Severe anxiety and depression, worried about losing my fiance.
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Dear friends,
I could really use some help. I feel like I am fumbling through life. This is unlike anything I have experienced before. I had post partum depression that went undiagnosed until my son was 3, and the sadness I feel right now is 10x worse than I have experienced before. my moods are either really happy (bouncy, the giggles) like I felt when i was 13, or so sad/anxious/angry at the world that I do not want to leave my house. I am crying just writing this to you all. I am already on an antidepressant, but my doc isn't listening to me at all. I have been treated like I'm crazy. Even my Fiance sees how horrid I'm being treated by some docs. Anyone have some advice for me while I go through this? I'm at the end of my rope.
Thank you all,
Kelly
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alibobs123 kellyb75
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i get like this too and its usually around 2 weeks before my menstrual and it is crippling anxiety. im thinking of starting b12 vitamins because this could be what is lacking. hrt is another suggestion too. avoid alcohol too because that triggers anxiety too. i hope you manage to get this sorted and yes i woukd go see doc again.
claire38123 kellyb75
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hi kelly iv never suffered anxiety until i hit peri early this year, i had 2 months off work and iam still struggling every day to go work as there is always some new symptom iam suffering from and would love to just sit at home were i feel safe iv been to the drs more times this year than iv been in years and all tests came back fine apart from iam in perimenopause and my bp is sky high so iam now on meds for that,i get dizzy head all the time,hot sweats,palpitations iam suffering from sinus problems which is affecting my ears and just feel crap in general i also have moods were i sit and cry for hours for no reason and just wish this would all end iam only 46 but feel 96 i have a loving husband we have been married 20yrs this yr and even though he understands what iam going through and is very supportive i feel sorry for what he has to put up with,shouting, moaning,crying, no sex but he will still get up with me in the middle of the night when iam having a hot flush or a panic attack. i cant take hrt but if you can ask your dr so many women on here are doing well on it i just wish i could try it my dr has said all i can have is antidepressants but i said no if this is just all menopause i need to learn to live with it after all its no going to kill me you just think your dying when your anxiety is through the roof so just keep going drs until you get the help and support you need also give mindfulness a go theres a lot of help on the web .goodluck and big hugs were all on ere to help and support if it wasnt for this site i would have thought i was dying its been such a huge help and the ladies are all here for each other xx
louise25018 kellyb75
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hi kelly
i am so sorry to read everything you are going through. i think you are an amazingly strong woman to cope with all this!
i have had my own anxieties in life too but after several years i have found (on reflection) that everything ive gone through has actually taught me lessons. It was not an easy journey by any means and all the upset, hurt and deep deep sadness we go through takes alot out of us i know. indeed sometimes the sadder things still pop back in my mind and get to me but i am still holding on and getting there. I tried so many things to pull myself together over these last few years but also trying too hard sometimes made it worse and i went back to the start!! lol
Anyway as one of the other ladies who replied to you said, i found Mindfullness the thing that helped me. i started small and got a book on the subject from the library and it went from there really. Now a couple of years later i meditate when I can, taken up yoga and in thevpath to being a yoga teacher! There is alot of info online too about mindfullness . The key really is to try to just breathe, focus on yourself and just live in the present moment, learning from the past but not letting it define you. The future can then just be what you want it you be. it sounds simple I know and its not easy to accept when you feel so very low.
Its not easy by any means (i have had many ups and downs believe me) but its worth a try. You must be such a strong lady through coping what you are going through that im sure you can get through this and blossom again.
i hope this helps somehow Kelly (?) and I really wish you all the very best things in life as you deserve it. You are not crazy you are amazingly strong. You can and will get through this lovely.
Sending you positive thoughts and hugs xxxx
tracy43395 kellyb75
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Firstly you need a different doctor. Have you tried CBD oil? I have been taking it for 2 weeks now and I am much calmer.