Hi everyone. I'm new here, and have been emetephobic since I can remember, although it's only in the past year or so I've realised it's a phobia. Before, I thought everyone went into a panic attack at the idea of v*!
I used to cope fairly well, and unless I had a bug I'd be fine. Since giving birth over 9 months ago, though, where I didn't v* but did have an extremely traumatic birth, I have felt ill almost every night. This has grown in severity, and is now at the point where I am up at 3:30am because I am terrified that I will v* if I lie down. I know I'm probably exhausted, and that's why I feel n* and dizzy, just like I have done every night the past week and been fine, but I just can't wind down and chill out enough to stop feeing anxious and go to bed. Every night it gets worse, and now it's started making me feel ill in the day, too.
I need to get s grip on this; I'm tired all the time and constantly worrying about v*, and it's starting to destroy my life. I can't do anything without panicking, even eating and sleeping! I barely eat at all in the evenings now, which probably doesn't help!
Sorry for the long ramble, but I am at my wit's end. What do I do?!? I can't take anti-emetics (That I know of) because I breastfeed, and if I talk to my GP I'l be put on a waiting list. I will go, but what do I do in the meantime? And how do I get to sleep?!?