Anxiety

Britney - posted on 04/04/2013

YESSS!!! I honestly think I am insane and I feel so bad for my boyfriend that I live with, with our 5 month old daughter because I complain all the time about my symptoms. I was given the depo birth control shot in the hospital after giving birth to my daughter, and I was bleeding heavy ever since but recently just stopped bleeding at almost 5 months and the shot was only supposed to last 14 weeks maximum. Ive had chest pains also with my left arm going numb. Thought I was having a heart attack at the age of 21!! Ive been really nauseous, light headed, nervous, feel like lights are so much brighter, everything around me looks huge, i feel like i am out of my body and looking around me. my body tenses up, and goes numb as my heart races and I feel like I am going to pass out. I am also a stay home new mommy, who rarely ever leaves the house. I have had my blood drawn for multiple things and doctors do not know whats wrong but all I know is that it is taking over me and making me very depressed...so I totally understand where your coming from, if you find a solution please let me know. I think I am about to lose my mind.

Alisha - posted on 03/01/2010

i had ppd and the anxiety was so bad i couldn't even drive! it took me about a yr to get over it. Im not 100% sure when the ppd started as my first was 6 months when i got preggers with my second and i thought it was the second baby worries. however it go super bad. i was someone who didn't want anyone near my children not even our parents. NO ONE!!!!!! i could go outside and stand on our deck with out children. . .i was one big mess. I started going to a ppd group and it was VARY hard at first but it sure helped me out BIG time. I still have anxiety but i think that just comes with having children lol as you have a lot more on ur plate. Im here for anyone of you so please feel free to message me and im willing to share my sstorey♥ it will get better

Veronica - posted on 02/28/2010

Thank you all for your responses and concerns =) Lately i've been doing alot better as i have somewhat started working again 3x a week so i get to get out and leave my beautiful daughter with her grandparents which im so greatful for. I was put on Xanax which i only use when i REALLY need it and have not yet talked to a therapist but i do plan on to. I still have my bad days where i get super anxious and then start thinking of all the problems in our lives....money mainly ugh! and then i get depressed but honestly a good cry feels really good. I have also come to realize that i feel at my worst as im starting my period so i am now thinking hormones have alot to do with it so i am scheduling myself an appt to see the OB and see if she can put me on a birth control to level me out and see if that works. Just remember we are not alone in this and we do need help! =) I have a great friend who didnt seek help due to being ashamed of the way she felt about herself and her baby and luckily she is alive today after suffering for almost a year alone....please please seek help to anyone who reads this, we are doing nothing wrong and cant help the way we feel! =)

Renee - posted on 02/23/2010

Hi there,Im 24 and I am a Mum to 5 yr old Liam and 5 month old Hunter, I also have a 7yr old step son and a 6 yr old step daughter, all my kids are fantastic as is my partner. Im a stay at home mum the older 3 children are at school during the day and HUnter is at home with me. which i do not mind as he is a great baby my partner and I run a personal training buisness from home so he is home alot during the day. For the last 3 years i have suffered depression and have been on numerous medicsations of various dossages. I have recently decided to try and come off Efexor. Since coming off this I have had my really good days and my awful days. usually by the afternoon I feel like everything is falling apart, I panic if the house isnt clean or if i havent organised dinner or washing etc.... I find it hard to breath, I get shaky, my heart races, i get a headache and i feel light headed not to mention the extremely bad mood i get myself into which my partner usually has to deal with. I have to walk away and sit somewhere quietly to try and deal with all the mixed emnotions i start to feel. At times my partner has had to grab hold of me and tell me to settle down. I understand alot of this is me coming off the medication which will hopefully go away with time, if not Il be going back onto them. good luck to everyone!!!!!!!! its a long scary road but we will get through it all

Terri - posted on 02/11/2010

Hi Veronica,



I too have PPA! It does give off that feeling where your heart will flutter and make you feel like you are about to have a heart attack, but thats the anxiety. Have you seen a doctor? I was put on antidepressants and they are a great help! Also I find that if I breathe deeply and slowly a couple times that REALLY helps!! Hope this helps a little!!

Ashley - posted on 02/11/2010

I had that same feeling, and I'm 19 years old with my frist baby, whom is now 3 months old and one week. it started like a month after I had him, I went to the hospital thinking I was going to have a heart attack, then they told me everything looks normal and good, right when I mentioned I just had a baby, they asked if I depressed, and got me to talk with a mental health worker, she told me to tell myself positive things, like " I'm young, I'm healthy, and whole " she also gave me breathing tips and some other infomation, it didn't help at first, and my anxiety is still there mild down lately, since I looked up other great tips to help with anxiety, which are wearing rubber bands around my wrist, when you start gettin those feeling, you just snapp the band a few times and then your mind gose to that pain, also it could be cause you've been threw some trauma related things, Just talk about everything you feel, don't let anything stay in, I know some days it may feel like no one is listening but just keep talking someone is always there, even getting a counsellour would be great, or just do relaxing things, like yoga and things like that, would help to, google up some tips on how to live with anxiety, there are may great tips. well best of luck to you, just remember your young and healthy