Help Anxiety got worse after having a baby.

[Leighakay]

Has anybodys anxiety worsened after having a child? Mine definitely has and especially since I weaned my baby of the breast. I have health anxiety and I don't like being alone. Being alone only makes me anxiety worse. I am currently going to therapy and just got out on Zoloft and take Ativan as needed. I also just recently got put on vitamins to help even me all out. I'm hoping for some relief soon. I feel like I am taking the right steps to recovering from the horrible anxiety I am experiencing but some days it's hard for me to be able to see that there is a light at the end of the tunnel. The symptoms I have can be crippling. I get light headed and feel like I am going to pass out, my heart races, and my mind races with bad thoughts to the point where I feel like I'm going to die. It's awful to feel this way on a daily basis and sometimes I feel like I am so alone with this battle.

[AlexisAcula]

My daughter is just shy of 16 months old. Around her birthday things got really bad for me. I've dealt with anxiety issues for as long as I can remember but they definitely got worse than I could imagine after baby. I was having intrusive thoughts - it was awful, they made me feel like a bad mom. Thankfully those subsided but I feel like as soon as they did anxiety manifested itself in other ways. On August first I began therapy and was hoping to start meds. My clinic didn't want me to take anything until I stopped breastfeeding, so it was a real battle to try and get a prescription. I was eventually given hydroxyzine and it made me feel worse at times so I went back to the drawing board. I'm hypersensitive to medications so I can't take any SSRIs. It's been a constant struggle. At this point I'd much rather just try to figure this out on my own but some days get really bad. I was almost housebound. I am extremely emetophobic which is similar to health anxiety because I'm afraid of vomiting and anything involving it. Winters are hard because germs are everywhere. Now that I'm a mom I'm more terrified than ever. My partner and I have decided that we are okay with just having one child and focusing on bettering my health. I can't imagine going through all of this twice. Still waiting for the silver lining, still waiting for the depersonalization to stop. You definitely aren't alone, and I hope you can get the help you need. If the meds work for you, stick with them. I've heard great things.

[Cares179]

Yes mine got worse after I had my daughter and even worse after my miscarriage a couple years later. My pdoc is weaning me off lexapro and on to Zoloft. Today is day 3. I have Dizziness, hot flashes, body shakes, heart palpitation on a daily basis so you are not alone. Hang in there it will get better for the both us!