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Anxiety again !! Bt this time it’s differen because I’m pregnant

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guadalupe_32458
guadalupe_32458

i dont know if anybody remembers me from 2016 when i had lost my babies at 20 weeks pregnant ... and i start having anxiety and depression, well i was doing pretty good it has been a year with out the medicine and i was feeling great ... i gound out im pregnant and 3 days after that my anxiety came back really bad .. i need help i need support my first thought its that i want to take medicine again

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  • Lolita40
    Lolita40 guadalupe_32458

    Posted

    Congrats for your pregnancy!

    By reading your post, I wonder if your anxiety is due to the fact that you have fears of losing your baby like you did. And I understand that it must have been terrible. Or maybe its hormonal.

    I took antidepressants during my pregnancy and my kids are now 9 and 12 and in perfect health. So I guess, if you want you can talk to your doctor and see.

    Hope you have relief soon!

    • guadalupe_32458
      guadalupe_32458 Lolita40

      Posted

      thanks . and its so good to hear that i probably will be able to take something to help me .. i dont know what it is probably all together the fear of losing another one or hormones bt i think my biggest fear its my anxiety it sounds crazy bt last time it was so bad that now im really scared about it

    • Lolita40
      Lolita40 guadalupe_32458

      Posted

      I understand.

      Anxiety is really something.

      But if you feel that you are spiraling again into it, just dont wait and have your doctor a call. You felt good while on citalopram. So you know you have that possibility again. And...to enjoy more if that pregnancy !

      But my advise would be not to wait to much that your anxiety rise more and more.

    • guadalupe_32458
      guadalupe_32458 Lolita40

      Posted

      thank you thats what im thinking on doing i want to enjoy this pregnancy im so happy bt im so sad that i cant enjoy this feeling because anxiety its really bad

  • toria_07298
    toria_07298 guadalupe_32458

    Posted

    congratulations 😃 were you taking citalopram when you were pregnant the first time?

    • guadalupe_32458
      guadalupe_32458 toria_07298

      Posted

      thank you . no i had never took any kind of antidepresent before my miscarriage i start with celexa after i loose my twins and it helped me a lot i took citalopram and buspirone together for a year and than i stop taking them and i was normal again

  • silvia31661
    silvia31661 guadalupe_32458

    Posted

    Hi congratulations for your pregnancy.

    yes you must feel anxious because of your previous loss. i lost a baby at 24 weeks so i understand how terrible that is. After that i fell pregnant again and felt anxious and scared at first.

    talk to your gp. try yoga classes or mindful classes fir relaxation.

    i would use tablets as last resource.

    • guadalupe_32458
      guadalupe_32458 silvia31661

      Posted

      thanks ! last time i try really hard on not have to take medicine and i couldnt make it .. so this time i dont want to take the risk of having more anxiety and panick attacks and because i know citalopram and i also know that i can live with out i think i can use them so i can be ok on my pregnancy

    • gemma77546
      gemma77546 guadalupe_32458

      Posted

      Hi, I had terrible anxiety after having my daughter but never had it before in my life.I had to take medication for a long time to get over it, i even came off the medication and was doing great until I fell pregnant again. I know it was the fear of it all coming back (anxiety) that that was what I was so afraid of, I wasn't afraid of been pregnant and I really wanted another baby. I went to my doctor and she told me that she couldn't take the anxiety away and I couldn't get the therapy soon enough so she asked me if I wanted an abortion. At that point I felt that it was my only hope of avoiding anxiety, the anxiety terrified me so much that I felt I had to get away from it or from anything that would make it come back. So my advice to you would be not to let the anxiety get a hold of you but to speak to the doctor, as I learnt afterwards that there was many medications that I could of taken whilst pregnant. Don't feel bad about it as hard as it is because you have to be okay so your children can be too. I learnt after that it happens to more woman than I ever realized and its perfectly normal to have some anxiety whilst pregnant and afterwards and theres now more support for new and expectant mums than there has ever been. x

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