# slight nausea upon waking **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 20, 2001, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slight-nausea-upon-waking/77114 "2001-08-20T10:13:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nickc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/47e85d/32.png) [@nickc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nickc)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2001, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slight-nausea-upon-waking/77114/1 "2001-08-20T10:13:08Z")
It seems that just about every morning I’ve been waking up with a feeling of nausea. I have absolutely no desire for food, despite this condition being relieved upon eating. I normally eat grapes, bread, or rice because they seem to be digested with greater ease. My question: why is this happening? ---
**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2001, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slight-nausea-upon-waking/77114/2 "2001-08-20T10:19:22Z")
I think you might be pregnant. ---
**Author:** ![nickc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/47e85d/32.png) [@nickc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nickc)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2001, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slight-nausea-upon-waking/77114/3 "2001-08-20T10:25:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dr. Schadenfreude \* > \*\*I think you might be pregnant. \*\* I hope not, I’m 17… Not to mention, male. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2001, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slight-nausea-upon-waking/77114/4 "2001-08-20T10:30:58Z")
I get that when I’m wicked stressed-it’s part of the whole dreading going to work thing. Is there anything particularly stressful going on in your life? ---
**Author:** ![nickc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/47e85d/32.png) [@nickc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nickc)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2001, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slight-nausea-upon-waking/77114/5 "2001-08-20T10:44:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lsura \* > \*\*I get that when I’m wicked stressed-it’s part of the whole dreading going to work thing. Is there anything particularly stressful going on in your life? \*\* Hmm, sort of. It’s personal, so I will not mention it. I have recently been taking 5-HTP to help control depression, and it seems to be working. One of the ‘benefits’ of 5-HTP is supposedly reduced appetite, but I have not noticed it, unless it’s manifesting itself through morning nausea. I am supposed to be taking prozac and paxil, but I personally do not enjoy the side effects of either. Anyway, I have experienced episodes of stress/depression before and have not noticed anything similar to this. ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2001, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slight-nausea-upon-waking/77114/6 "2001-08-20T13:18:54Z")
Questions of side effects aside, sometimes low blood sugar in the morning will make you feel queasy, especially if you didn’t have a good solid dinner the night before. Happens to me and about half my family all the time. It helps if you get up and move around, maybe drink some coffee or tea with milk and sugar in it. If you just lie there in bed, it only gets worse, until you feel so sick you can’t eat. And then you get the “hunger headache”… Also, eating a good balanced supper helps. Not pizza and chips (Mom said to the teenager). 😉 ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2001, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slight-nausea-upon-waking/77114/7 "2001-08-20T13:52:27Z")
Might also be slight dehydration. Face it, though. You’re pregnant. Prepare to be in next week’s Weekly World News. ---
**Author:** ![jonfromdenver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/82dd89/32.png) [@jonfromdenver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jonfromdenver)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2001, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slight-nausea-upon-waking/77114/8 "2001-08-20T14:22:04Z")
do you have an overactive conscience? i myself feel sick when faced with a moral dilemma. but most likely, your depression is the cause. i would go back on the prozac, it should mellow you down. ---
**Author:** ![stolichnaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bcef8e/32.png) [@stolichnaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stolichnaya)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2001, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slight-nausea-upon-waking/77114/9 "2001-08-20T14:31:06Z")
Put me down as agreeing with **lortar** , at least the dehydration part ;). Perhaps the medication is a diuretic. I described a similar problem to a doctor friend and his advice was to drink an extra few glasses of water during the day and one before bed. I wouldn’t try anything else without talking to the doctor that prescribed the medication you’re taking, but a little extra water couldn’t hurt, and may just help. ---
**Author:** ![stolichnaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bcef8e/32.png) [@stolichnaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stolichnaya)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2001, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slight-nausea-upon-waking/77114/10 "2001-08-20T14:34:20Z")
Woops, sorry **slortar** , your “s” got cut off in the topic review. ---
**Author:** ![Podkayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Podkayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Podkayne)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2001, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slight-nausea-upon-waking/77114/11 "2001-08-20T15:10:45Z")
Since about the time I was in junior high, I have been slightly nauseous upon waking, every single day. I have absolutely _zero_ interest in this meal called “breakfast.” Don’t get me wrong; I love pancakes, waffles, hot cereal, cold cereal, toast, donuts, bagels and cream cheese . . . just not in the morning. For me, it’s worse the earlier I get up, so I don’t think it’s easily correlated with dehydration or blood sugar. I just always thought of it as my stomach not being awake yet, and resenting being jostled around as I go about my morning routine. _Tres scientifique, no?_ And, as soon as I saw the title of the thread, I _knew_ that somene would have responded, “Maybe you’re pregnant,” because anytime I have ever mentioned this to anyone, some wit has to suggest it. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![irishgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2001, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slight-nausea-upon-waking/77114/12 "2001-08-21T15:25:15Z")
hmm… do you take iron supplements? that can cause nausea. after having morning nausea for almost 2 years i linked it back to my multivits. now i take about 4 different pills instead of one…just to make sure i don’t take iron. try keeping some ginger biscuits beside the bed, those work as an anti-emetic and should raise your blood sugar as well. ---
**Author:** ![Corrvin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bbce88/32.png) [@Corrvin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corrvin)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2001, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slight-nausea-upon-waking/77114/13 "2001-08-21T16:02:59Z")
Well, my fix for that was just to sleep until noon. Every day. I love the midshift. Corr ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2001, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slight-nausea-upon-waking/77114/14 "2001-08-21T17:26:06Z")
My husband wakes up nauseous every day. We think he’s catabolic from lack of food (he burns fuel really fast). He eats a Balance Bar first thing, then feels ok. I am pregnant, so I am feeling pukey all the time. Crackers, a little milk, some toast- all may help. Eat something beofre you get out of bed, if you can. Can you eat something right before you go to sleep? I know it’s fattening, but it can help stave off the morning nausea. ---
**Author:** ![Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/258eb7/32.png) [@Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wonko_The_Sane)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2001, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slight-nausea-upon-waking/77114/15 "2001-08-21T17:33:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by nickc \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Dr. Schadenfreude \* > > \*\*I think you might be pregnant. \*\* > > I hope not, I’m 17… > > Not to mention, male. \*\* I’m thinking \*\*Book Deal!!!