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Anxiety and morning sickness.

For a week now I've felt very nauseous every morning. What can I do to stop this feeling? I'm assuming it's linked to anxiety

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What are you feeling anxious about?

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Isn't morning sickness link to....pregnancy?

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Eddieee wrote:
What are you feeling anxious about?

Dealing with epilepsy at work. I see someone with epilepsy flinch and I feel my heart pound and stomach churn thinking it must be another fit

It is scary to see someone having a seizure but so far I've done everything correct when it has happened so I'm unsure why it fills me with sure fear

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Eddieee wrote:
What are you feeling anxious about?

Dealing with epilepsy at work. I see someone with epilepsy flinch and I feel my heart pound and stomach churn thinking it must be another fit

It is scary to see someone having a seizure but so far I've done everything correct when it has happened so I'm unsure why it fills me with sure fear

So you dread going to work because your co-worker may die?

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I work with ten clients, four of which are epileptic. I've been trained on how to medicate etc but it is a responsibility I've never had before this job

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Big-Al-One wrote:
Isn't morning sickness link to....pregnancy?

yes it can be but isn't in this case

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Anonymous wrote:
I work with ten clients, four of which are epileptic. I've been trained on how to medicate etc but it is a responsibility I've never had before this job

I take it you just started this job?

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Eddieee wrote:

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I work with ten clients, four of which are epileptic. I've been trained on how to medicate etc but it is a responsibility I've never had before this job

I'm about four months in and delt directly with five seizures

I take it you just started this job?

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Anonymous wrote:

Big-Al-One wrote:
Isn't morning sickness link to....pregnancy?

yes it can be but isn't in this case

I see.
It's usually more difficult seeing someone go through something rather than going through it ourselves. Just know you'll be there for them- it's mostly out of your hands to begin with.

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So yes, this is new to you.
I worked for many yrs in a MH/MR program. Honestly, you must rely on your training and gut instinct.

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You will learn what is normal for each person and what needs to be escalated.
In the mean time, just be human. Care for everyone as best you can.

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How will I shake this on going fear that a seizure is about to come on?

When it actually has happened I've done everything correctly so the fear is not exactly rational. But very much present

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Anonymous wrote:
How will I shake this on going fear that a seizure is about to come on?

When it actually has happened I've done everything correctly so the fear is not exactly rational. But very much present

There are a trains of thought on this;

You could dismiss it as routine. Expect it. Make it the norm
You could continue to dread it. Vomit every day and flinch with each twitch.
Then again, you could put yourself in their boots. Not knowing what is going to happen, or when. And in those moments, you reach out, you trust, and you hope that someone like you is there and listening

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Anonymous wrote:
How will I shake this on going fear that a seizure is about to come on?

When it actually has happened I've done everything correctly so the fear is not exactly rational. But very much present

Become familiar with that fear. It's going to happen - someone is going to have a seizure at some point. It's a matter of building your confidence that you can address that issue when it happens.

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You must realize, Anon ,that you are not someone who can heal people by simply touching them. I cannot do it. I do not know of anyone in this day and time who can do it.

That said, all you can do is rely upon your training and do what you can do.

If someone feels a seizure coming on, get them to lie on the floor and put a pillow or cushion under their head. If they are already having a seizure, put someone under their head so they won't bang their head against the floor. Never try to restrain someone who is having a seizure.

There are drugs now to control seizures. Do your patients have access to them?

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Woke up at 5am ran to the loo needing to vomit but nothing came up... Work day was mostly fun. One seizure but he was okay. I wasn't solely responsible for him so I didn't panic. Now I am home I feel on edge and can't get warm. But I guess I'm just tired.

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Anonymous wrote:
Woke up at 5am ran to the loo needing to vomit but nothing came up... Work day was mostly fun. One seizure but he was okay. I wasn't solely responsible for him so I didn't panic. Now I am home I feel on edge and can't get warm. But I guess I'm just tired.

Just focus on getting warm and relaxing. The day was enjoyable, a good thing to reflect upon.

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Drink hot cocoa and warm up from the inside!

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Thanks guys, I'm in bed electric blanket on and tea. So tired after the early start! Finding it hard to fit in enough food. At least friends is on Netflix lol!

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Do you think this could be a little bit of PTSD?

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I don't really know. I didnt think it possible to have a 'little bit of ptsd'
4.45am woke to feeling like I need to vomit and in cold sweats. Throat is sore. Called in sick to work for the first time ever.

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I don't really know. I didnt think it possible to have a 'little bit of ptsd'

Oh, I am sure that it is. Talk to anyone who has served in a war zone before. It changes you. You lose friends--and sometimes there is not enough left of them to bury. You see what was once a human being scattered over the landscape in chunks of flesh. You have people try to kill you. You hear bullets zinging by your head and you are knocked back by the force of explosions. Yes, you don't walk away from that unchanged

You lose all patience for other people's dawdling and stupidity. You see people attacked by a terrorist and hear them screaming and squealing, and you condemn them for not ganging up on the terrorist and stopping him. You see the status quo playing out in virtually every scenario, and you are angry because you didn't risk your life to maintain the status quo--you risked your life to make things better.

PTSD is a spectrum. You can land on the low end or the high end. Some people are rendered useless by their experiences, while others try to put those experiences behind them and move on.

But those experiences are always there--coming back to you in dreams and nightmares, and in flashes of memory about things you thought were long forgotten.

Nothing, however, is ever completely forgotten.

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Sorry it was the 'little bit' rather then saying low end of the spectrum that i was being a git about. Pet peeve when people say things like 'i'm a little bit OCD'

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Imodium!

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