Does Anyone Else Feel This Way? Posted: 08-15-05 12:40pm
I am 27, been married for almost 2 years
and 5 weeks pregnant. This was a planned
pregnancy.
I should be on top of the world, but I
feel quite the opposite. I have problems
with anxiety, but over the past few months
have gotten it well under control. About
2 days before I found out I was pregnant I
started to feel my anxiety acting up and
it has gotten progressively worse since.
On top of that, my moods have just been
dipping lower and lower. Yesterday I
cried for 3 hours straight.
Everyone around me is absolutely elated by
the news. Everyone except me. I want to
be. 90% of the time when the topic of the
baby comes up it makes me want to cry, the
other 10% of the time I feel almost
indifferent. I just don't get it.
I talked to my doctor today and she
recommended I go back on zoloft.
Unfortunately though it takes weeks to
start feeling the effects from that.
My husband is being supportive, but I just
would love to know that I am not alone
with this. Can anyone here relate to how
I am feeling?
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Mylissa
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 17 Aug 2005 Posts: 7
Posted: 08-17-05 20:29pm
I don't have experience with depression or
anxiety, but I am also on my first
pregnancy, and my emotions have been out
of control. Things that normally
wouldn't remotely concern me now send me
into uncontrollable sobbing. I can't
explain it to my poor confused husband but
he is a good sport. I guess my point in
replying is to let you know that you're
not alone in feeling completely unable to
control feelings (especially irrational
ones). For me, taking time to sit alone
and meditate does the trick most the time.
Hope you find something that works for
you!
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Mylissa
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 17 Aug 2005 Posts: 7
Posted: 08-17-05 20:29pm
I don't have experience with depression or
anxiety, but I am also on my first
pregnancy, and my emotions have been out
of control. Things that normally
wouldn't remotely concern me now send me
into uncontrollable sobbing. I can't
explain it to my poor confused husband but
he is a good sport. I guess my point in
replying is to let you know that you're
not alone in feeling completely unable to
control feelings (especially irrational
ones). For me, taking time to sit alone
and meditate does the trick most the time.
Hope you find something that works for
you!
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Faerieangyl
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 11 Nov 2005 Posts: 52 Location: Garfield Hts Ohio
Anxiety Posted: 11-12-05 11:10am
I don't have experience with depression,
but I have physical symptoms of anxiety
for years that are extremely annoying. I
had gone through a period of not having
any symptoms at all, and now, that I am 4
days from when I should get my period ( my
husband and I are trying to conceive), the
past week or so my anxiety attacks came
back full force, except now they are
accompanied by a strange "i am going to be
sick" feeling.
I tested negative so far, but it may still
be way to early to tell a positive.
But I am curious if morning sickness
triggered the anxiety attacks to come
back, or if I am reacting to possible
morning sickness with the anxiety attacks.
Very weird. I am used to them though,
and I refuse to take unnecessary drugs if
I am pregnant. I went off ativan ( like
xanax) months before we tried to conceive.
Don't want to hurt my baby before I know
I am even pregggers!
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fatfamily02
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 20 Jul 2005 Posts: 3050 Location: Georgia, USA
Posted: 11-12-05 12:10pm
First of all anxiety and depression is a
hormonal imbalance in the brain. When
you become pregnant talk about hormonal
levels changing. So I believe is just
hormonal and if you recognize that, it may
help you to have some kind of contrrol
with it, or just understanding of it--and
that will help.
I was watching this program one day and
the guy was talking about seratonin(which
is my imbalance from time to time) and he
was explaining it all starts with the
seratonin then the other hormones in the
body get all out of wack. Causing pcos,
weight gain for no reason, weight on the
belly only, thyroid problems and
everything else. Cortisol, progestrone,
estrogen, are just a few of the hormones
getting messed up if you have a seratonin
imbalance.
