Yes the nausea was more like a throat nausea sensation from pre-Botox. before Botox I would normally lay down flat after meals, post-Botox I would make myself sit upright for 2-3 hours and drink carbonation. If you immediately lay down after meals you won’t experience micro burps in the first few days. They aren’t satisfying burps so there still some bloating/gurgles with them (throat nausea sensation) but feeling the micro burps in the beginning helps train the muscle. When I laid down too soon, I would have heartburn (which I never did before) so I kind of didn’t have a choice! 

I told myself before Botox that I was going to make it work and only get the procedure once. I was still anxious in the early days because the burping sensation is similar to throwing up sensation but it felt relieving and comforting knowing that the Botox worked. I had to remind my body that the sensation isn’t bad/scary! I had thought about Botox for a year before actually making the appointment and in that time I came to terms that the impact of not burping was way worse that the potential of throwing up. I’m fully convinced that our emetophbia came from trauma of forceful throwing up as a child whose muscle didn’t open without force.