Having Injections tomorrow. How can i aviod fainting ?

It's weird because,i don't mind needles. I don't like them - but they don't really scare me.

Whenever i have a injection - i always feel very faint & do sometimes faint.

Having 2 injections tomorrow & would love advice on not fainting. Please

Reply 1

Hygeia

-make sure you have something decent to eat before the injection
-don't try and stand up too quickly afterwards!
-try and relax, if you expect to faint i think you are more likely to so think positively that this time you won't faint

Reply 2

Carpediemxx

Yeah...have something to eat before, not too heavy though

WHat the other person said, dont stand up too fast

Breathing quite deeply when u feel nausious is good idea too

Reply 3

isabella

I also feel very sick & sometimes am sick :frown:

Why do i get like this ? What can i do about it ?

Reply 4

Carpediemxx

Some people are just like you and thats just the way they are.
I think that its also to do with mentality. You are obviously very nervous about this, and if ur having them done with the thought that u will be sick or faint then you are much more likely to actually be so.

I think that despite there not being any real "cures" for feeling the way you do, i think if you approach the situation with a positive frame of mind you are more likely not to be sick.

Maybe arrange something fun to do atferwards with yourfreinds or something, and that can be the thing u focus on...sometimes u can totaly forget the situation ur in, if ur absorbed in some thought or another.

Best i can do,
Marc

Reply 5