Re: Emetophobia - Are you sensitive to smells. Also, what tests have you had?
Hi nikkinik,
I'm emetophobic myself and I have noticed that I react more to certain scents that shouldnt bother me but they do, for example the smell of cooking cabbage when I go to the Mind drop in centre around lunch, normally it wouldnt bother me but recently I found it quite offensive, also odd as I quite like cabbage. also other smells that wouldnt usually cause me any untoward bother, such as cooking in shops downtown or the smell of the doughnut stand in the shopping centre there.
I really feel for you having been sick 3 times in as many months, as Ive been sick once this year and that was the first time in 10 years, and I think we can probably both say, that actually being exposed to our phobia hasnt actually made it any better. I have also felt sick quite often recently, apparently for no reason, I also had a helicobacter Pylori test to check for a stomach ulcer as it gets quite acidic in there it was negative. Perhaps it all really is anxiety, its hard to say, it sounds likely since youve had endoscopies and various other tests which have turned up nothing.
perhaps it might be worth seeing if the doctor will prescribe you something like Metoclopromide or Cyclizine for the nausea until youve worked through your anxiety, that way once you have beaten your anxiety, and you will, you can stop the anti-sickness tabs and see if the nausea has subside, if it has we'll know it was just anxiety.
hope this helps,
Dan
Last edited by Danath; 16-11-09 at 04:07.
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