Hi everyone,
Wow, Look i wasnt hoping to post at all just read a few posts, and learn about the incapacitating illness that I have suffered for 13 years.
If you are interested you might read my below on a little on my background to this illness.
My name is Baden Lucas, I live in Melbourne, Australia, and am 19 years old.
I suffer acutely from this sometimes debilitating illness, but I am trying to beat it with all my heart.
I work for a large scale developer in Australia, and at 19 have alot of responsibility and what I would call charisma due to the fact I am in sales.
I don't know where my emetophobia/anxiety has derived from but I am currently seeking assistance from Cognitive Therapy with a fantastictherapist whom I believe is the first that understands my illnessand seek additional help fromMedication(Cipramil).
I have only just started taking the medication for just2 years ago I was prescribed to medication for it to only have a completely negative affect on me (putting me in the childrens hospital for paranoia) because is (will remain nameless) had a common side affect of nausea.
I know this post isn't written with a huge amount of depth but trying to put all that I have experienced day in day out... would be simply impossible. Though as just tonight my therapist told me I was ready to start learning about the illness (as it was so bad I nearly developed agrophobia), I have found this site.
My pain is constant, but I know there is a will.
Last time I threw up was 11 years ago (June 4th, 1997 approximately 11:30pm), where I was food poisoned. I now suffer an eating disorder also which I am also trying (slowly) to improve.
In the last 2 months when it has been its worse, I have lost 5.5KGs. But I am on a safer road to recovery now and I have already done numerous things that would otherwise have been a trigger to the onset of my anxiety. 2 Weeks ago for example was the first time I have EVER swallowed a tablet (only half at first but a couple of days later did the whole one).
If anyone can offer me some advice I would be very appreciative. As I said I am in a high pressure, high responsibility job, and am reaching out for help.
If perhaps I can help you, let me know, I will support anyone I can, and though only in the premature stages of being cured, hope I can help.
My msn is: [email protected]
best email is: [email protected]
Although my girlfriend may not read this, I want to thank her so much for her support, I love you princess.
Here are a couple of pictures of us.
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Once again I apologise for the fact that this post made no sense and jumped all over the place, its hard to concentrate on this topic for me.Edited by: baden
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