Typical Attack

[chibi]

I havent had any extreme panic attacks much in the last year or so.
Just once in a great while. But I went to visit the UP (I live in
Michigan, USA, so I was in the michigan upper peninsula) I stayed with
my cousin and her family. The first evening we went to a breast cancer
benefit party and I hadnt eaten all day so I ate like 4 pieces of bread
with cream cheese and pesto on them and other little random junk foods
that were served, so that night my tummy HATED ME. I also dont think I
reacted well to drinking dasani bottled water which is what I had
brought with me. SO my gut hurt and my stomach hurt so I panicked when
we went to bed. I dont know if anyone else is like this, but when I am
in a panic I do NOT want to lay down.. which seems to frustrate other
people to tears because everyone is convinced that you feel better if
you lay down. Anyway their house is out in the woods so it is PITCH
BLACK at night and no lights were on in the house so I was even more
freaked out cause I couldnt see to get around. So basically I just
wandered and panicked. What was neat is that they have huge
windows/doors in the livingroom and I got to watch the yellow full moon
rise. At some point my cousin woke up to check on her 2 year old
daughter and I told her I was panicking.. by then I had taken a
phenergen but she was trying to be helpful and offer me pepto and
stuff. I Just asked her to turn the light in outside so I could go get
a book from the car, so we did that and I sat up reading until I
started to doze off and by then I felt better and went to bed. I just
remember shaking so badly... I hate that. I was fine for the rest
of the trip but that one night was really annoying. I havent had an
actual stomach ache in a LONG time so I guess thats why I freaked out.
I am very careful about what I eat and try not to overeat but now
i learned my lesson.

Just wanted to share the experience and partly to get it off my chest.

[swiftette]

It's no surprise to me because you were out of your"comfort zone" I get like that too.It's like mild agoraphobia. I hope the rest of your trip was good. Sometimes that anxiety just has to get out of your system and then you adjust to your surroundings. Sometimes as emets, we automatically blame the food of lack of food we had instead of the anxiety we try to stop ourselves from feeling before we even figure out why we are feeling them.. Also I notice that alot of emets like myself have IBS and other tummy troubles.