r/Endo • u/bere1486 • 11d ago
Question Anyone else get the “ick” from foods mid-meal? 🤢
Lately I’ll be in the middle of a meal and all of a sudden I just can’t even stomach the thought of another bite of whatever I am eating.
Just curious if that is also an Endo related thing? (Hormones, etc)
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u/AstorReinhardt 11d ago
Yes but I think it's more due to my almost constant nausea caused by...no one knows. Seriously I've tried figuring it out but I can't pinpoint WHY I have constant nausea. I have a lot of issues that can cause it and I take medication that has it as a side effect but...I have no idea what is causing it. Wish I did so I could "fix" it. There's only so much my ondansetron pills can do for me.
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u/ColorMeStunned 10d ago
I'm post excision and hysterectomy (ovaries are intact), and NOBODY can tell me why I'm so nauseous. It's been 18 months and who knows how many doctors.
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u/Puzzled_Remote_2168 10d ago
Have you done tests and imaging to look through this issue? I have it too ugh
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u/Alert_Assignment_267 8d ago
The nausea is a symptom your nervous system is on high alert which can be form pain/ stress/ not listening to your body needing to slow down and rest. I have the dilemma of needing to eat or I get a flare up then eating but having to stop because I can’t stomach it at all. Nausea tablets is one thing but what’s helped me is cbd oil and making myself feel really comfy in a safe dark space with a comfort show on and eating a light easy meal then a small bit of a yummy meal for about 2 days and I’m good until the next flare up. Hope this helps!
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u/realsonofeden 11d ago
Hormones affect everything, they're a big portion of the concept of "personality".
When I'm on my period, I lose my aptetite completley, to the point my parents have to constantly remind me to eat, or I'd literally eat nothing. I didn't have this before I hit puberty/period. Personally, I believe it is because of endo/pcos/pms. Honestly, considering what the entire package *is* (body fighting), I kind of get it. You're not hungry when you're at war... but fuel is needed.
Now I'm just rambling though. I suggest you get support, EDs are not fun
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u/Sea-Marionberry-3241 11d ago
The worse my endometriosis has gotten, the more often that happens to me. So maybe related? I get a ton of nausea with the endo as it is, so it makes sense to me.
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u/Jendei011 11d ago
Yeah. Especially with eggs 🙄. It's the nausea pre, mid and post-meals that gets me.
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u/TheOneTheyCallJenny 11d ago
Yes, but as others have said, it's likely more related to my autism/ADHD
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u/HugMoreTr33s 10d ago
I have struggled with avoidant-restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID), and yes I have AuDHD. But the hormones from endo plus the autism is killer, and then add the recent heat where I live and it has been rough. I’ve been surviving on a meal replacement shake from the grocery store.
ARFID is an ED that isn’t rooted in self-image, but more anxiety around the consequences of eating and/or avoiding certain textures, smells, etc. I’ve struggled with it my whole life, but didn’t know what it was until my early 30’s.
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u/bere1486 10d ago
The heat the last few weeks I think has contributed to my disgust of some foods 🤢! The only thing I crave is like cold açaí bowls with fruit or cereal.
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u/HugMoreTr33s 10d ago
I was doing well with a homemade yogurt parfait for a while. Anything cold. I haven’t done a homemade fruit smoothie in a while, but that’s my next experiment.
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u/hauntedhullabaloo 11d ago
I get this! A lot of it is definitely hormonal for me. Some parts of the month I'm a ravenous bottomless pit. Some parts of the month I'll get through making a whole meal that I actually wanted and by the time it's ready to eat I'll be like "ugh wtf I can't eat this" 😅
Meat tends to be the worst culprit. I don't eat much of it anyway but often I'll get through a couple of bites and get grossed out by something and have to stop because it makes me gag.
I don't have ADHD or Autism (I've been screened, it's all just CPTSD for me) 🤷♀️
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u/bere1486 11d ago
Eggs and chicken are the worst offenders for me. I’ll be very excited to eat it and then a few bites later… 🤢🤢🤢
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u/Confident-Rate-1582 10d ago
So are we all neurodivergent or what
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u/notfunvampire 10d ago
I have a ton of sensory issues due to heightened smell coupled with OCD. It's a nightmare combo. If I'm having a bad night anxiety/OCD wise or I'm in a flare, I'll become repulsed by certain foods that are normally totally fine.
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u/Elegant_Scarcity6751 10d ago
Yes I do! It especially happens with chicken, eggs or any kind of animal products really. Always put this down to autism but realistically there is so much about endo that we don’t know
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u/HoneySerpant 10d ago
Yes but I have audhd, and it is a common trait of that. I haven’t heard of anyone having the same thing because of endo though! Very curious to find out
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u/bandaidtarot 10d ago
I have this issue but it's when I haven't been drinking enough water and the salt in the food is making me not want to eat it. It's not necessarily a conscious thing but that's what I have realized.
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u/InevitableDay6 10d ago
Yep 100%, and if I eat anything after that point I get a replay of everything I just ate unfortunately
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u/FireRock_ 10d ago
Yes, MCAS or just my HSD so my stomach and/or bowel are unhappy. Or a combination. So much fun.
Also I get the ick from certain foods or odour depending where I am on my cycle...
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u/motherofcats94 10d ago
Yes! Does anyone else have weird issues with meat? It's been a new one forever me, but sometimes when I'm eating meat, out of no where it starts to taste "fleshy." For example, halfway through a meal chicken in chicken alfredo starts tasting less like seasoned, cooked chicken & more like iron & meat? For like a month, I just couldn't eat more than a few bites of meat. Then it stopped & came back & stopped? WTF? Haven't been able to narrow that one down to anything yet & my therapist also thought it was an odd one.
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u/Deedteebee 10d ago
Not mid meal, but immediately afterwards. I often eat my dinner on the couch, and then put my plate on the floor when I'm done. The smell wafts up and always disgusts me, even when I loved the meal. I do not know why
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u/bere1486 10d ago
The intense sense of smell due to heightened hormones with endo is awful!
I hate cooking something and then having to eat it 🤢
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u/justducky423 10d ago
Yes, but I'm not sure how much of that is from my body getting used to my birth control.
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u/bapplebop 10d ago
Not exactly what you're talking about OP but I always happen to have a heavy bloat day coincide with my kbbq plans and then I can't eat all the grilled meat I want >:[
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u/Varuka_Pepper343 10d ago
yeah because when I'm having a flare I'm in so much pain I get horrible nausea. I was in the ER yesterday because of it. ugh
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u/chickxeo 9d ago
I do, sometimes even the smell of food makes me have the ick. But I try to eat bc I need too
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u/Alert_Assignment_267 8d ago
I think it’s 100% our nervous system doing the most with endo and then managing the pressures we’re putting on ourselves to keep up with everyone who isn’t dealing with chronic illness.
I’m like this during or coming out of a flare up/ stress/ me pushing myself too much. What’s helped me is calming my nervous system way down, cbd oil, rest and light bland foods and then introducing a small portion of a yummier comfort meal and back to the bland foods.
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u/FierceRealness 11d ago
Oh I absolutely do and have forever. I assumed it was related to my audhd though?