linix129
08-22-2010, 06:04 PM
Hey guys, I'm going into my senior year of high school and I have pretty bad stress, and don't know what to do.
I was diagnosed with acid reflux back when i was 14, and it was a hard time for me because I must have gone through almost 10 different medications before I found something that worked (Nexium). So once that problem was solved, I was fine for the most part until around the last month of my sophomore year, I had a really bad stomachache in class one day and I guess that feeling kind of stuck in my mind and I would start to get that feeling in every class. Basically, it got to the point where I couldn't even be in the class for 5 minutes without feeling the urge to vomit, which is something i absolutely HATE doing, and is kind of traumatizing for me, I'm not sure why... Because of that, I would cut class, and my grades fell quite a bit. Despite all that, I never really began to associate it with stress until summer school later on that year when it started to make sense. Junior year was manageable, I was able to get through the year without any major problems like my sophomore year. This coming year though, I decided to take some more difficult classes and with school starting tomorrow, my stressed stomach feelings are starting to come back knowing that I will have to be on top of everything to do well in those classes.
For the most part, I'm totally fine at home, and at other public places, but at school I just feel...trapped I guess, just the feeling that I'm stuck there most of the day not able to leave my seat, makes me VERY uncomfertable.
I'm on a waiting list for a therapist, and I started taking B vitamins about halfway through junior year which seemed to help a bit. But what I really need are some methods to get rid of my stress while I'm at school, in class. It's crucial for me to pay attention so that I can do well this year, and if I'm stressed out and nauseous all the time, it's going to be hell like sophomore year was.
So any help or suggestions would be GREATLY appreciated.
I was diagnosed with acid reflux back when i was 14, and it was a hard time for me because I must have gone through almost 10 different medications before I found something that worked (Nexium). So once that problem was solved, I was fine for the most part until around the last month of my sophomore year, I had a really bad stomachache in class one day and I guess that feeling kind of stuck in my mind and I would start to get that feeling in every class. Basically, it got to the point where I couldn't even be in the class for 5 minutes without feeling the urge to vomit, which is something i absolutely HATE doing, and is kind of traumatizing for me, I'm not sure why... Because of that, I would cut class, and my grades fell quite a bit. Despite all that, I never really began to associate it with stress until summer school later on that year when it started to make sense. Junior year was manageable, I was able to get through the year without any major problems like my sophomore year. This coming year though, I decided to take some more difficult classes and with school starting tomorrow, my stressed stomach feelings are starting to come back knowing that I will have to be on top of everything to do well in those classes.
For the most part, I'm totally fine at home, and at other public places, but at school I just feel...trapped I guess, just the feeling that I'm stuck there most of the day not able to leave my seat, makes me VERY uncomfertable.
I'm on a waiting list for a therapist, and I started taking B vitamins about halfway through junior year which seemed to help a bit. But what I really need are some methods to get rid of my stress while I'm at school, in class. It's crucial for me to pay attention so that I can do well this year, and if I'm stressed out and nauseous all the time, it's going to be hell like sophomore year was.
So any help or suggestions would be GREATLY appreciated.