NorseWolf94
13-01-17, 00:36
So last night at about 2:30AM I settled down to sleep feeling perfectly fine when all of a sudden I felt like I was going to throw up. This made me panic quite badly which made it worse. It was the type of nausea that is so bad that any movement was near impossible and I felt the need to mouth breathe as regular breathing made me feel more nauseous.
I would of just gone to the toilet and made myself throw up but of course that's not an option as I am deathly afraid of being sick, the very thought of it can trigger a panic attack. What really distressed me was the duration of it, it went on until 5:00AM before it started to taper off and I didn't get to sleep until about 6:00AM. The nausea didn't once die down during the two and a half hours it went on for, it stayed at the intensity it was at the entire time. It was so bad I was convinced I was going to vomit. The longer it went on for the more distressed I became. I live alone and I had no one to call up to talk to and I was on the verge of phoning an ambulance and would have if I didn't feel so silly about doing so as I realise they would most likely have turned up, sighed and told me that i'm wasting their time before leaving, I also didn't want to take away an ambulance from somebody that could really need one. Towards the end of the ordeal I was honestly begging for death.
I have had a few bouts of it today too, especially if I try to eat something. I have two questions, firstly, has anybody else here experienced anything like this before? Secondly, is there any advice you can give like techniques or remedies that might calm it down if it happens again? What disturbed me was how all my positive self talk techniques and accepting that it was anxiety related didn't help at all. Thank you for taking the time to read this and any help would be massively appreciated.
I would of just gone to the toilet and made myself throw up but of course that's not an option as I am deathly afraid of being sick, the very thought of it can trigger a panic attack. What really distressed me was the duration of it, it went on until 5:00AM before it started to taper off and I didn't get to sleep until about 6:00AM. The nausea didn't once die down during the two and a half hours it went on for, it stayed at the intensity it was at the entire time. It was so bad I was convinced I was going to vomit. The longer it went on for the more distressed I became. I live alone and I had no one to call up to talk to and I was on the verge of phoning an ambulance and would have if I didn't feel so silly about doing so as I realise they would most likely have turned up, sighed and told me that i'm wasting their time before leaving, I also didn't want to take away an ambulance from somebody that could really need one. Towards the end of the ordeal I was honestly begging for death.
I have had a few bouts of it today too, especially if I try to eat something. I have two questions, firstly, has anybody else here experienced anything like this before? Secondly, is there any advice you can give like techniques or remedies that might calm it down if it happens again? What disturbed me was how all my positive self talk techniques and accepting that it was anxiety related didn't help at all. Thank you for taking the time to read this and any help would be massively appreciated.