these attacks during the day, my problem sounded like sleep apnea, not anxiety. BINGO!

I came home, went to my M.D. and asked for a sleep study. No more "anxiety". If you don't know how apnea affects you, you won't think of it as a cause for anxiety symptoms. You get the symptoms in your sleep because you have stopped breathing and your brain has ordered your adrenal system to pump the juice to you to kick-start your respiratory system. The adrenaline surge causes what feels like an anxiety attack.

If you're having "anxiety" symptoms during sleep and/or immediately upon waking, please talk to your doctor about apnea. With apnea, Valium-type drugs can actually lead to further suppression of your respiratory system and may, therefore, prevent your brain from being able to signal for a life-saving (but MISERABLE) shot of adrenaline.

I hope this helps someone.
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I think ALL of you need a HIDA SCAN and I think it is your Gall Bladder!!!  Ultra Sounds only show STONES...Not sand... and we can have sand-like blockage or we can have just a "sick gall bladder"..Anyone on Birth Control Pills can have Gall Bladder problems!!! Be Aware!!!
PLEASE GET A HIDA SCAN!!  God Bless!
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I have read every comment on this post, going back to the original one by trixb on January 31st 2007. I hope that she got some relief of her problems. I had similar problems, which have now largely disappeared. I'm posting this in the hope that it may be of some help to others who have been having similar symptoms.

But some background first. I'm a 57 year old male dentist.

My symptoms were:

Basically, upon waking in the morning I had an ache in my stomach. I got up and managed to have a shower. But by the end of the shower I felt very light head, like I'm going to faint. As if there's not enough blood flow to the brain. My energy level seemed to disappear and I feel that my knees were going to buckle. I also felt nauseous, which varied from mild to moderate,

At this point I had to lie down. I felt cold and shivery. I found myself taking rapid shallow breaths.

I would feel a little better within ten minutes or so but extremely tired. I didn't want to get up again, but I did and continued getting ready.

After a few minutes of getting ready I got the same sensation of light headiness. I lay down again and within about ten minutes felt better, although still extremely tired.

At this point there was no appetite, the thought of food made me nauseous.

I first noticed this around September 2014. In the beginning it was just once or twice a week, but not so severe. Since the beginning of January 2015, it had been occurring about 4 or 5 times a week. However, at the beginning of February 2015 it happened every morning and got much more severe. So much so that I almost passed out at work and had to been driven home.

I should mentions that apart from this condition I have no other medical issues. I would consider myself fairly fit and in fact completed the Tough Mudder Obstacle course one year ago.

In the past 10 years, I had only missed two days of work due to illness.

Since these problems arose, I have missed 4 weeks of work and lost 20 lb. in weight.

I saw my physician, who referred to me to a neurologist and an internist. I went through all the tests that you could think of, including:

Blood tests - testing for everything imaginable.
Head MRI
CT angiogram
Abdominal ultrasound
Holter monitor (24 hour cardiac monitor)
EKG
Ambulatory blood pressure monitor (24 hours)
Sleep apnoea monitor
Urine and stool tests
H. Pylori breath test

Nothing showed up. When that happens the only assumption is that it is psychological. However, I was convinced that this wasn't the case, as the symptoms were so real.

Then I noticed that the symptoms seemed to get worse after eating certain foods, in particular wheat and dairy. I cut out both and within about  a week I started to feel better. The nausea was still there but not so severe. After a further 3 weeks, the nausea had almost completely gone. At this point I went to an allergist who confirmed using a skin prick test that I had an
allergy to wheat.  

Despite all this, I wasn't convinced that all these symptoms could simple be due to wheat. Besides, I loved wheat, and even made my own bread. So, I went back to eating wheat. Within 2 days, the nausea and fatigue began to return. I stopped the wheat and after about a week the symptoms started to go away.

That was enough to convince me. It has been 5 weeks since I stopped wheat for the second time and for the past 4 weeks have felt so much better. The nausea has gone and my energy levels are improving.

If you are having similar problems, then that does not mean that it's also due to wheat for you. You should see your physician and have all the tests that they recommend. I'm not dispensing medical advice. I'm just sharing my experience. However, if they aren't able to give you a diagnosis, then you have nothing to lose by cutting out wheat for a  few weeks and seeing what happens. While you're doing that you may also want to read Wheat Belly and perhaps Grain Brain. Both are written by medical specialists and can shed some light on why wheat may be causing these symptoms.

I hope this helps. If it does, please let me know, as I'd like to know just how many others have suffered because of this same food problem.



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I have had the same thing for about 2 years I am 21 now. I like some of you guys. I have visited the doctors and they have run so many tests on me lost count, and a lot of money too. I wake up feeling nauseous, fatigue, and sometimes even dizzy. I have also lost appetite, and can't eat anything during the morning. I'm losing weight and it worries me. I mean after 1 pm. I feel like if I was never sick. Honestly I thought I was the only one, or that I was just crazy. Anyone with an answer please let me know.
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I have similar symptoms to you all and recently it has been discovered that I have chronic cholecystitis (chronic irritation and inflammation of the gallbladder). The gallbladder is often overlooked as it is hidden behind the liver and is more commonly associated with acute cholecystitis, which produces much more immediate and severe pain than the chronic version. All of these symptoms sound as though they could gallbladder related.  Ask your doctor.
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