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So i've had anxiety, regular panic attacks, and depression for about ten years now. I also have crippling emetophobia.

About a year and a half ago i began experiencing vertigo, i was bed ridden last january and then again this june, but haven't thrown up this entire ten years. Somehow.

I have a specific appointment in two days (tuesday) to test my vertigo to get more answers and apparently some people do get sick from the tests because they're violent and stressful and make you dizzier to moniter you.

I've been off work the last month and a half for my vertigo because i do labour work and i can't do that while dizzy. but the last two weeks i've been nauseated and having a hard time eating, and everything got even worse when i got told about this appointment last week. I actually cried when i got off the phone with the doctor.

I do not feel i am ready to be faced with this phobia, i do not feel strong enough and i am SO terrified it's effected everything. I have gone backwards. This phobia limits everything I do, I can't drive long distances without panicking, I can't eat regularly, I can't do the things I want to do. But to have to count down the days until i might get sick is just mean.

Just needed to share with people who understand.

i don't know what i'm going to do.

k

[tiredofitall]

A friend of mine had severe vertigo that caused her to v a lot and landed her in the hospital. She had all the tests for it that make you dizzy, etc. and she never v once. If the vertigo had not made you v then the tests probably won't either. I totally understand your fear though. The testing does sound terrifying but if you can't function due to the dizziness it seems you don't have much of a choice. Good luck to you. I hope it all goes well. Keep us posted.

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Thanks for replying - just nice that someone was out there and read that post. I will let you know how it goes - just have to force myself through the day until then. Waiting is the worst.

[Afdpt]

If you don't typically have nausea or vomit during your vertigo episodes there's a good chance you won't during the testing either.

I'm a physical therapist and we examine/treat vertigo. One question I always ask is whether the person has these symptoms with the vertigo episodes at home. In my experience, those who have n/v at home with vertigo are more likely to have it during our sessions (luckily i have never had anyone actually be sick during a treatment, just nausea that is relieved with rest.) The ones who don't have n/v at home, don't have it during our sessions either.

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Thanks for responding. I do feel nausea pretty constantly but it's generally related to anxiety. My body is accustomed to it. I do have vertigo and it has been bad in the past but it hasn't made me v. Which i know is strange for vertigo, i'm not sure why that's the case for me.