Help :(:(:(

[violet]

I think im just needing a vent at the moment, I feel pretty n* and I keep passing wind, its strange and uncomfortable, and theres a strange feeling in my stomach, it just will not pass, its nearly 2 am and this discomfort is again causing me not to be able to sleep..

The more it goes on the more I feel n*

I dont know if this could be my ibs or it may be something else, but the more it goes on the more I pannic, and I know that at the begining I wasnt pannicing but I am now

Help?

[sage]

One of the things you (and others) can do to stop this (anxiety) from happening over and over is to write down every single "symptom" that you have when you feel like this. Make a list. Kind of like: gassy, passing wind, knot in my stomach, headache, shaking....etc. etc...If you're in pain, describe the pain very very clearly and thoroughly. THEN you can note later that you were not sick, and you did not vomit from these feelings. Next time you have them and you're scared, make another list, or "check off" the symptoms from before. Note AGAIN that you did not get sick from these feelings. Eventually as time goes on, you will start to see that all of these feelings do not lead to vomiting. People feel like this often, yet people who don't want to do not vomit more than once every 20 or 30 years. My husband and I are like that....he's only been sick once in 30 years, and I have been sick once ten years ago (after chemo) and before that it was like 1971. I knew before I did it that the feeling was not the same as the feelings I had had over and over (almost daily) for years. Anyway, my point is that learning what is anxiety and what is real sickness is a huge benefit.


Good luck!

[violet]

Thankx for your reply sage!

Its still happening, even when i put a little bit of water in my stomach I pass wind.

It is starting to freak me out now :S

I dont even know what this could be since its lasted about an hour odd now..

Wish it was stop so I could get some sleep..

I will take your advice sage and start one from tonight!

Thankx again xx

[katsamsmom]

sounds like you need to take an acid reducer or gas reducer. have you tried listening to some soothing musice or maybe some "soundscapes" such as the ocean or rain on a recording?


I cant sleep with out taking a benedryl....which also works as a sleep aid....fir the fear if v ing in my sleep

[violet]

Hey hun,

Thankx for the reply, feels VERY weird at the moment, its liek my stomach is pushing the wind out, and theres still pressure on my bowels but not the usual stuff just strange discomfort, Ive gone from not feeling n* to feel VERY n* again and ive got a dry mouth..

I ate waffles and veg with hinze pickle smooth, and then I had some crackers and marg for my supper..

My stomach felt a little off after I ate, very gassy and uncomfortable.

But now this is taking the p*ss

x

[violet]

ugh, update, my gf that ate the same thing as me feels a bit off she says she has some wind moving around but cant seem to pass it[img]smileys/smilies_11.gif[/img]

[sage]

Okay, so your first entry in your "anxiety journal" would be that gas/wind is uncomfortable, but does not lead to vomiting. Try some anti-gas meds if you have any. Take care.