Don't worry about asking the doctor for medication - you won't get it unless he/she thinks you need it. All you need to do is go in, say you have been suffering from extreme anxiety and panic and it...
Hi sgm, I used to get panic attacks in Sainsburys, always at the checkout! And as you say, they came on so suddenly and seemingly out of the blue. I too, remember trying to act 'normal' with my heart...
Hi again sgm. Please go to the docs, you really will benefit from CBT therapy for your sickness phobia and it will probably have a big impact on your life. Don't delay anymore, take control and go to...
Hi Sgm, I am really sorry you are going through all this. I have had anxiety in the past and so has my daughter who got so bad she became school phobic. I am happy to say she although she still...
Hi Deshoveled, I think it is quite hard to quell nauseous feelings no matter what the cause. You can get anti-nausea tablets from the doctors but they don't work for everybody and can make you drowsy...
Thank you gishstar, I will tell her about the NO and STOP. It may be difficult to eliminate the dairy from her diet as she is a veggie and loves cheese and stuff but I can look at alternatives. It...
Hi Leslie, could it be anxiety now? The reason I say this is that my 16 year old daughter suffers from anxiety and feels sick and sometimes dry gags. She can also gets lighthead and dizzy and she...
Thankyou for your kind words Kitt. She has had five sessions with the psychologist and they have been going well in that she was able to attend school to do her exams! She had a panic attack before...
Hi again everyone, well my daughter has had a couple of sessions with the local child/adolescent psych team and I am not overly impressed. She is seeing a counsellor who just keeps asking her how she...
Hi there, you poor thing, I know how terrifying heart palpitations can be. I once had one that lasted an hour, I called an ambulance and after about 5 mins of the paramedics being there my heart...
JDSong, this is exactly what my 16 year old daughter is going through at the moment. I see your post wasv from last year so before I ramble on - are you still there and how is your daughter now?...
Thankyou SC. You are right, she is not taking any responsibility for her own recovery at all and it is all on my shoulders. My husband is supportive but does not understand these things as I do so...
Hi Argh, I was on Effexor once and I did have some rather annoying symptoms coming off it. I felt very emotional, quite irrational, tearful (unlike me). I remember locking myself out of my car and...
I am really glad you had a good time Belle! Poppy...
Hi everyone, I hope you are all doing ok at the moment. My daughter has now been seen by the Child/Adolescent Psych team local to us. It was rather an ordeal, my husband and I went with her as they...
Hi Indy, I used to suffer with heart palpitations, usually at times of extreme stress or too much caffeine or once after I suddenly bent down after exercising, my heart just flips over and then goes...
Thank you all of you for your replies. It is interesting how having an actual illness can trigger such fears, I am pretty sure that is what started it all off for my daughter. I also think maybe...
Hi there, I have posted elsewhere about my teenage daughter who is suffering from anxiety and is getting diarrhea. It was usually in the mornings before school but now I have just dropped her into...
Thankyou SC. I will have a look now. I have told her about deep breathing, I use it myself but being sixteen she sort of looks at me as if I am mad and I don't think she tries these things. I will...
Hi there. In the UK Celexa is called Citalapram and I have been on it a few times for anxiety. For me, it is fantastic. I start to feel better after about 9 days and after a few weeks my anxiety...
Hi there you two and thanks for your replies. Things are so frustrating at the moment. Our doctor referred her to CAMHS (Child and adolescent mental health team) two weeks ago and I phoned them up...
Thank you SC and belleadonna for your replies. It is comforting to know that CBT really helped you SC and interesting about your experience belle, thank you for sharing it with me. I am so worried...
Hi Hales Most anti-depressants can make you feel a bit weird for the first few weeks, this is normal whilst your body is adjusting to them. What is happening is that the dizziness and on/off nausea...
I have a beautiful, big house rabbit. She is lovely and soft with huge ears and feet. She loves being petted and grinds her teeth in happiness (not many people know that rabbits do make noises!). She...
Hi everyone, I am new to the forums, from the UK, and am really worried about my daughter so could do with some support! She is 16 and for a while now has been suffering from feeling sick in the...