Norovirus. Just take me now baby Jesus.

[Nogodsnomasters]

On Saturday my ds10 came down with severe vomiting and diarrhea, after around 3hrs of this he collapsed/fainted on the toilet and we rushed him to a&e. He has coeliacs disease so we didn't know if it was this or a bug. Two days spent in hospital infectious ward on a drip, discharged on Monday afternoon and then Monday night my dh & I both came down with it so that confirmed it wasn't a glutening definitely stomach bug. I have never felt this ill in my entire 36yrs of life - no exaggeration!

It's been 3 days since my ds last threw up or had D but he's still very weak and fatigued, he's lost 3lbs (gutted because we've been trying so hard to gain since coeliacs diagnosis and now he's going to have to go on ensure), it's been 2 days since DH and I last threw up or had D, my fever broke last night, I still feel like utter hell. Really nauseous, everything hurts, stomach pain and gurgling.

It's been about 7yrs since I last had a stomach bug and it was definitely not this bad, how long until we feel remotely human again? We've barely moved from bed/bathroom for over 3 days ffs.

If you're in any way as bad as I was, I wouldn't recommend laughing or crying. Or coughing, clearing your throat or any sudden movement... 🤣🤣😳

It is awful, I really hope you all get better soon. I’m sure the next 24 hours will be a turning point

You poor thing!

The only thing I have to add to the great advice you already have been given is to try to avoid dairy for a bit. When I had it last I couldn't handle milk or cheese etc for a good few weeks without cramping. I had the lactose free stuff instead which was ok. It was a month or so before I could eat anything richer than toast or crisps etc.

🤞for a fast recovery!

Yuk, I caught it in October after a flight. I honestly wanted to die 🫣 I also have emetophobia, so that really didn't help!

I have emetophobia also! So all of this has been on top of several panic attacks 😞 I've been left feeling a bit traumatized by it all!

Thank you, we use lacto free milk in our house anyway so that's good to know I'll only have small amounts in tea and avoid all other dairy for a bit.

Emetophobe here too (hence my username), the drama of my son's bug last week has inspired me to get private therapy AGAIN. Starting tomorrow. Sending love and Clinell wipes to my fellow emetophobes 🫠😅

I had this on a cruise once, the day before it ended. You are right, it's like nothing you've ever experienced before. I was either curled up in foetal position sweating and shivering or in the bathroom. Fortunately the loo was next to the basin, I never realised that it was possible to vomit and have the squits at the same time.

Checking out of the ship and getting the transfer bus to collect the car was not a happy experience. Fortunately by then, there was nothing left in my system to be expelled, but it was another 3-4 days until I felt OK again.

Good luck OP. I feel your pain. ✊️

I've been having really bad panic attacks again since I had it. Especially since I take so many precautions to avoid it, I now know it's not totally unavoidable 😫 got an appointment to discuss my meds next week. That's literally what I said, I felt traumatised.. it was up the back of the toilet, over the taps, in my hair, coming out my nose 🙈

I once had this staying in a very upmarket apartment on Krakow - again at new year.

I managed to be sick all over the stairs and diarrhoea over all the lovely bedding -

The owners were so lovely though and totally calm and got a doctor out to me to check me over as I had cracked my nose collapsing on the marble stairs.

Came on totally out the blue too, one minute felt 100% , 2 minutes later suddenly felt feint and non stop from both ends

I hope you soon feel a little better .The BRAT diet is good for when you feel able to eat. Bananas ,Rice ,Apple Sauce ,and Toast(white bread I think) Just nibble a little now and then

Oh yes vomiting into the sink whilst shitting is very possible and not at all pleasant. I can't imagine trying to leave a ship with this, at one stage on early hours of Tues I crawled on my hands and knees from my bedroom to my bathroom which is only directly facing!

I'm really hoping it doesn't trigger mine to become worse. My citalopram does absolutely F all for my phobia unfortunately, nor did CBT or havening 🙄

I ate one baby boiled potato and 2 cooked carrot batons tonight for dinner, hoping I don't live to regret it. I do think the vomiting is done with but the incessant nausea I can't bear either!

I've heard loads of people say CBT hasn't worked for it. I take citalopram and it's been great for day to day anxiety, but these panic attacks are something else. Of course panic attacks make you feel a bit sick so it's like a huge spiral where im convinced i have something again 😫

Yep CBT and citalopram great for general anxiety disorder but not for phobia. Had it since I was 8 and I honestly think I'll have it til I die unfortunately, it's just about managing it and not letting it destroy my life.

I'm on venlafaxine , was on citalopram before that for almost ten years. Both help with day to day anxiety but not panic attacks as you say.

CBT hasn't helped me so far in the multiple times I've had it over the years. I find it works for low level anxiety around emetophobia eg worrying about using public transport but if it's something like a bug in the household then it's just too extreme and nothing helps.

Hoping my new therapist has some wisdom I haven't come across before 😭

I hope you feel better soon @Nogodsnomasters

Venlafaxine is great for anxiety and panic disorders, it smoothes everything out. You do have to be meticulous with timing though and it's a bugger to come off from, but it was the one thing that enabled me to function.

Would you say they're both about the same as each other? I've been on citalopram for about 15 years and on the highest dose so can't increase it at all. I was wondering if beta blockers would help with the panic attacks? Hopefully the doctor can give a suggestion

My DS has been projectile vomiting since about half 11pm. 3rd bug in 4 weeks! What the fuck is going on in the UK right now

Oh norovirus is so horrible! And the pain of vomming when there's nothing to vom. Stuck on the toilet for the D holding a bucket for the V.

A friend was staying with her parents with her two small children and they all went down with it. One toilet inside the one bathroom. They refer to it 30 years later as 'when we shat the bungalow'.

Def continue to take electrolytes for a good few more days as you will have drained all your body’s reserves and that might be one of the reasons you are still feeling so nauseated. If you can get some magnesium tablets, get everyone to take them as well..the full rda, those super c fizzy things are helpful and some vit d

then for nausea, flat warm full fat coke sipped every half hour or so can be helpful
ginger tea with a spoonful of honey or sugar
and no dairy, fruit juice, or animal protein. When you think you want to move beyond dry toast, think a scrambled egg, a slice of apple or some plain rice

and be aware, noro can live on surfaces for 2 weeks, so be careful about letting anyone through the front door!

I really wish I hadn't read this thread
. I have to go on a busy bus tomorrow morning.
Hand sanitiser at the ready!
Having said that I have one child in school and another in nursery so if it's good to hit the house this winter it will happen eventually.... 🫥

I worked a night shift once on a ward when I had just qualified as a dr

It literally started on one end of the ward and one by one like dominos the others got it about 2 hours between them.

Then at 3am whilst getting ready to put a cannula in (I was setting up in the treatment room not near a patient thank god) with next to no warning I had projectile vomited everywhere and heard my colleague doing the same in the sluice. As I fainted I got sent home immediately and by 9am basically all the staff including the day staff who'd obviously picked it up the day before were so sick the patients had to all move wards, and the ward was closed for 2 weeks. Anyone who could be discharged was done so immediately and the entire hospital had to be deep cleaned I've never been so sick in my life.

In our case it was norovirus and a particularly severe strain of flu (2010) I was so sick and in bed for about 3 weeks

Those wipes are incredible though