I am an emetophobic suffering from a panic attack please help

Question

i am so scared that i am sick. im an emetophobic and im panicked so badly i cant sleep

am i sick?

i dont really have a stomach ache but i cant eat because my stomach is so unsettled. also i have really bad diarrea. which i have suffered chronically from for the past year, since my gallbladder was removed. the thing thats worrying me the most is im having chills, my period is due and thats somewhat normal for me, but i cannot calm myself down. ive been in non stop panic for the past 12 hours. would i have gotten sick by now (thrown up) if i was going to?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

it sounds like you are actually dealing with a couple of different problems, so let's address the (obviously) more disturbing of the two.

this is a technique (aka:breathing exercise) that i have NEVER seen fail to break a panic attack.

1st, focus on your breathing... probably a little ragged and out- of- control.  start by breathing in to the slow count of two. (one...two...), and then, out to the count of two. continue until this rate of breathing is comfortable; now, increase both counts to three; then, four and so on.

this works for most people by the count of ten but don't be surprised if you have to go to 15 or 20.  it works in two ways; it will help take your focus off the way you feel physically (the chills and the jitters) and it gradually and smoothly increases your blood oxygen level which is one of nature's tranquilizers and will help change your brain chemistry.

as for the other problem, go back to that same doctor who took care of your gallbladder and ask them to check you out for IBS or irritable bowel syndrome.  i really hope this helps you.  the breathing exercise tends to work faster if you're in a quiet place where you can relax; but it will work in a crowded room full of strangers, too.

i've really never seen it fail.

good luck

Answer 3

I think if you chilled out and slowed down and just relaxed, everything would be ok.  Just take a breather.

You should go see a doctor to see if there is anything to do about your chronic diarrhea, because that doesn't sound so good.  It may be a symtom of the gallbladder thing, but I don't know anything about that.  I think that a lot of the panicky thing needs to be stopped.  Don't freak out.