29th December 2006
ok, i have a very bad gag reflex and it has gotten to a point where i cant go out of my house. i will explain how i think it first came about and to the point where i am now.
ok im 26 now and have had it since 2002, the first time i had it ( which was for about a month ) was when i was 18 i think. i was at work and wanted to go home so i faked being sick ( making myself gag ) i wish i never done that cause now im miserable. it went away for a while and only came and went every other couple of months, nothing bad though.
the next time i got it was in 2002. i went to a korn concert and was singing really loud, i was feeling great, the next day going to work i was on the train and i felt it. i get off the train and as i was walking to work i gagged very bad, to the point where i fell to the floor and kept gagging. someone asked if i needed some help and he got me some cookies from a cvs, after that i felt fine, but i always felt it, so i started taking vitamin c halls which worked really good cause when i felt it coming the taste of the candy would always control it. this worked throughout the years until this year.
in Nov of 05 i started getting dizzy and passing out for no reason and was out of work for about 3 months and in the hospital, they found the problem which was called vissa vegal ( typo ) basically my blood pressure was dropping very quick and my heart would beat very fast which caused me to pass out so they gave me propranolol which i have been taking since march of 06 and since then i haven't felt dizzy or passed out at all. so that's great for me, i felt great until this past November. my gagging got out of control, the candy doesn't work anymore, food doesn't work, drinks etc etc.
i have been out of work since November and the gagging is so bad that i cant leave my house at times. i feel it contently. the gagging is very violent and hurts so much that i cry cause of the pain to my chest and throat.
i have been to every doctor..ears nose throat, specialist, stomach doctor thinking there was something really wrong with me, but they all say the same thing. im perfectly fine and they don't see nothing wrong with me. i have had a colonoscopy and a endoscopy and both came out negative. the stomach doctor that gave me the endoscopy gave me paroxetine hcl 20 mg. i was taking it for a month and didn't feel any different ( maybe it need more time to work ? )
at that point i was out of options and went to a psychologist and they said it is a panic attack ( anxiety ) he said it is common and can help me.
here's where i start to panic more now.
he basically wants to put me on a study that his other patients are on and he says it has worked great. the drug is called seroquel. he gave me a carton with 10 bottles in it. there's 4 pills in each bottle and i have to take them all at the same time. the pills are random. so it could be a low dosage, placebo, or a high dosage. the lowest is 300 and the highest is 800. im am very nervous about taking these pills cause of what i read about them.
people who have taken seroquel started falling asleep 10 mins prior to taking them and sleeping for 15 hours straight. they have a hard time waking up in the morning, have horrible nightmares and gain 50-100 pounds on it. i don't have a sleeping problem at all but it seems like this is a sleeping pill that sedates you. i was supposed to take it this past Wednesday but have yet to. i made an appointment with my regular doctor to run this by him to hear what he has to say.
im scared as hell to take these pills and don't want to sleep the rest of my life just cause i have a problem gagging. its sometimes odd cause if im doing something that keeps my mind off of the gagging i feel fine like being with family or watching a movie.
this problem is affecting my life. i need to get back to work and i need to get my life back on track. i don't care of the gagging doesn't go away. i just want to control it. even if that means i have to eat those halls candy everyday.
can someone please help me with any opinions or maybe you have suffered the same thing. i would really appreciate the help and feedback.
ok im 26 now and have had it since 2002, the first time i had it ( which was for about a month ) was when i was 18 i think. i was at work and wanted to go home so i faked being sick ( making myself gag ) i wish i never done that cause now im miserable. it went away for a while and only came and went every other couple of months, nothing bad though.
the next time i got it was in 2002. i went to a korn concert and was singing really loud, i was feeling great, the next day going to work i was on the train and i felt it. i get off the train and as i was walking to work i gagged very bad, to the point where i fell to the floor and kept gagging. someone asked if i needed some help and he got me some cookies from a cvs, after that i felt fine, but i always felt it, so i started taking vitamin c halls which worked really good cause when i felt it coming the taste of the candy would always control it. this worked throughout the years until this year.
in Nov of 05 i started getting dizzy and passing out for no reason and was out of work for about 3 months and in the hospital, they found the problem which was called vissa vegal ( typo ) basically my blood pressure was dropping very quick and my heart would beat very fast which caused me to pass out so they gave me propranolol which i have been taking since march of 06 and since then i haven't felt dizzy or passed out at all. so that's great for me, i felt great until this past November. my gagging got out of control, the candy doesn't work anymore, food doesn't work, drinks etc etc.
i have been out of work since November and the gagging is so bad that i cant leave my house at times. i feel it contently. the gagging is very violent and hurts so much that i cry cause of the pain to my chest and throat.
i have been to every doctor..ears nose throat, specialist, stomach doctor thinking there was something really wrong with me, but they all say the same thing. im perfectly fine and they don't see nothing wrong with me. i have had a colonoscopy and a endoscopy and both came out negative. the stomach doctor that gave me the endoscopy gave me paroxetine hcl 20 mg. i was taking it for a month and didn't feel any different ( maybe it need more time to work ? )
at that point i was out of options and went to a psychologist and they said it is a panic attack ( anxiety ) he said it is common and can help me.
here's where i start to panic more now.
he basically wants to put me on a study that his other patients are on and he says it has worked great. the drug is called seroquel. he gave me a carton with 10 bottles in it. there's 4 pills in each bottle and i have to take them all at the same time. the pills are random. so it could be a low dosage, placebo, or a high dosage. the lowest is 300 and the highest is 800. im am very nervous about taking these pills cause of what i read about them.
people who have taken seroquel started falling asleep 10 mins prior to taking them and sleeping for 15 hours straight. they have a hard time waking up in the morning, have horrible nightmares and gain 50-100 pounds on it. i don't have a sleeping problem at all but it seems like this is a sleeping pill that sedates you. i was supposed to take it this past Wednesday but have yet to. i made an appointment with my regular doctor to run this by him to hear what he has to say.
im scared as hell to take these pills and don't want to sleep the rest of my life just cause i have a problem gagging. its sometimes odd cause if im doing something that keeps my mind off of the gagging i feel fine like being with family or watching a movie.
this problem is affecting my life. i need to get back to work and i need to get my life back on track. i don't care of the gagging doesn't go away. i just want to control it. even if that means i have to eat those halls candy everyday.
can someone please help me with any opinions or maybe you have suffered the same thing. i would really appreciate the help and feedback.