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Hey Jurriaan Plesman,
How are you?  I am not sure if you are the best person to pose this question to, but I can't find any experts who can really help me.  My friend took about three shots of Hennessy last night, and before she fell asleep, she was up for about three hours after she drank, and threw up three times in those three hours.  Now, after sleeping for about two and a half hours, she can no longer stay asleep and has thrown up several more times.  She said there are no chunks in her barf and it's mainly yellow.  She can't drink anything because it makes her want to throw up more.

I don't know how much these details will help, but if you can please, please help me (or well, my friend) as soon as possible.  Thank you so much.

and now, after she left two and a half hours, she has thrown up several times.

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Hello Victor,

I think the first call would be to a doctor to diagnose what makes her throw up. Is she anorectic??

At this stage I could not help, because I don't know what the matter is.

Jurriaan Plesman, BA(Psych), Post Grad. Dip. Clin. Nutr.
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Jurriaan Plesman, Nutritional Psychotherapist

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I have a degree in Psychology from the Sydney University and a Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Nutrition. I am also the author of “GETTING OFF THE HOOK” which deals with the nutritional and psychological treatment of personality disorders. It is freely available on the internet at Google Book Search. I am interested in the relationship between nutrition and behaviour, and as a Probation ans Parole Officer facilitated groups for offenders, many of whom were alcoholics and drug addicts, sex offenders or compulsive gamblers, as well as the whole gamut of “personality disorders”. I am also the ex-editor of the Hypoglycemic Health Association of Australia Newsletter, a quarterly publication dealing with hypoglycemia and related health problems. Its web site, together with a shortened course of PSYCHOTHERAPY can be visited at: http://www.hypoglycemia.asn.au

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Nutritional Psychotherapy

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The Hypoglycemic Health Association of Australia

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Book: "Getting Off the Hook"freely available on the internet at Google Book Search.
Editor: Hypoglycemic Health Association of Australia
http://www.hypoglycemia.asn.au

Education/Credentials
BA(Psych), Sydney University, Post Grad Dip Clin Nutr (International Academy of Nutrition)

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