Anxiety and getting sick?

MAmom111
Fri, 13 Jun 2025 14:40:18 +0000

Thanks for all the reponses. Just to answer some questions and topics that were brought up.

He has been tested for celiac, crohn’s, etc. Also been tested for food allergies and have tried eliminating foods. He’s super picky and literally eats about 10 foods so that was pretty easy to do. He also sees a dietician. Had a feeding tube when he was 1.5-4 as he just refused solid foods and had a failure to thrive diagnosis but they never found any medical condition after about a milion tests. He had feeding therapy for years and I think added 2 foods to his repertoire. His GI Dr doesn’t think his current issues are related to his previous issues as he had about 10 year in between where he was okay.

We do live outisde Boston and he sees a great GI Dr at Mass General, which is where he was also treated when he was younger. My other son used to be treated at Childrens for a different issue and I’ve always personally prefered the care we’ve received at MGH. (obviously not to say Children’s is not a great hospital).

I don’t remember all of the names of his meds off the top of my head as I have 3 kids with mental health issues and they’ve been on various meds throughout the years. He is 18. The GI Dr prescribed him Cyphroheptadine to take at night and in the AM but that seems to make his vomiting worse so he’s not taking it. He takes mirtzapine at night to help him sleep and for anxiety. He takes a slow release clonidine in the mornings to help with anxiety. The vomiting happens when he first wakes up, before he takes any meds so I don’t think the ADHD med (Ritalin) is causing it. He does not typically vomit on weekends when he can sleep in. He als has Xanax on hand for those days when his anxiety is super high. (has only taken a couple times for job interviews & SAT’s and says it does help).

He is on an IEP and is able to come into school late without any consequences if he’s sick in the morning. He also got accomodations for the SAT & ACT. He’s socially super shy but has no problem doing things like ordering food or going to the doctor by himself.

I just ordered him a pulsating band that’s supposed to help with nausea as well as a homeopathic medicine that’s called “Calm” to see if either of those help.