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How do I tell the difference between eating too fast and something not..

How do I tell the difference in pain between eating somthing that does not agree with me and not chewing the food well enough. I am on normal foods. Thanks..    — domestic G. (posted on February 27, 2002)

February 27, 2002
If you don't chew well enough, you'll feel like there's a rock in your stomach and it will last a while. If you eat too fast, the feeling will begin pass pretty quickly (within 5 or 10 minutes). You'll begin to know your pouch really well and trust me, if you get something stuck, you'll know, it's painful!
   — Amy E.

February 27, 2002
i find that eating or even drinking too fast or not chewing well produces the same result...PAIN! omg does it hurt. i immediately have to stand up & walk around to get the food moving. believe me, i am learning very quickly to slow down. i get a very different feeling when a food doesnt agree with me...i call it a mini dump. i feel as tho im dumping but it is nowhere near as severe as dumping on sugar or fats. i can still function on a mini dump, altho uncomfortably, whereas i must lay down when i have a real dumping episode.
   — sheryl titone

February 27, 2002
I have not chewed my food well on a few occasions & it HURTS. It feels like really, really bad heartburn that comes & goes. Each time the food is trying to go down, it hurts. Normally after a couple of tries of going down, my food has just come back up which is perfectly OK with me because the pain is gone.
   — Lori M.

February 27, 2002
I have a really good tolerance for most foods and don't have to chew chew chew like a lot of people. BUT I have gotten things stuck, I guess. Yes, it hurts! The last was beef stew and the meat was soft. Don't know what that was about but after 3 bites I had to put the spoon down. That's how I know that it is a physical problem and not a physiological one. If it causes a physical problem I have to stop eating THAT MINUTE. I cannot wait or eat through it. If it causes a physiological reaction, I can eat it but BOY am I ever sorry I did afterwards!
   — ctyst

March 3, 2002
I vomited for the first time today. It felt like incredibly bad heartburn with spasms. After two minutes, I vomited up a piece of food I somehow hadn't chewed well enough. Than I felt fine, no further after effects. When a food doesn't agree with me, I dump with nauseau and cold sweats (but no vomiting). Very different reactions for me. I don't know if that's true for everyone though.
   — Kathy J.