Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Re: how do you deal with ibs attacks and anxiety?

Hawkeye,

I'm right there with you! I am absolutely phobic about being sick too! I hate to take drugs as well. And I'm having a miserable week to boot!
I've only been sick 1 day (2 times unfortunately) in the last 15 years. Yep, I hold it all in!
I'm even worse about knowing someone else is sick than I am if it is myself - brutally petrified - I start shaking and everything so I really understand what you feel if your daughter were to be sick.
When I get really nauseated I take gravol, drink peppermint tea (if I can swallow it) and go to bed with an ice pack on my head. If my attacks are bad, I'm scared to take immodium too b/c the last thing I want is to get C! I am still doing the audio program, it's helping my stress level. I also meditate and do controlled breathing and counting until the wave of not feeling good passes. I have super high anxiety about anything - even going to work every day to a job I've held over 5 years.

What you are doing is about what I do - except the hot pack. Hang in there!! Go back to you SF for a couple days, maybe it will help get you back on track.

HUGS!!

Cassandra

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Cassandra

Live like there's no tomorrow. Love like you've never loved before.

IBS A 20+ years, Chronic Migraines, Chiari Malformation (decompressed June 22, 2010), Brachial Neuritis, and ??? the list just keeps growing, but I'm still shiny side up!

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