Emetophobia- new thread as other was full, all welcome.

[Marne]

Hope you all manage to find this , i just used up the last post on the other thread.

can you pls help me? Sorry if not writing properly but not feeling well.

Have posted on these threads in teh past but not feeling up to changing my name back to whatever it was..

Please could you tell me if you think I might be .. (that thing we hate).

Last night ds2 was sick once. Said he had a tummy ache earlier in the evening and didn't eat supper but otherwise pretty fine before and after.

A few hours later ds1 woke up and was sick. Was a few times but not a massive amount. He was in more pain and felt more nauseous. still same this morning but seems better this afternoon.

Now I have been feeling extremely tired (unusually so) in the last few hours, and also feel bloated, tummy making strange sounds and feel a bit nauseous. Not terribly so yet but enough to make me not want to have a conversation with anyone..

I am quite a severe emetophobe and am now a single parent to 3 young dcs.. don't know how I'm going to cope if I am properly ill.

Do you think I will definitely v, or maybe not? I haven't since I was a child (now in my 30s)..

Hi, have you eaten? I found that at the first signs of a tummy bug if I avoid eating, and don't drink anything either,(not even a sip of water) I usually avoid v'ing.

If you have eaten, I would suggest heading to the pharmacy and getting yourself some Motilium, double quick. It works! see my post above

I agree with devil, go to the chemist, motilium has worked for me a few times, it's great stuff. You might just be tired because you were up in the night and your anxious?

This motillium. What is it exactly ? And can you just ask for it at chemist , or do they quiz you ?

Thanks everyone - sorry didn't update earlier, was feeling weak and tired and not even up to logging in on my phone..

Thanks devilinside, I already have Motilium in the house in case of emergencies! although I think I've only taken it once as rarely feel like this.

Thankfully I think (hope!) that that was the worst of it.. didn't even take the motilium, just basically sat quietly, finally got a friend over to take care of the dcs and then I had a sleep. I still have a stomach ache, and a headache which is probably caused by lack of food, drink and sleep, and feel a bit shaky but i think that hopefully the worst is over and I didn't feel that awful dreaded feeling.

Also devil I did not eat anything today, other than a tiny biscuit and a couple of rice cakes just now so that could be why I avoided it.. ! I always take the cautious approach :)

night everyone x

Tulu

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Tullu ,you can get it from boots, no questions asked.

Took dd2 into school today to be greater by her TA who told me she was feeling poorly but thought she would come in as she has lots to do with dd today, she said she felt sick :( I would rather she had stayed away as now I'm going to be anxious all weekend about dd getting ill if it is a bug, why don't people think?

glad you're over the worst, newstart. You will probably feel crap today (slightly fluey) and my headache lasted all weekend. The not-eating definitely works, but last week I had no choice but to take the Motilium as my stomach didn't start feeling weird until after I'd eaten my dinner.

You can also buy Motilium on Amazon for those who have 'issues' with face to face communication (ie me!)

Marne, hope your TA is ok, didn't she already have noro? in which case, she will be immune for 3 months

I'm not sure if she had noro, her dc's did but not sure if she had it too or if she was just off because of her children being ill , her family always seems to be ill. I am hoping that she is sent home and someone else can cover her to work with dd2, she did look pale ..

Fingers crossed they send her home ASAP!

I drove past the school this morning and her car wasn't there so am hoping she went home, i would rather dd2 was without a TA than risk her getting sick (how bad is that?) .

Hello, I have been lurking on this thread for a while as I also suffer with awful emetophobia. I've never felt that I have anything worthwhile to contribute as I feel a million miles away from having this under control.

I'm posting now as I'm in desperate need of some help. My DD (3) has been sick three times in the last hour, and I'm sure there is more to come. In my mind there's no doubt it's a bug, and now I'm worried about my 11 month old, DH and me getting it too. This is my hell - the waiting for everyone to be ill. DH is brilliant - he's looking after DD and she is happily watching her favourite film, it's me who is rubbish at this.

Please, does anyone have any advice, both for now in the short term, and what I can do about this in the future? What can I do to make DD feel better? How long will it last? I just can't think straight.

Thank you for any help.

Thank you for the kind and helpful response. She does appear to be over the worst, she's just asked what's for breakfast!

I've been washing and cleaning this morning. I'll look at some of the things you use as I also want to know it's properly dealt with, especially with a crawling baby around.

For now though I'll try and hope that none of the rest of us catch it, and try and force myself to eat something.

Thanks again

I hate this phobia. On Monday at college my tutor said 'I had the dreaded bug yesterday' and later he apologised for his tummy making noises as it was 'recovering'. So I sent the whole of last week worrying I was going to pick it up as he clearly hadn't followed the 48-hour rule! I was fine. Now DS2 has stomach ache and my first thought is 'oh my god no' (not related to first bit here) but I just want a break from worrying. We have been so lucky touch huge wooden table that we've managed to get through this winter despite norovirus and the school having a terrible tummy bug go through it in December. But the worry is kind of worse than the reality sometimes.

Evening all- I'm back again..

DS2 has now come down with diarrohea (however you spell it!)

I had to pick him up from school early - poor boy was really not well. Has had quite a few d incidents today, but no v / stomach aches really - just doesn't feel well. He has been eating apples, crackers and plain biscuits all day (I tried to stop him but he's only 3 so it's hard for him to understand). Didn't seem to make anything worse, so far.

DS1 now says he's not feeling well too. Gave him calpol and he's gone to sleep.

Does this sound like just a case of d? Or in your experience will v follow?

Obviously I have been enforcing / using a lot of dettol, handwasing etc.!

btw thanks belgianbun! I do feel like I'm handling things quite well so far .. not easy being a single parent of 3 with this phobia.

belgianbun how do you know if the Purell is the right one? I can only see one type of Purell on the Selles website and I couldn't see VF481 on it.

Help - dd1 (has an ongoing illness) felt poorly this morning & looked like she does when "normally" ill, has been off school, sleepy (never happens) & not eating (again never happens) & a temp & about half an hour ago was sick. I am panicking, its my birthday on monday & I we have lots of things planned over the weekend which look like they will have to be cancelled. I am trying to convince myself that it could be because of the temp, she has been complaining of feeling dizzy & a bad headache but not sick until she was sick - just after having a large drink of water. I've already convinced myself that dd2 will have it followed by the rest of the family.

just been sick again

Is anyone around? I've lurked here for a while but never posted.

DS2 has Vd twice this evening. My mum came to help but she's had to leave and I'm alone with sick DC (who is sleeping atm) and two others. I'm terrified. Literally sitting on my bed, frozen.

DH is out with no phone signal.

DH home. Had a glass of wine which is calming me.