[belyro]

I'm just wondering if any other diabetics out there suffer from anxiety?

Because of my diabetes, I'm completely scared of getting sick and throwing up. I'd probably go so far as to call it a phobia. When the stomach flu is going around I wash my hands obsessively. I do everything possible to avoid food poisoning including picking restaurants (and the food I eat at them) very carefully. But if I do start to feel sick at all....it often leads to an anxiety attack.

I used to be fine because I didn't used to throw up often at all, but then I got food poisoning once, couldn't keep anything down, took too little insulin, and ended up in the hospital with DKA. That was a few years ago. Since then, I ended up in the hospital one other time - not with DKA, but needing an anti-nauseant by IV as well as a saline drip to rehydrate me. It's just so complicated with diabetes, that I've become completely scared of it.

Now if I start to feel sick I get worried and antsy and my breathing gets shallow and I start to feel nauseous (even if I'm just over-tired sometimes) and in bad cases I end up with uncontrollable shakes and even throwing up. (Ironic, I know.)

I'm on medication for the anxiety, and it really doesn't happen very often anymore, but it's still something that's always in the back of my mind.

Can anyone else relate?