Re: Me too!
#339022 - 12/07/08 11:59 AM
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Nelly
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Oh, she rocks! She was a lot of fun... I met her up in NY with another girl, don't remember her handle. They were both sweet. Dalia and I were weighing each other's handbags to see which one was heavier.  The IBS survival kit!! It's heavy, but fits in a handbag!!
I've probably met 15 or 16 people on these boards plus their sig oths over the years. Maybe more... I'd have to think. It's always been so normalizing to meet someone who's going through the same thing. I haven't traveled in aaages, but when my back can stand it, hopefully I can travel for leisure again.
~nelly~
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Yes she was very fun! I only met her once, we talked a few times, but we had similar phobia issues and I think I freaked her out or maybe just upset her when I called her in the midst of a panic attack. (I'm not usually good at asking for any help from anyone, but with this, it took me a long while to figure out how to get support I needed without totally leaning on people.) Anyway, we lost touch after that.
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Re: Me too!
#339026 - 12/07/08 01:33 PM
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Nelly
Reged: 08/06/04
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I remember, she's an emetophobe.  It's scary to watch people go through a panic attack! I've had panic attacks too, in public-- people don't know how to deal with me when that happens.
A boy in high school hopped on his bike and tore into my driveway, throwing himself on the grass, screaming that he was having a panic attack. His first impulse was to go somewhere safe-- my house. But I couldn't deal... I'd never seen one before and ended up screaming at him to knock it off, which actually he did. I think he was shocked out of it by my reaction.
I started having panic attacks in my 30s, usually in doctor and dentists' offices. I had a bad one in the waiting room of a state human services waiting room. It was the 3rd time I'd been there in a month, because the free doctor kept never showing up. The third time I sobbed maniacally, and finally a nurse came immediately and I told her I was just there for an ativan Rx, which she brought out promptly! I never went back and I never saw that absentee doctor ever!! Human services, indeed. *grumph*
~nelly~
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Yes - scary when they are happening for everyone. It took me a while to even figure out what the hell was going on with me. I know several people who went to the ER the first time they had one. I certainly felt as if I might die when I had them. You seem to have had SO many awful experiences with doctors and with public health institutions, or divisions or whatever. It seems like no wonder that was connected to a panic attack for you. I guess a lot of us who have been through this since childhood don't feel especially trusting around doctors.
Okay time to go clean the cats litterbox because I can hardly breathe sitting here... I know that's pretty hard to top but...hope you're up to something more exciting than that this evening!
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