I'm new here and I need some help.....

[jadepanic]

Hello,Im new here and my name is Jade..i am 25 and I have suffered with Emetophobia since I was 6.
I don't know why I am so scared of it but I am petrified,I have tried so many therepies,I have Hypnotherepy on 3 different occations which didn't work,councilling and I am now having Cognative Behaviour Therepy.I am so scared of getting bugs and My children getting bugs (I have 3 children under the age of 3)What happens with me is that when I about to V* I get water gushing into my mouth,this is what really frightens me for some reason and I don't know why...I also get such awfull panic attacks and I always get these in the eveings,again i don't know why evenings bring on panic.I am scared of every twinge in get in my stomach incase its a bug and I really believe that I will V* every night...even though I am this way,I actually havnt V* since the age of 8 and I didn't get morning sickness when pregnant.I did have a bug about 6 months ago,I ate my tea and I then started to get pains in my stomach not long after,I thought at first it was collick pains as I suffer with Collick now and again,but then I stared having water gush into my mouth every couple of mins and I new then that I was going to V*...I had taken a tablet called Meteclopromide which empties the stomach quickly....I then heaved and nothing came out due to this reason,I am so afraid of this happening again to me every night,its ruining my life and I am never going to get better..I always have this awfull nausea in my throat and my tummy is always sloshy and feels sicky.I'm constantly petrified,I am on anti-deppressents aswell called Lofepramine...and I suffer with such bad depression.I don't want to live this way anymore...does anyone else have any of the problems I have listed?? please any advice is very welcome.Jade.

[olschesky]

welcome to the forum.........i think we all wonder why we feel so scared of this......
have you ever taken an acid reducer? like zantac or a generic brand? i take them every day and don't get that sloshy feeling so much.....and nothing rising up in my throat. you might want to give them a try....they take a few days to start working so dont give up quickly.

wow.....3 kids....ii never had the nerve to have kids.......scared of morning sickness and kids getting sick.

it's nice that your husband is supportive.....i know lots of people who arent and it's sad.......but it is such a hard thing to undersrtand for someone who doesnt suffer with it.

again, welcome.....hope you find some comfort here