Trying to cope with Emetophobia but struggling big time :(

[Marne]

God i hate this time of year, all the bugs going around and half the school off with vomiting bug, i am trying to hold things together, made the choice 6 months ago to go on anti-d's to try and gain control of the anxiety this phobia brings but seem to be getting nowhere, i am still panicking, still unable to sleep incase one of the dd's are ill in the night. I think this phobia has caused me to suffer from SAD, i dread the winter months and would move to somewhere warm without a 2nd thought. Dh is geting fed up with me being on a downer, i am trying my best to keep control but seem to be failing.

I want to go back to the GP to ask for a higher dose of anti-d's but i'm too scared to go incase i pick up a bug , my dd1 has to have a blood test on friday in the childrens ward and i am so anxious about taking the girls as there could be bugs on the ward.

Last christmas dd2 picked up a bug during the last week of school and was very sick, we ended up in a&e after 3 days as she was dehydrated, i'm so worried she will get ill again, she has Autism and refussed to drink when she's poorly so we often end up in hospital with her.

There has been a bug doing the rounds at school for a few weeks which we have managed to avoid, i am so anxious that we will get it, if i could i would keep dd2 at home, the school have been great as i have told them how poorly dd2 gets so they have reminded the parents about the 48 hour rule but i am still panicking . Dd2 is full of cold tonight and has a high temp, she was ment to have a hospital appointment tomorrow but now i'm tempted to keep her at home.

I don't want to feel like this anymore , i have tried everything and i cant get rid of this horrid phobia.

Can I join you guys? I have never admitted this before.

I was ok until a few years ago when my DS2 was sick (D&V) continually for 6 months. Turned out to be an intolerance but the Dr's insisted it was viral.

I have ended up a wreck everytime I hear someone is ill. I practically make us hibernate a few days before Christmas.

I am reading your threads nodding "yeah, that's what I think." I am very interested in CBT, shall look into it.

I have suffered Emetophobia most of my life, and absolutely hate this time of year so i sympathise. If my daughter so much as gets a tummy ache i start to shake and feel ill. i panic on planes/in airports/other peoples cars/basically anywhere out of my control where i or someone else might be sick and i can't escape.it really is ruining my life(that sounds dramatic but true). I'm going to ask my gp for the Alprazolam suggested earlier and am going to try 'Regression Hypnotherapy' if i can find a therapist. I've tried Timeline Therapy, CBT and de-sensitisation therapy so far but none worked.My CBT therapist even signed me off saying my phobia is too deepset and that i'll never be fully cured so fingers crossed.

I am also suffering from this and have posted on the other various related threads over the years. DH currently has norovirus. I don't know what to do. Literally terrified, although he is not actually at home at the moment and was only here before the actual onset of symptoms..

Sorry - just posted this on another thread, but does anyone know if you can take motilium or other anti-sickness / cramping drugs in pregnancy and do you know if it actually would stop you from being sick if you had norovirus?
thanks