Nausea making it impossible to lead a normal life...

Digestive health
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I've had depression and anxiety of varying degrees for 10 years. 3 years ago I had a really bad spell of anxiety which caused me to lose my appetite completely and feel quite nauseous. I didn't eat for a week and nearly got hospitalised but I managed to get out of it eventually. 

I've recently had a relapse. I had what I think must be a virus (upset stomach first, then I got a very mucuosy cough) which caused a build up of anxiety (I hate feeling unwell) until I had a full blown breakdown. I started having constant nausea, couldn't eat, kept having panic attacks...it sucked. 

I went to my GP and she prescribed 20mg of Propranolol 3 times a day (I'm quite small so that seemed enough to her) to deal with the anxiety and combat the nausea. At first it felt great, but soon the nausea was back and only seemed to go away when I ate (which is hard when you feel super nauseous). I've gotten to the point now where I can fight off the nausea towards the end of the day, but it's unbearable in the morning making it impossible to go to work or even get out of bed. I went back to the GP and was prescribed cyclizine for the nausea but it doesn't seem to be making a huge difference.

I'm aware that a side effect of Propranolol is nausea and diarrhoea (which I've also had) so should I just stop taking the Propranolol? It's helped with the anxiety but to be honest the only thing keeping me anxious is the constant nausea. 

I'm at my wits end and just want to get better sad I've considered everything it could be...the lingering virus, post-nasal drip, even IBS. It's puzzling to me that I'm able to get myself to an okay place by the evening but it's always there as soon as I wake up even if I went to sleep feeling great. 

Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. 

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A naturopath told me to try vitamin b6 for nausea and I know personally that ginger helps too. I drink it every morning.

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If your uncomfortable with your first diagnosed go to another doc or even a gastro doc, sounds like you have problems with your belly much like a lot of other with gastritis do ,I would ask for an endoscopy to rule out gastritis.

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Try coming off the anxiety medication to see if the nausea goes away.  Maybe try distraction techniques like listening to music or a hobby instead.  IBS, depression and anxiety go together.  IBS can come about after a viral infection too,. However, IBS involves a change of bowel habit, stomach pain and sometimes food intolerance.  Nausea is also a symptom.