well i feel like a huge weight has been lifted off my shoulders!!
after finding this sight and hearing from all of you, i see that i am not crazy and paranoid. i ventured out to walmart today (by myself of course), it was so crowded it took me 20 minutes to find a parking spot, i thought about turning around and driving home, but i talked myself out of it. once inside with all the crazy christmas shoppers, i started to get the hot sweaty, crampy anxiety feeling.. i convinced myself i was ok, and finished my shopping..
when i came home, i had a talk with my husband.. he didnt take me seriously, said i probably dont really even have ibs and shouldnt be taking so much immodium (his dad owns a pharmacy, which he used to work at) until i started bawling my eyes out and told him how i imagined my miserable future if i dont get control over this. Then he told me he would be more supportive and try and learn as much about it as possible. i feel 10 times better than i did yesterday and have you guys to thank for it.
thanks so much for relating, and the positive comments and suggestions!!
ps- about the pharmacy thing..my husband is a recoverying painkiller addict..4 years clean today, so, you can understand his adversity to taking pills to treat something that seems so easy to control. i plan to havehim listen to the companion part of the hypnosis cd, and i will be printing out stories and information from this site for him to read! that also helped when i told him i do not understand his addiction/disease one single bit, sounds just as crazy to me that he could not stop taking pills without the help of doctors, as my anxiety and bathroom problems sound crazy to him!! phew.. got alot off my chest today, this is the most i have been able to communicate about this for the last 4 years! thanks again!
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