Are you dealing with the heat any differently than you did last summer?

 

Nope, we have a fan in the window and a fan in the bedroom.

Also, if it is of consequence, she is 2 years old and a housecat, she never goes outside.

 

If there haven't been any obvious triggers to set off this change in behavior, maybe a vet should check to see if there's any health reason for it.

 

The only way I can get her to the vet is to sedate her.
She is very sensitive, so after a vet visit, she is "traumatized" for a week. Which is why I am thinking she is reacting to some small trigger in our apartment, because she overreacts to everything.

 

Hmmmm...that's going to take some real detective work!!

I'm sure you know that the last thing you want to do is to reinforce the behavior by trying to comfort her when she does it.

I just posted an excerpt from a cat behavior book that deals with excessive meowing. Maybe there's something in there that will ring a bell: http://www.catforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=21938

 

One of my cats had this SAME problem. She would jump up on the kitchen counter and try and climb the wall and have this TERRIBLE meow. Of course when I came in the room to see what was wrong, she would be fine. Well took her to the vet, they put her on some type of anti-depressant/anxiety pill. Took that for about a week, then she figured out that she can make herself get sick after taking the pill and she won't have to have the pill. Took her off the pill and she went back to her meowing self. After I moved out of my apartment and back with my parents temporarily, she is fine. Don't know if it was b/c of the small apartment (big enough for two kitties, but she has the energy of 3 kitties) or if she just wanted a change of environment. I would talk to your vet about possible solutions with a medication. But not everyone is up to giving cats medications for anxiety, so it is just a suggestion.

 

Cat Anxiety

If your cat is eating mostly processed food the preservatives in them can reduce the amount of thiamine (B1). This vitamin is essential for nervous system and lack of this in the cat can manifest symptoms of nervousness, dilated pupils that are poorly responsive, cat lying in a tight semicircular posture, persistant crying and reluctancy to be handled. My cat Stripey has recently had most of these signs and was solely eating processed foods. She is now on a Betamin (thiamine HCl 100mg) tablets that you can buy at pharmacies and her diet has been changed to non processed meats without preservatives. From research the recommended dosage is 50mg daily or half a tablet. But I suggest you check with your vet to see if this may be your problem and what dose to take. If it is a thiamine deficiency the anxiety should go in a couple of weeks and your cats behaviour will return to normal. Your cat may need ant-anxiety tablets if a thiamine supplement or diet change does not help. I hope this helps as it sounds like a common problem that has only recently been shown in journals and that also happened to my cat!

 

Well took her to the vet, they put her on some type of anti-depressant/anxiety pill. Took that for about a week, then she figured out that she can make herself get sick after taking the pill and she won't have to have the pill. Took her off the pill and she went back to her meowing self.

Vomiting is a common side effect of many medications. Cats don't make themselves sick, they GET sick. They don't throw up from medications because they want to.

And while we are talking about side effects of medications.
Some medications can actually be dangerous for cats. Valium for instance can cause (sometimes fatal) liver failure in cats. For this reason many veterinarians and behaviorists will not prescribe it for the treatment of behavior problems.