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Posted 1/29/2014 8:48 PM (GMT 0)
I've been living on antiemetic this week. I can pretty much tell it's anxiety stomach but it's making it hard for me to do anything. I gotta go to the store but I got nervous stomach which feels like nausea which is giving me more anxiety. I took klonopin and zofran. I just can't handle this. I'm tired of being like this everyday.
Posted 1/30/2014 2:27 AM (GMT 0)
Oh man, I know how you feel!! When my anxiety acts up, it seems to take root in my gut!! I wish I could tell you that it will just go away, but the only way to beat it is to ignore it and GO anyhow! B/c if you don't, you just feed the fear and you'll become more and more fearful and you will not want to leave your house ever. I have walked through stores feeling like a four-letter word many times b/c of my nervous anxious stomach. I'd want to cry! I'd be all fidgety and couldn't wait to get back to the car and home! The thing is, I'd feel the same way at home! So I just kept reminding myself that in time, this too will pass. I just keep talking to myself, reminding myself that it is just a feeling. It's an uncomfortable feeling, but a feeling that has no actual power in itself. I try to make sure I breathe deeply, b/c sometimes I'd find that I had been breathing shallowly.
I will be honest with you...I'd rather hurt than be anxious and have those butterflies in my stomach! When my anxiety gets to acting up, I take my Taurine, an amino acid. I've talked about it on here before. It has really helped me. Also, there is a powdered form of magnesium that can be mixed in water and it is helpful too. And although it is controversial in some circles, I personally have no qualms about taking kava kava if I feel like I have to. That is however a personal choice that must be made by each individual after careful consideration of researched materials. Since you are on klonopin, it may not be for you though. I am not on any kind of benzo as my clinic won't give anyone a prescription for them, which stinks!
And one more thing, ginger is very soothing to the stomach. Perhaps some warm ginger tea sweetened with honey would be good.
I do feel for you. I know how hard it is. Please let us know how you are doing soon!
HUGS!
janet
Posted 1/30/2014 2:52 AM (GMT 0)
Mom like JL said, Canada Dry Ginger ail is gooooood for the tummy! Peace

Larry ***
Posted 1/30/2014 7:22 AM (GMT 0)
JL soooo true. I forced myself to get ready to go. I was really anxious but did it. I didn't get everything done because I was stuck with my husband. He's been at work for 3 weeks so he wanted to go with me. Only problem is he gets irritated with where I want to go because it's where I want to go not him. So I didn't make it go all my destinations which aggravated me. I missed him but he's already on my nerves. Plus pms doesn't help.
Posted 1/30/2014 7:51 AM (GMT 0)
Bako,
I am in the early stages of menopause, so I hear you loud and clear! But you did GREAT! You went, despite the way you felt!
When I was first going through my major anxiety/clinical depression period back in 1993, I really didn't know what was going on with me! I remember walking the floors with anxiety eating me alive and not knowing what to do! Family friends bought me some Rescue Remedy, a homeopathic tincture that you add to water in drops. It did absolutely nothing for me. I drank chamomile tea all night, trying to calm myself down. It didn't work. By the time dawn broke that Sunday morning, I hadn't slept a wink, but I forced myself to get ready for Sunday meeting. Mom got into the back seat of the car with me as she knew I wasn't doing well and Dad drove. We lived out in the country, so it took about 20-25 minutes to get to town. Halfway there, I had a full-blown panic attack. Although it was very cold that day, I popped out into a sweat and tore off my jacket and burst into tears. dad asked me if I wanted him to turn around and take me back home. Oh how much I wanted to say YES! But I knew instinctively that if I were to do that, I might never leave the house again. So although it took everything I had in me, I told him NO, to keep going.
Looking back, I know I was right and so that is why that even now, when I get down and nervous, I make myself go and do anyway. I didn't have anyone to tell me what I should do, but in my heart of hearts I knew. It was the same thing when I had my first panic attack at the age of 17. It woke me up out of my sleep. I sat straight up in bed with it. Unlike 99% of folks, I never thought for a second that I was dying or having a heart attack. I knew somehow that it was fear gripping me. I guess I have pretty good insight about myself in a lot of ways, but that doesn't always translate into me changing myself. I wish it did. In most ways, anxiety and phobias have controlled my life, but at least I never became agoraphobic and for that I am grateful.
So hang in there and keep up the good work and celebrate every victory, big or small, b/c for us, they are all BIG!
jl
Posted 1/30/2014 4:25 PM (GMT 0)
I can't pin point where it all started. But I've been in mental health since I was 13. My dad has/had major issues so I kinda knew about things young. I was first diagnosed as psychotic and the doctors had me on some crazy strong medication. My mom asked them since my dad had a lithium imbalance can I. They said I was too young to be tested and on lithium yet I wasn't too young to be on halodol and navane. After a year of being a zombie and put in the hospital because of side effects my mom tapered me off my medication and talked to my GP about me. After a series of blood work I was put on lithium because she said I did have a lithium imbalance. I was on it for 2 years. I can't remember if it worked or not. But had to stop because I got pregnant. After that things seemed to change and it was much different than before. I've been on multiple medications. All for different things. Still a guessing game. I just get so tired of it and sometimes it feels like it gets worse. My husband is a champ for putting up with me. I just get so moody. And he tries so hard to understand me. So I'm lucky for that.
Posted 1/30/2014 6:41 PM (GMT 0)
Bako,
having your husband in your corner is so great! It also sounds like your Mom tried to be. Of course, you were there, so you are the one that really knows...
My first psychiatrist tried me on lithium and i took it for one night and when i sat up on the bed the next morning, I peed on myself a little! I'd never done that before! So I stopped it! i told him about it and he was okay with me quitting it.
Just keep up the good work and always let your hubby know you're glad to have him loving you how you are and cheering you on. Sad to say, some people do not even try to understand and withdraw from us with issues of anxiety and other mental hang-ups. But what goes around comes around! ;)
jl
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