“I need help with nausea?”
I have general anxiety and pretty bad social anxiety. I am on antidepressants (Lexapro) that help my daily anxiety well but I avoid certain things in life because I know they will cause extreme anxiety. Things like dates have caused me such bad anxiety that I get sick, so I avoid them. I feel like I am missing out on a lot because so many things make me feel anxious and therefore sick. My current psychiatrist isn't the most helpful when it comes to this. I am just wondering if there is anything that helps people with extreme nausea or panic attacks. I would appreciate any help.
Female | 21 years old
Complaint duration: 5 years
Medications: lexapro
Conditions: depression, anxiety, ptsd
2 Answers
PsychiatristPsychiatrist
A good working client-therapist relationship can help you to develop more effectual ways to live life more fully. A psychiatrist may only be helping you with one aspect of your treatment,...medication. Medication alone is not effect with the level of anxiety and symptoms you described here. Your patterned reaction to your environment is the problem, not the dating or social situations. When you begin to change your learned fear reactions and teach your body to more calmly respond you will decrease avoidance patterns. Nausea can be a part of chronic anxiety and or panic. In the short term you may want to carry with you a small vile of essential oil of peppermint and lavender for nausea and increasing calm. This oil can be lightly inhaled from the vile, your skin or a small cloth. You should also consider whether or not most of the anxiety is due to unresolved trauma.
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