u/BigMac1302

Hello! I’m a new member, and I’ve heard of this condition only recently. A little backstory, I will try to make it as brief as I possibly can:

I (19F) have experienced dizziness and nausea since early Feb of this year, I am in with a private ENT and they believe it could be vestibular migraines. Okay, cool. However, I have heard of this condition only recently and it made me think. I RARELY burp, I can’t force myself to burp either like everyone I know can, if I do burp it’s nothing loud or noticeable, it’s like the tiniest fart in my mouth and that is it. I am an emetophobe, I am on Sertraline for the anxiety of it, but when the side effects were kicking my ass the nausea was terrible, like to the point where I definitely should have vomited. It I didn’t. The nausea I feel from the possible VM has never made me vomit (thankfully).

I have vomited in the past, last time I have I was 14-15 from an excessive amount of alcohol, and of course the random vomiting when you are young. After I eat, I have the gurgle of air in my throat and chest. It’s not painful to me, it’s a ‘whatever’ kind of thing. As for the excessive flatulence, I don’t really find it so troublesome. If I do, I will blame another person (as you do).

I have considered mentioning it to my ENT either way, I suppose I just wanted to know what everyone else thought. Could it possibly be this no burp syndrome? Another thing, and I do not want to seem rude or insensitive, I’m merely curious, but how does this cause distress for people? I’m perfectly fine not being able to vomit, that’s the thing I’m scared of the most, so being unable to sounds great to me. The flatulence, as I said I will do the cheeky thing and blame it on someone else or just look around confused like ‘where the hell is that coming from?’. Plus, I’m lactose intolerant but still eat a bunch of dairy so farting is pretty damn normal for me.

Please correct me if I’m wrong on anything, or explain to me how it can be distressing to most people. Basically, educate me lol. I wish you all the best!

I (19F) have been experiencing a difficult year so far, had to continue my uni studies at home due to sudden nausea/vertigo which make it difficult to travel (I am in with ENT and hopefully will be treated soon!!), I recently started Sertraline for emetophobia which got worse with the vertigo nausea stuff and have been experiencing really bad side effects for the past few days. Barely eating, more nausea, waking up in the night, and of course the terrible anxiety of vomiting.

My mum has been taking care of me every single day. She lets me sleep in her bed with her, she cooks and doesn’t mind the waste when I can’t eat, we sit at the top of the garden together during the day, she normally sits outside because it’s sunny and warm, I sit with her because I want her company. I rant to her, I tell her gossip that I heard from my friends. She is my best friend. When I wake up in the middle of the night, she is also awake and making sure I get back to sleep just fine.

I’m unsure if it’s my emotions being out of control from the Sertraline, but I’ve been crying a lot for a few days now, I think it’s because I don’t know how to tell her how much it means to me. I’ve never been a sentimental person, I’m not exactly family oriented, I find it difficult to tell my family I love them, including my mum. But for the past couple of days I’ve realised how lucky I am to have a mum like her.

Hungover the day of a uni presentation and had to get off the bus because I felt nauseous? She was there. Crying over boys that didn’t like me back in secondary school? She was there. Terrible years dealing with serious mental health? She was there. I don’t care how old I am, I am 19 years old and I will still turn to my mum for help. I don’t know where, or who I would be, without her. I don’t know if this is the right subreddit to talk about this lol, but I just needed to put it somewhere.

I love my mum, and I don’t mind her seeing this (she is also on Reddit somewhere lol), I may not be able to tell her I love her but I hope she knows it.