bad day for panic
#339440 - 12/15/08 07:21 PM
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hawkeye
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I've been doing so much better - but too many people talked to me about their kid's stomach bugs or husband with a bug or whatever - now I'm catastrophizing, as one of my books says. Or awfulizing as someone recently posted. Trying to keep breathing - just looking to vent a little and see if it helps me change my thinking... ugh!
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I'm right there with you. I know this probably doesnt help but I'm a teacher so currently its all I am hearing so the smallest movement my stomach makes- I freak out. Ive been reading your posts and it seems like youre doing a good job trying to get past your anxieties. I always try to remember that no matter what I get it will pass and soon I will be better and it will all be over with. Hope that helps a bit. Isnt this a lovely time of year?!
Stefanie
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Thanks Stefanie,
It does help a little to know someone else is freaking out unnecessarily. I don't know why, but it does! Why do you think you have this? I'm curious about how other people arrived in this state! I work with kids too - I've been hearing about it for a few weeks so I keep telling myself if I was going to get it, I'd have gotten it by now. Its not impeccable logic perhaps, but the fear isn't especially logical either.
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When I was younger- like college aged I was always the one to open the bathroom door without a paper towel, never worried about the germs involved in sharing a utensil or drinking from someone elses glass. I just never worried about germs. And for the most part I was always healthy!
Then I at age 26 I had open heart surgery, was in the hospital for an extended time, was in the ER etc. And then during recovery a lot of the medicine made me sick. And right after I was almost completely recovered this IBS stuff started and thats for me when everything went down hill.
My stomach was constantly sick feeling and I was always in the bathroom and the anxiety started and the panic attacks started. It takes over my life sometimes. So I dont know but I feel like for me its all been connected. I feel like I developed this insanely irrational fear with IBS. Right now people around me are getting sick and so here I am regretting eating anything today living in this stress for no reason!
I know its all in my mind and Ive been sick before- and I'm still here, I didnt die from it and actually it only took one or two days to get over it. But somehow in the midst of the irrational thoughts I cant see that.
I use so much hand sanitizer that my hands bleed! So why I have this- I dont know for sure I just know that prior to IBS I never ever had a panic attack, never worried about something so irrational like this. So I kinda think its all connected- some sort of seratonin or brain thing I dont know. Ugh... how about you-have you had this fear for a long time, or when/how did it come about for you?
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going to bed right now - I had ibs since childhood, and several traumatic incidents with illness as a kid including one very long hospital stay as a pre-teen that really messed me up emotionally. Panic attacks started for me a few years ago. I haven't had one for over a year now, but am feeling in pretty sorry shape today - it still beats me down some days.
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hawkeye,
What seems to trigger the anxiety? Is it something about germs?
BTW - I love your signature... wasn't that something that Dr. Sidney Freedman said?
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Saul (IBS - D)
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I have a phobia of throwing up. Its been going on for many years now. Currently in therapy as I've written about here. Yes my signature is from Sidney - I used to love MASH when I was a kid and now its kind of a nostalgic thing.
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Thanks for your reply.
I don't have a common frame of reference so I can't offer any advice other than to continue in therapy (and it's a good thing that you're doing).
I've (finally) decided to see a psychiatrist for my issues and have my first appointment in two weeks.
Good luck to you!
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Saul (IBS - D)
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yep i know the feeling all too well... its called Emetaphobia
I take refuge at these messageboards http://emetophobics.proboards83.com/index.cgi
and i know there are alot more boards out there dedicated to this.
i do pretty good on a day to day basis right now which is an improvement from 2 years ago when i did not know i had IBS so every attack i though i had a Stomach issue and my anxiety would flare and again that would cause yet another attack... its a vicious circle...
but now i can relax as i know what the attacks are now.. so iv been better since then
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I tried going on one of those boards a few years ago, I found it got me stirred up even worse! Maybe now that I'm doing a little better it might be helpful. I'm not sure. Today was an interesting day - I was mostly very resolved to stay calm while the panic continued to chatter away more in the background than usual, and only at times sort of broke through and made me feel anxious. Its not the kind of huge improvement I'd like, but its improvement anyway.
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