u/Bukowski-poet

Sometimes I feel like I’m behind a curtain. Like the body that can’t digest any food and spends way too much time in the bathroom doesn’t actually belong to me. Like it isn’t really happening to me at all. Like none of this has anything to do with me.

Somewhere far away, I can still sense the possibility of a normal life, but it feels impossibly distant. It’s out of reach — I can’t even touch it, because it feels like these hands don’t belong to me either.

I honestly don’t even know how to describe it. Like I’m somewhere completely else… I’m not myself anymore. I don’t want this to be me. I don’t want this sick body to be me.

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Preparing for this test has been an absolutely insane ride, and I’ve been unbelievably stressed out. I really, really hope my anxiety doesn’t ruin it for me. So far, I’m feeling okay. It’s going to be alright… right?

Hi, on Sunday night I wrote here that it happened to me...

Later that same day I went to the ER, where they examined me and told me it looked like a severe stress reaction and nervous system overload. The next day I was sent to my general doctor, and she prescribed me antidepressants and anti-anxiety medication (Atarax), which is also supposed to help with the nausea I often get.

Since then, I’ve been taking the anxiety medication every day, but it doesn’t seem to help much. I haven’t really eaten anything since Sunday. I only drink nutritional shakes from the pharmacy and occasionally eat some dry bread or crackers.

I’m absolutely terrified of food. I have horrible anxiety that it’s going to happen again... I already have an appointment with a psychiatrist because I know this is anxiety and that it’s something I need to treat, but my appointment isn’t for another month.

This Sunday I have the most important exam of my life. I’m applying to university, and I truly believe everything happening to me right now is because of that stress...

I don’t even know why I’m writing this. I don’t know what I want from you.

Maybe just a few words of comfort or understanding. Is there anyone else here who became afraid to eat after an episode of vomiting? I don’t know how to get over it. I don’t know what to do with myself. I don’t know how to distract myself from the anxiety and fear. I don’t know if I’ll ever feel okay again...

Yesterday I ended up in the ER with vomiting, diarrhea, and back pain. The diagnosis was stress-related symptoms and severe anxiety... Doctors have been giving me this diagnosis repeatedly for a long time, but I’ve never felt this sick before.

I often just feel nauseous and have diarrhea, but vomiting was completely new for me. Unfortunately, I have severe emetophobia, so it was honestly a nightmare.

Today I went to see my doctor for a follow-up, and she prescribed Atarax. She said it should help with severe anxiety, panic attacks, and therefore also the nausea.

Does anyone here have experience with it? Have you had similar symptoms, and did it help? I’d really appreciate any response. I’m so stressed that I’m even scared it’ll just make me feel worse instead.

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Yesterday I ended up in the ER with vomiting, diarrhea, and back pain. The diagnosis was stress-related symptoms and severe anxiety... Doctors have been giving me this diagnosis repeatedly for a long time, but I’ve never felt this sick before.

I often just feel nauseous and have diarrhea, but vomiting was completely new for me. Unfortunately, I have severe emetophobia, so it was honestly a nightmare.

Today I went to see my doctor for a follow-up, and she prescribed Atarax. She said it should help with severe anxiety, panic attacks, and therefore also the nausea.

Does anyone here have experience with it? Have you had similar symptoms, and did it help? I’d really appreciate any response. I’m so stressed that I’m even scared it’ll just make me feel worse instead.

Yesterday I ended up in the ER with vomiting, diarrhea, and back pain. The diagnosis was stress-related symptoms and severe anxiety... Doctors have been giving me this diagnosis repeatedly for a long time, but I’ve never felt this sick before.

I often just feel nauseous and have diarrhea, but vomiting was completely new for me. Unfortunately, I have severe emetophobia, so it was honestly a nightmare.

Today I went to see my doctor for a follow-up, and she prescribed Atarax. She said it should help with severe anxiety, panic attacks, and therefore also the nausea.

Does anyone here have experience with it? Have you had similar symptoms, and did it help? I’d really appreciate any response. I’m so stressed that I’m even scared it’ll just make me feel worse instead.

It’s 3 a.m. and I’ve just vomited in three rapidly consecutive waves… It’s the first time in the past 10 years of my life, and I have no idea what I’m supposed to do now.

I have a horrible taste in my mouth and nose, I’m shaking, and I’m scared it might happen again. How can I tell it won’t repeat, and what should I do right now?

Please help, I’m scared.

It’s another night and I’m having another flare-up... Everything started with nausea and a heavy feeling in my stomach before bed. I already took some stomach drops to calm it down, but they didn’t help at all.

Now I got forced out of bed by a strong urge to go to the bathroom, and we’re back to the same old classic: shaking, explosive diarrhea, horrible nausea, and stress...

Someone please help me. How do I stop this?

Two weeks ago I felt like this too, I went to the doctor and she didn’t really tell me anything — apparently it was “just another flare-up”...

I’m so exhausted. Help.

Do you have any study tips or hacks for doing really well on a multiple-choice (ABC) test? Something that actually worked for you?

I’m applying to a school where the entrance exam is 100 questions in 26 minutes, and only the top 15% move on to the next round… I’m really stressed about it.

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Hi everyone, I’m diagnosed with IBS, but I’m currently experiencing something that feels a bit different and I’m not sure what to think.

For the past few days I’ve had on-and-off abdominal discomfort, mostly in the lower left side at first, along with nausea-like anxiety and poor sleep. Today it suddenly escalated into repeated watery diarrhea after eating a normal meal (toast with cheese and ham, nothing unusual for me).

I also have:

cramping and a deep, “internal” abdominal pain that sometimes spreads across the whole abdomen and into my back

strong urge to go to the bathroom shortly after eating

temporary relief after bowel movements, but only for a short time

shaking, cold sweats, and a lot of anxiety during flare-ups

no fever that I know of

I took loperamide, but it hasn’t fully stopped the diarrhea yet. I’m also extremely anxious about vomiting (emetophobia), which is making everything feel worse.

It doesn’t fully feel like food poisoning to me, but I’m not sure anymore.

Has anyone with IBS experienced something similar, where a flare feels this intense and spreads beyond the usual pattern? Or does this sound like something that should be checked out separately? I don't know if I should call the ambulance or what to do....

Any advice or similar experiences would really help.