I have dealt with panic attacks for many years and recently they flared up again. I started taking Klonopin again but found it was making the anxiety and panic worse by causing me to need more and more and more just to make it through the day and now I am tapering off of it.

I have a severe fear of throwing up and no idea where it came from. It's happened less than 10 times in my 26 years of life and the last time was 3 years ago yet there's not a day that passes that I don't worry about it.

I would rather self injur than throw up. In fact, that just happened. I felt nauseated and went into panic mode took extra Klonopin and then scratched myself repeatedly until the nausea subsided.

I don't want this to be my life. I've tried CBT exercises as well as an Emetophobia Recovery system without help.

Has anyone here successfully gotten over this debilitating fear or at least made it tolerable to live everyday life? If so PLEASE share. This isn't a phobia a lot of people "get" which makes it so much harder to feel supported.