.... I have suffered since age 3 and had my first panic attack at that age. At age 5 Mum was told I was anorexic-type but NO ONE asked why! She was told I would 'grow out of it' [not eating much] - I'm still waiting to grow!
Maybe you didn't feel quite so worried because your daughter had eaten shell-fish so it was an allergic reaction and not a 'bug'? I watched a 4 year old vomit recently, it was a sudden event after he fell off his bike onto his stomach. His Mother 'caught' the lot
and I watched in horrid fascination that a} she didn't join in and b} I actually watched!
Hubby only has to cough and I check he's OK and if he moves about in bed, well, it freaks me in case he's putting off the dash to the bathroom. We each have a waste-basket by the bed, just in case. We have containers in the cars also ........
Since taking medication for IBS my gut doesn't roll constantly. Before if I had a day when I didn't say to Hubby "I feel sick" we would tick the calendar! I had years of counselling. I had years of trying to find a way of confronting my fear ....... but the therapists were unable to understand the deep rooted terrifying fear that I suffer. When I'm in fear I shake continually, sometimes for hours. A psychologist once told me that the body cannot maintain a panic attack for more than 20 mins ........ I never saw her again once I'd told her my longest was 4 days and nights!
Now that my gut doesn't roll constantly I am able to do much more, go places including shopping: I'm not always searching for a bin 'just in case' ....... or watching others close by in case .......... the phobia has ruled my life 24/7, as I had nightmares so never got release from sleep.
When I'm queasy I notice that there are adverts in all the magazines for food stuffs so I can't even browse in order to take my mind off my stomach ........