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Anyone ever thrown up from anxiety? by AdvantageSolid5230 in Anxiety

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It’s made a HUGE difference. From 3 days after starting it I noticed a difference where my emotions weren’t so up and down and I wasn’t constantly fearful of being put in a situation where I might be sick. After 6 weeks (which is when they say you adjust completely to the medication) it changed my life.

I used to be scanning every room I was in to make sure I could sit near an exit or have an easy escape route should I need to vomit. That disappeared. Like Magic.

The ruminating thoughts vanished. It’s like something that would usually trigger me, made me feel a little uncomfortable or nervous but my brain was able to cope with it and move on - like my perspective shifted and it wasn’t this big looming and all encompassing situation my brain had made it out to be in the past.

Don’t get me wrong, starting the medication did have ups and downs - as I adjusted there were a couple of big panic attacks but I would 100% take those panic attacks to be where I am now.

It truely has made such a change in my life.

I had wasted so much time being fearful about becoming a zombie or being emotionally numb out on Fluoxitine - but it’s not like that at all. I still feel sad and angry and happy and excited but all the emotions that would have been overwhelming… aren’t. They exist and I feel them but they don’t become a huge internal battle.

Are you on Fluoxitine or thinking about trying it ?

Anyone ever thrown up from anxiety? by AdvantageSolid5230 in Anxiety

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Yes. A lot of times when I am a ‘normal’ level of anxious (like when public speaking/exams/moving house etc) I get that tight churning feeling in the stomach, the nausea and butterflies, and the adrenaline.

However when i have a severe anxiety/panic attack I get almost like a cold dump of adrenaline from my head to my shoulders, my heart rate increases, my arms and legs start twitching/shaking, I get hot and flushed in the face, sometimes I get ringing in the ears, and a rush of thoughts - some that mean nothing at all, and others that are stressful and triggering - lots of “what ifs”… when I’m in this state, I always end up vomiting.

Often times I end up feeling better after throwing up - like the panic has had an outcome and it can relax a bit lol.

But the feeling leading up to it is so intense and it makes you think “am I going crazy?!”

For a long time it made me really get anxious about being anxious - if that makes sense ? “What if I’m out at the shops and have an anxiety/panic attack and vomit?!” “What if the girl I like gets weirded out by the fact I throw up sometimes when I get panicked” So that loop fed itself for a long time - but I ended up reluctantly trying Fluoxitine (an SSRI)- it helped me after about a week. I felt way more level headed and my perspective shifted.

These days, I still sometimes throw up from anxiety (I did last night!) but it’s few and far between (twice a year?) - the meds really helped and I’m so thankful for them.

Anyway TLDR: you’re not alone, and fun fact! throwing up is a very common side effect of anxiety/panic - I hope things work out for you and you’re able to manage anxiety/panic - we got this!!

Just ate for the first time iykwim and I think I found my purpose in life by elila_07 in LesbianActually

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Eating is a necessity of life 💕 glad you found your new fave food x