Well runnergirl - we have the same life ha ha!! We'll get through it I promise.....I will be thinking about you on Wednesday that's for sure. It was the hardest thing I ever did going to the doctors for the first time, but it was also the best thing too and the start of me getting a teeny tiny but of control over my life again. It's a long road - but SO worth it I promise x
Post by runnergirl812 on Jan 27, 2015 9:17:08 GMT -5
Tomorrow morning is my Dr's appointment, and I wish it were today. I'm trying to focus on today and getting my work done (and not how far behind I am). But it's a struggle. BF also struggles with anxiety - he's got a lot of pressure on him. He's supportive, but I'm trying not to take on his anxiety as well. I've always been empathetic and really sensitive to people around me.
Post by helloamanda on Jan 27, 2015 11:53:08 GMT -5
I have generalized anxiety disorder. I always find myself worrying about everything, and thinking worse case scenario. It's been hard TTC, but DH is always out for my mental health.
I'm constantly behind on these posts. Ugh. I was formally diagnosed with GAD in college. However, I've suffered from social anxiety issues since forever. I bordered on being a selective mute before I started school. I found my preschool report card which included my year end progress that showed I "was socializing much better with the other" by the end of the school year. I developed panic attacks the day my mother passed away that at times were absolutely debilitating. I even tried Paxil but had an adverse reaction. My panic attacks finally seemed to all but disappear after my sleep disorder was discovered and my sleep patterns became more controlled.
Hello ladies I'm really glad to see this thread. I developed GAD and panic attacks as well as depression after my ep 3years ago. It came on slowly I couldn't eat couldn't sleep. I had constant racing heart and feeling food go down my throat made me feel like I was going to choke. After several visits to the er because I was a hundred percent sure I was having a stroke or heart attack, Some times I would actually become paralized, I finally reached out to my family Dr and took citalopram for 6 months then weaned off. I still have anxiety but I don't take anything now but I keep emergency xanax with me to take in emergencies. Sometimes i can calm my anxiety attacks by simply knowing i can take one if its bad and so i can avoid taking it. I try to avoid as much as possible since I wouldn't be taking anything while pregnant. I have flare ups of panic attacks during stressful times or when the seasons change to spring and summer for some reason. Maybe the heat makes me feel like I can't breath. I do good mostly with controlling the attacks though. Now that I'm getting ready to TTC I worry that it will flare up my anxiety and depression. Does any one have any coping strategies to share that helps to relax and bring themselves off the brink of a panic attack?
Post by jrwilliams0920 on Mar 12, 2015 22:10:40 GMT -5
I am so glad to see a name for this! I have a student who picks at and chews the skin off the tips of his fingers, around his fingernails mostly. He also chews layers off his fingernails. This has progressed from him chewing on and eating the erasers and metal ends of pencils at the beginning of the year. We have been stressed over what to do about the issue. We wrap them in bandages and have had him wear gloves all day in class since it's winter here, but it's still so hard to keep him from picking and putting them in his mouth. I've even gotten papers from him that had blood on them bc of his excessive destruction, basically, of the tips of his fingers. Seeing it given a name is a relief to me bc now I know there is something to be done to try and control it if his mother can get him to the right doctor for it. Thank you starting this thread, and sorry that my comment didn't really deal with pregnancy.
Post by bluerainfire on Mar 13, 2015 10:50:58 GMT -5
I have social anxiety, generalized anxiety which gets locked in to pstd- anxiety started as a teenager, some things- happened when i was child, and i am still coping with these issues pstd, i know most of my triggers, and am working on behaviours pstd, stems from a lot of uncontrolled things that happen in my life, I started to type it all out, but I am still working on what I think people will pity me..or i won't fit in, which is a part of the anxiety, but I will share as I get more comfortable with the board..its really a book, and i started to cry, so not yet..
anxiety sucks, i am thinking and i have to push myself to go to a therapist, to get some meds for an anxiety- the usually want to put me on a cocktail of things, and ssi don't go well with my body chemistry, i just want something to take when i choose it, an xanax every once in a while..i have been on zolft, paxil and klopin..but took myself off them, i lost 20 pounds with zolft i just couldn't eat, i didn't want to breastfeed with paxil in my system...
I have two terrible therapist, so finding one is like dating someone again...so yeah i have to push myself..
i wish you all luck, and i am learning a lot from all of you, wish i could post to every poster, but i have a busy two year old...
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