Interesting how C5 wrote up the episode:

In the wee hours of last night, coconut-fan and self-described eccentric, Paula came over a little unwell. But don't get too upset. After receiving advice from the Big Brother doctor, the decision was taken to move our former supermodel from the dank CBB basement to the glorious world above. She is a new luxury housemate. It's a real rags to riches story!

On leaving their bedroom, the original ground-level housemates met the new recruit with squeals of surprise.

"I can’t believe you’re here. It’s brilliant!" exclaimed Rylan

"Yeah, cool," replied Paula in a monotone that suggests she hasn’t forgotten the moment last night that he, together with partner-in-crime, Frankiechose her over Tricia to be sent down.

Rylan has been sitting with Paula in the garden ever since, listening to her colourful conversation and clearly hoping to build bridges after their shaky start.

Will Paula forgive and forget? You better stay tuned to the website to find out.

kaffy one of my worst bouts of panic attacks lasted 3 days solid with absolute no relief from anything. . it was wave after wave of panic and anxiety and no down time at all.. it was the worst time ever..  nothing had any affect on it at all.. eventually it died out of it's own accord but I had the worst adrenaline hangover ever after that one and was knocked out for a week..  more recently I have ones that last all day with no relief either and my body so tensed up and rigid it is impossible to do anything til it wears off. . so as I said before they are all different 

I steer clear of reading/believing Fives reports or red tops or gossip rags cos they exaggerate everything and make something out of nothing, if not downright lie all the time.. so I have no idea if she is faking or not nor do I give a dam if she was, but I do know anything is possible in panic attack world so I can speak from experience there having gone thru quite a few different types of attacks myself since they started almost 35 yrs ago   

Jeeze Olly - that's rough.      I was told that your body can't handle the 'extreme' panic for more than 10 minutes without passing out,- but I know what you mean about waves of it  (32 years and counting for me, but thankfully not as severe as yours)     that's how I handle mine - ride out the extreme and know it's going to end and I can 'talk myself down' usually now.  I feel for you if you suffer like that.  I'll shut up about Paula then. 

yeah those ones I get are pretty rough.. and are always lingering under the surface day in day out, hence the agoraphobia symptom I got on top.. 

funnily enough I've never passed out nor felt like I was having a heart attack with any of my anxiety attacks. . so already mine differ from how the 'experts' describe what they are supposed to be like. . I find breathing or catching my breath is one of my main problems and an inability to concentrate or stay still as it makes me fidgety ...  plus the feelings of fear and the loose bowels that brings with it too..   and also sometimes a weird feeling of over alertness/clarity where noise and light  is too bright or too loud or too clear.. all very nice stuff  

yep - I can't do high streets or busy shops either - thankfully I can still work though and bizarrely enough, managed to commute to Manchester for four years (god bless my divorce)  I developed a 'sod it nobody knows me' attitude and being 'anonymous' really helped.   Suddenly the thought  that I'd nobody to embarrass but me if chucked someone out of the way to get out of a place calmed me enough not to have to do it (in a - nutshell.... I'm sure we could chat all day about it)  It's about 'being in control' for me - I've never felt like I was dying or having a heart attack either funnily enough - just that i was about to become a gibbering wreck, rocking in the corner..

So was it a panic attack or are people just presuming that?

I think that's the official line from C5 Stonksy

Thanks Kaff, I've only seen it written here so did'nt know..

We may never find out all that happened that night or how long it went on for but I didn't think she was faking. If BB had been given any info from the doctor that led them to believe she was pretending illness BB would have made her go back to the basement. Even if the Doc or BB were unsure of the cause they would have to err on the side of her well being to protect themselves.

Or she may have been taken to the DR and told them if she didn't get moved she'd walk.....

.. and assuming the believed she was ill - was it looking after her to let her sleep on a sofa with nobody to even check on her?  Bearing in mind she'd allegedly been screaming and vomitting for three hours....

I think she was faking....

As it was in the early hours they may not have wanted the other hm's woken up by her going into the bedroom. They have a lot of cameras in the house so I'm sure they would have monitered her, when her symptons started the phone in the basement rang almost instantly

We don't know that - we only know they showed the two things together in the edit.   I still say they'd not leave her on a sofa if she was ill = it's BB, so what if someone gets woken up in the night to put her to bedl  Hardly a problem.     I guess I just dont' believe there's much in there that's not scripted/directed now.

True we don't know that but despite many things about BB that are annoying it's hard to believe they wouldn't act promptly when an hm is suddenly taken ill.

I'm personally convinced she was faking it and I also believe she threatened to walk if she wasn't allowed into the main house - none of this she was ill - I think BB are using the 'doctor said it' as an excuse as to why she's up there 

I don't really understand why all the conspiracy stuff TBH. Maybe I'm gullible but .................as I see it - it's well known that she is a very emotionally fragile individual (she's failed the psyche test a number of times)- is it really beyond the realms of possibility to think that the discomfort and unknowness of the basement bought on a panic attack ?

She thought she was going into a comfortable house where she would be able to cope.  I guess we all see it different but - it looked genuine to me and I kind of understand why she was stress. It was unexpected and unpleasant - it bought on anxiety.

I guess it's something we are all getting better at. Agreeing to disagree 

I think I agree Pengy... plus like Kaffy I think it is basically scripted these days!

I think this is the point Soozy - she thought she would be going into a luxurious house and it turned out not to be. 

To be fair, I do agree she has problems and should never have entered the house, but having been denied 3 times by psychologists in the past she was still determined enough to go in this time.  She must know the show well enough to understand what that involves.  However bad C5 are for letting her in, it seems she was desperate to appear.  I personally don't enjoy seeing sick people break down and that's what she's heading for if she really is as ill as is being said

I think the sooner she's evicted, the better it will be for her  

silly cow has done herself no favours by pulling that stupid stunt

faking illness to get yourself out of the basement ... .... that's not what we like in a housemate paula .... we like HM's who show a little humility ... well I do anyway

Can't say I understand why an hm should be accused of something when the only people who know the facts/truth are the Doc, BB and Paula

And therefore presumably not immediately asking for coffee?

  pump some caffeine in there - great for settling your nerves!     

Would BB expect a sleeping hm to wake up, and stay awake to keep an eye on her till morning, just can't see that myself as BB have staff to monitor the hm's. I'm seeing lots of assumptions but still no facts as they've not been released

I think we're on our own on this one YR.

That's for sure Sooz as neither side is understood by the other it's stalemate lol

gerrrin the norty corner you pair >>>>>>>> 

for sure - we all see it from a personal perspective.  Olly sees it from her experience and thinks it looks real - I see it from mine and know if I had a panic attack I'd immediately want to go to what I feel is a 'safe' place - which would be to hell out of the BB house.   

Have we been put on the naughty chair

I'm still open to the possibility that it was a genuine panic attack, however, on balance and on the little evidence we do have, think it's unlikely, or, at the v least, it was exaggerated. 

I've no idea whether it was a panic attack or some other condition that caused the symptoms lol. None of my comments are aimed personally at anyone, just a different point of view over some things

yes and there'll be no supper until you see the error of your ways 

I'm with you on that Supes.  I doubt it was a 'genuine' panic attack but you are right about us having very little evidence so I suppose we should cut her some slack ......................... except I still believe she hyped it to the hilt 

I've had panic attacks that were so bad I was convinced I was having a heart attack and it took days to recover from but I do accept they can be in varying degrees 

I know that - it's all part of the BB experience - debating with folks. 

If the supper is the rubbish food dumped into the basement I wouldn't eat it anyway

 can't tempt you with day old noodles? 

  These reality shows bring out all kinds of different opinions so no way will everyone agree all the time lol, it wouldn't be a normal Forum if that ever happened

Judging by the video 'evidence' it looked like one of Baldrick's cunning plans.

Crafty mare.

No Oscar though.

They should have brought the booze out and she would have been

Thought she made really uncomfortable viewing tonight.  I think there's no doubt she's not a particularly well woman ( not sure if she hammed up her "symptoms" or not the first night)