TTC and have anxiety disorder?

melie

Hi! My husband and I are going to start ttc soon and so I switched the meds I take for anxiety/panic disorder. I wondered if there are others in my situation - ttc and dealing with the disorder.

 

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Joeypnut

I don't have any experience with it, sorry.  I just wanted to say good luck!

sazzette

I'm not but I wanted to say good luck with TTC!

Tootermi

I'm not either, but good luck!

Melinz

Me!

I was on Effexor XR for over a year. Before that I tried all kinds of medicine, and a lot of self doctoring (meaning I know whats best for me and I wont take them because I don't want to, Dont need them). After messing with that for about two years I had a huge panic attack. And it was when I was 8hrs from home, away from DH and on vacation at the beach with my mom and sister.

It was a mess, but luckily the hospital's there were amazing and took care of everything, and put me on the Effexor. When I got back home my GP DR told me that was going to be the next one she tried so stay on it. I liked it, It made me feel like ME. When other ones didn't.

Anyway...Recently, about 4 months ago now I went to my GP DR and told her about TTC and not wanting to be on Anti Anxiety meds while being PG and she agreed. So I asked her if she thought it would be a good idea to get off them now instead of trying to when I was PG. 

So I did, and it was HARD. VERY HARD. I'm doing good. I have had 2 almost panic attacks recently, that i somehow talked myself out of them. I think I'm learning to manage the panic/fear/anxiety better, bc in the past I could never do that. If I had a panic attack they always got worse and ended up with me in the ER.

But anyway, now that you know my whole life story haha. You are not alone, infact there is a lot of woman that are going through it. When I was considering going off my meds I went to 1st tri and asked their opinon. I had a lot of wonderful responses of woman going through the same thing I was. My DR said if I can stay off them through my whole pregnancy that would be best, but if I can not that is ok too. The baby needs a healthy mommy and sometimes that means being on them.

Good Luck to you!

And sorry about the huge response Just wanted to let you know you are not alone!

AutumnBride102007

hello.
I was on Rx for anxiety and went off of them before TTC. I've had to find other "coping mechanisms" and recently asked my dr if i could go back on because of the stress/anxiety/depression i was having with TTC for over a year..she said yes, but we've moved onto IUI's, so i still haven't gone back on. To be honest, i dont think i will. Yoga and (in my case) Church really help me deal

 

Best of luck to you!!

Joyous1106

I don't have an anxiety disorder, per se, but I have had problems with anxiety in the last year.  I've mostly worked through it, haven't needed to take any meds for it in some time, but I think I understand at least a little bit of what you're going through.

I hope and pray that you find things to work for you, whether your treatment involves meds or therapy or whatnot. Like pp said, your future baby needs a healthy mom most of all, so keep that goal in mind.

Good Luck!