Morning Nausea daily panic attacks (new member)

Dear Izzy,

We must be anxiety-twins!  I'm exactly like you and others are too! You are not alone in this.

Some mornings I get up and immediately have the shakes, I deal with it one or two ways: first realize that its anxiety and its not meant to be fought but managed so I usually try step 1> guided meditations, or 2> if i'm too distracted for guided meditations and I just can't shake it, I throw down a Xanax and move on with my day.  Sometimes fighting the anxiety is too hard, especially because I haven't developed all my CBT tools yet.  I'm trying Moodgym.com and I've found that TEA forms (Thought/Error/Analysis) are helping me.  My therapist is only available every 3 weeks so I'm trying to learn my own tools and taking a lot of ownership for my anxiety.

I have found that on particularly nauseous days I prefer to have a little Pepto-Bismol to help settle my stomach.  And I try to eat plain crackers and have Sprite or 7-Up to settle myself.  It's funny my wife is pregnant and I'm the one running around feeling barfy and eating like I have morning sickness. :>  The Pepto-Bismol helps me just enough to make my tummy feel better so I can get my mind off it and onto other things.

The other day I woke up with so much anxiety I was shaking and trying to stuff crackers in my mouth just to see if I could settle my stomach and just felt sicker and sicker trying to feed myself. 

I went running today, it feels good. If you don't exercise, try exercising.  If you exercise regularly go punish yourself at the gym.  I was actually trying to get exercise to trigger a panic attack today because someone said on the forum its possible that exercise will give you anxiety but I think that's just a silly Internet rumor.  I ran the heck out of myself for an hour at near top speeds and all I have is jello legs and a clear, normal head.

Talk to your doc about all your available options.  I'm on a good road with the CBT and TEA forms, but sometimes "daddy's little helper" ie: the Xanax the only things that sets me straight while I am working to strengthen my CBT and help re-train my brain to be more positive.

Love and luck to you Izzy....try the Pepto...it sucks but anxiety creates physical malaise.  We just have to deal with the symptoms but treat and work with the underlying anxiety causes.

 

Hey, thank you so much for replying, love the links and ideas! It's so lonely trying to sort which problem I should deal with first with the normal everyday folk I talk to, I can't tell them all of this they'll think I'm crazy. I've started listening to rain and thunderstorm cd's as they relax me I love the sound. My first cbt interview went well, she says I definitely am not depressed but have GAD mainly health anxiety tho. My triggers are to be discussed at our next appointment Tuesday, she was lovely I cried a lot. I've had a lot of stress that I didn't realise I'd been carrying round with me, and felt a bit better even ate after talking to her. But today's been bad, had some stress at dinner and it knocked me into bed. God darn anxiety. I hate it. I'm going to try the exercise thing I'm not unfit but I could do more I went swimming with my son and felt wonderful while in the pool, then jelly legs when I got out! I'm going to try yoga too I need to get a DVD or something to do in the day as that's when it's worse just after I get up. I always kno what kind of day ill have. It either washes over me when I open my eyes or I'm ok til I stand then feel shaky. Just like now. I should sleep the only place I'm free of it for a while. Much love to you all thanks for being there xxxx

For years I thought I was the only man that ever had morning sickness. lol, I have since learned that
acid reflux causes some of this so I don't even try to eat breakfast, I am basically a two meals a day guy.
I need for you to understand you sound pretty normal to me, think about it we are just the way we are.
We darn sure don't need to apologize to anyone or be ashamed. "I don't know anyone with PAD that is not
well above the average intelligence wise. So we may be different but we have a lot to offer.
Here on this Forum you will find Friends, and Help.

Larry ***

Sometimes I don't feel normal. I feel like everyone else is doing the good stuff and I'm just locked up in my head never to be out again. It's the doom and gloom thoughts that hurt the most. The absolute worst vase scene sip I can imagine in any situation is normally at the forefront of my mind be it from a simple chest pain being a heart problem and failure or a temperature being blood poisoning. It's like I'm punishing myself? Why am I doing that? I've never took drugs or got into trouble with police or prison I'm a good mum I think I just wish I could stop beating myself up over stuff. It's exhausting isn't it! My nausea is a bit easier this morning but I'm aching I feel like I haven't slept :/ hope you're all ok and party ty for replying I'm a two meal a day girl too, I've tried force feeding oats with brown sugar in a morning the odd time, when it doesn't mSke me gag too much I'm not sick and it giver energy but most days? Na. Breakfast is not for me xxx

Good news is there's no such thing as normal ;) we can be whatever we want and we are just that. Being locked up in the head is so frustrating, I try to change the channel. It's like we are making a movie up in there about what odd and other things and guess what you're the only one watching. Like Lorien said the other day and I May misquote "they're only ****ing feelings lol". Yep Lorien is right! ;)

The workers at your children's school are right...you are doing great at the toughest, most demanding and important job that there is...mothering!

I wouldn't be suprised at all if, when your kids are older, you get back to school and into the vocation of your dreams...and all of this anxiety trouble will be managed very well.

Keep working toward your goal of getting better for you, your family and your future aspirations...you can do it!

S.C.

Hi Gizzy!

Love

Larry ***

Brand new member. Just found this site, and I am glad I did. Have been experiencing morning nausea for a few months now. But it never dawned on me for a moment that phsychological reasons (anxiety, worry, etc.) could cause this. I have a good life and great health but this oppressive nauseating feeling every morning is so not like me. Anyway, thank you everyone for your input...it has given me food for thought and ideas that might help. The best part is not feeling alone and also not dreaming up crazy reasons why I feel that way.


Optomist

Hi lvsflwrs and welcome!

I am glad that you are finding good ideas here, and some comfort in knowing that you are not alone.

I invite you to post with us anytime for support and understanding!

Talk to you soon.

Scaredy Cat