Thanks for the responses. I'm in a really bad place lately and this weekend was a reminder why I need to just give in and take the medication. So I started the lexapro today. Actually, it's a...

I tried zoloft a few years back. I hated being on it. The sleep side effects (insomnia, weird dreams), sexual side effects, the first time I took it I woke up thinking I had a stomach virus the...

Thanks. I'm going to make sure the therapist sees this. It sounds like the bad experiences outweigh the good, and it's risky.

I've heard from several sources that if you are told from a therapist that in order to get better they need to make you vomit as part of the treatment, that you should run. Well I've seen 3...

1) When are they going to figure out that they are WRONG!! How many people hold back from v*ing when sick, and we get better just as fast (if not faster) because we aren't as dehydrated. Grrr...
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Hi Mamafear,
I have 5 year old twins. How about you? I've contemplated having more, but after this last round of illness I am absolutely sure I can't handle anymore kids. I'm scared of the ones...

1) Why, WHY can't pediatricians not just prescribe zofran for any stomach virus? Why do they only give it out when things get so bad and the child gets so dehydrated? Why must kids have to suffer...

I wonder this as well.

Hi wiscomommy. I can definitely relate to your post. Do you think you would feel differently if your 2 year old were grown too? Is it just as hard when your teenagers are sick? I'm hoping it will...

Hi kthomas629. I'm glad to hear you made it through your rough week. You sound so strong! I wish I didn't let the anxiety get to me so bad. I feel like even though I took care of them, I wasn't...

Hi Tryingtobebrave,
It's so reassuring to hear you are at least not experiencing the constant anxiety night after night, like I do even when they are well. I have been seeing a thearpist and he was...

Hi Erin80,
Sounds like you're on the same level as me. You can get them through it and cope, but it is so hard! And the anxiety is always there. Do you think you could handle it by yourself if...

Thanks, SDD. It is comforting to hear that you've managed to escape it every year, and that it doesn't go through the whole house. It is just so hard when you're living in the moment with it. Time...

Hi Mamafear, how old are your older children? How often do they seem to get sick?

My kids just turned 5 a week ago, and they did amazingly well. Except for the first time in bed, they were able...

Does it get easier to deal with stomach viruses in the house as your kids get older? Do you feel you handle it better the more you've gone through it? Ever since my kids started preschool 2 years...

Hi,
I'm looking to formulate a plan with my therapist. I have three areas I think I'm going to try to focus on, and I wondered if you could offer any tips, insights, resources to use, etc. on them:...

I know I asked something similar awhile back, but I'm still stuck on this. When I've read about others' stories about treatment in the past, I was under the impression that you would work on the CBT...

His online coaching forum is at onestepatatime.com and it's free. I don't know too much about how it works. I assume it's a forum similar to this, but there is a timeframe on Sunday nights when he...

I don't know if this will help anyone. But the therapist I am seeing deals mainly with anxiety and phobias. He's been in the field for nearly 40 years. He has a blog and coaches an online support...

Sage, I also forgot to mention that I'm so amazed by how much time you devote in helping other people with this fear. I can't imagine how much effort, dedication and hard work making yourself...

Thanks for your responses. I went back and re-read Sage's website. I realized there was a lot I missed or forgot the first time when I looked at it several months ago. I also think I'm at a point...

I've read about it, gone through this website, have seen a couple different therapists, I understand the logic behind it, but I just can't bring myself to get started! I created a hierarchy of...