Menopause Discussion > Personal Experiences
Emitophobia
Taz2:
You know someone now Karen! I had metro whatsit for a dental infection last December and I was convinced I would suffer all the side effects as the dentist went into great detail as to what could happen but how important it was to keep taking it. Anyway it didn't affect me digestively at all but I did get some of the other side effects such as bladder problems. I swallowed each pill straight after food with half a pint of water - recommended by the dentist and surprisingly hard to do - and didn't feel sick once. The second time I took it though I developed a dreadful rash within hours and so that's another one on my list of no-no's :(
Taz x
Eddie:
Morning CLKD, hope you are feeling better today, hope you are still taking it easy! The weather here is dreadful, rained all weekend, but i suppose it makes the fish active, if you are watching them. Eddie. x
CLKD:
:thankyou: everyone ! the fear is more controlled since mid-afternoon yesterday. Am managing to eat rubbish foods i.e. chocolate croxsonts [sp] ::) and a sort of cheesecake ........ we had a delicious mango yesterday, messy and tasty. When the fear strikes my brain asks how I can face anything other than Rich Tea biscuits and the thought of fried foods or anything which smells >:( and every magazine or TV programme has adverts about food :bang: :bang: :bang: ......
I feel very woozy. I am still vulnerable so am keeping busy. I need toup my beta-blocka for a few days to control the left over anxiety as we have LOTS to do this week ;) ........... though at 1.30 on Friday morning when I was self destructing I couldn't think of doing anything any more :'( except die. However logical that although I feel dreadful I am not sick the tightness across my belly button makes it impossible to even consider putting anything into my mouth which might return; yet when I was sick after taking that codeine mix, it was a big burp, up, out and over :o .......... now explain that! and no, it's never been explained.
I've seen psychologists, the GP has been very good, the whole issue is very embarrassing :sigh: because I'm a Big Girl now and should be able to deal with illness. Himself said he was weary on Sat. [not like him to tell me how he feels, ever] and I began to freak out in case .......... if he coughs in the night I turn him over, in case he chokes .......... when he wanders to the bathroom in the early hours he mutters 'I'm going for a pee' because I fear he's going to be ill ....... no bedside manner here then! He gave me freesias on Sat. to cheer me up, we sat watching Chelsea Flower Show on the Beeb with the gentle waft of Summer across the room, it was almost like 'smelly telly' ;)
Jelly Baby:
I'm exactly the same - if my son or my OH get up to go to the bathroom in the night I always 'fear the worst'. They both know if they are going on a night out then they can't stay with me as I'm so fearful they may be sick through drinking too much. Son stays at his Dads, OH goes home. I can't have my windows open in summer at all because my street forms part of a route back to a residential area from the town centre. On more than one occasion I've had drunken people being sick outside my house and it's literally made me sick too! I think it's a very common syndrome that could probably be cured through 'aversion therapy' but I'm not prepared to get a job in Nursing to overcome it! Interestingly, years ago I was once in hospital next to a lady who was sick every hour on the hour - after the first few times I seemed to become accustomed to it and it didn't bother me so much - the effect didn't last though sadly...
CLKD:
I worked in a hospital for 8 years ::) I think it's the noise :-\ ........ it must be an instinctive issue which goes back to the cave man, if one ate something poisonous maybe the noise caused everyone else in the Tribe to eject what was dangerous? That thought doesn't help when the fear kicks in though >:( ......... and there's no logic. I've tried CBT which didn't give any help at all. My phobia began at age 3 ..........
I used to sit well away from people at folk events, even so when a family had fish and chips one afternoon the thought crossed my mind "That isn't a good idea at this type of event" then later in the evening when I saw the mother searching for a carrier bag ........... then the 11 year old started, well Hubby hadn't even noticed >:( ::) but I grabbed the dog and fled into the darkness. Must have scared him witless, over 15,000 people in a large field not particularly well lit ....... but I was gone!
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