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Postpartum, health anxiety ='s NIGHTMARE!!

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jenni101183
jenni101183

So I've been dealing with a lot of anxiety symptoms and issues. Ugh i am just about over it. Im getting weird headaches again dont know if its my allergies or my blood pressure or what I am 5 weeks postpartum and devolped high BP suddenly after having my baby last month. Now they have me on blood pressure meds and that could be giving me a headache to because it seems to happen when i take the meds. I have always had perfect BP before, during, and the first few days after having my baby. The 5 day which was a day after being discharged from the hospital I wasnt feeling my best i got out the shower and felt light headed and nauseous. We have a BP machine at home for my dad so i took my BP and it was high so i monitored it throughout the rest of that day. Now after seeing it high it triggered my anxiety and made me keep checking it all day so by

About 11pm it was still high (probably because i couldn't relax and anxiety is on 100) so i went to the emergency room and they ended up keeping me overnight. And my anxiety and my BP work against each other. When my anxiety is high my pressure shoots up, and vice versa....i just need to be normal and healthy again. I feel like it will never go back to normal and neither will i.

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  • jenni101183
    jenni101183

    Posted

    Btw I've beat health anxiety 3 years ago, its never completely gone of course but i learned how to except it and live with it. After having numerous test done because i thought something was really wrong with me (brain tumors, heart issues and the list goes on) and i was dying.

  • surumia_50253
    surumia_50253 jenni101183

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    hey Jenni..

    Relax..I had the same prob..mine was C section and after 5 days I wasn't feeling well like dizziness and breathlessness..i was alone and coudnt get enough sleep aswell.went to my gyneac and she checked my bp.it was very high..190/110..the doctor i used to consult wer not ther..the other doc she scared me a lot ..and she gave me bp tablets for 3 days and by the mercy of God it gone..

    but after these incident I always feel floaty and dizzy and whenever this happens I think n i feel my bp is high...after tht sometimes only in these 5 years my bp showed 140/90..

    now I'm again pregnant and 22 weeks..still very very scared to check bp..if its shows

    130 /88 also I get panic..I donno how I'll come out of it..

    my suggestion is only goto the Dr u know well and talk to her for sometime..and tell yr problems and then check ur bp..dfntly it will b okay..don't b panic..u r absolutely alright..don't think about it too much..because thinking makes it worse n worse..it's all okay..concentrate on baby...ull b fine..if needed msg me anytime..coz I understand what you going thru..no to worries..stay happy😊😊

    • jenni101183
      jenni101183 surumia_50253

      Posted

      Aww yes thank you. Its so hard not to think about it but I will try harder im glad to have someone to talk to about this and that you understand. I hope and pray it returns to normal soon
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