Not depressed anymore but bad anxiety

NewMommy2BeFinally

Is this the same with anyone else? I am on Prozac now, which is a life saver for my anxiety and i can NOT be off of it because my anxiety and panic attacks are horrible. I was not like this before i had my girls. I wonder if i will EVER be "drug" free. Was this any one's case or is this any one's case? What happened with you?

FutureMrsWittig

Have you considered bio-feedback?  A lot of people use it for pain management but it may help in your case too to recognize your panic attack coming on and train your body to have a certain controlled reaction.

Just a thought.  HTH.

NewMommy2BeFinally

I have never heard of thatbefore. What is bio-feedback? thank u for answering

Jess2007

I was just coming over because I am experiencing something similar! My DS is 8 months old.  I am on celexa and I dont know if I was ever really depressed per say but I had PPA really badly and it still comes back here and there. It gets worse around my period, which I have read is common.  I never had an issue before baby and now I feel like I will never be completely "better".  I just try to use coping techniques to get through the anxiety. 

NewMommy2BeFinally

Jess2007:

I was just coming over because I am experiencing something similar! My DS is 8 months old.  I am on celexa and I dont know if I was ever really depressed per say but I had PPA really badly and it still comes back here and there. It gets worse around my period, which I have read is common.  I never had an issue before baby and now I feel like I will never be completely "better".  I just try to use coping techniques to get through the anxiety. 

I feel ya girl Hopefully we can find a "cure" fo rthis... or this just part of being a mom? ahhhh

Ardmhs83

I hear ya!  My anxiety has gotten really bad lately too.  I just wrote a post about it.  A few weeks ago I had a hard couple nights of sleep and now out of nowhere I fear going to bed and my anxiety keeps me up a lot.  I just NEED sleep!  I just started my medicine, I haven't even been on it for 2 weeks yet.  I am also wondering if this will ever go away and can I ever live "drug" free again too.  I mean I'm still waiting for my "drug" to help me...that would be amazing right now.  I just want my anxiety to go away so it can let me sleep at night.  Insomnia is KILLING me. 

NewMommy2BeFinally

Ardmhs83:

I hear ya!  My anxiety has gotten really bad lately too.  I just wrote a post about it.  A few weeks ago I had a hard couple nights of sleep and now out of nowhere I fear going to bed and my anxiety keeps me up a lot.  I just NEED sleep!  I just started my medicine, I haven't even been on it for 2 weeks yet.  I am also wondering if this will ever go away and can I ever live "drug" free again too.  I mean I'm still waiting for my "drug" to help me...that would be amazing right now.  I just want my anxiety to go away so it can let me sleep at night.  Insomnia is KILLING me. 

 

:-( I hope things get better for you as well. The medicine should kick in soon. if it doesnt, let your doctor know!!

JCM

NewMommy2BeFinally:

Ardmhs83:

I hear ya!  My anxiety has gotten really bad lately too.  I just wrote a post about it.  A few weeks ago I had a hard couple nights of sleep and now out of nowhere I fear going to bed and my anxiety keeps me up a lot.  I just NEED sleep!  I just started my medicine, I haven't even been on it for 2 weeks yet.  I am also wondering if this will ever go away and can I ever live "drug" free again too.  I mean I'm still waiting for my "drug" to help me...that would be amazing right now.  I just want my anxiety to go away so it can let me sleep at night.  Insomnia is KILLING me. 

 

:-( I hope things get better for you as well. The medicine should kick in soon. if it doesnt, let your doctor know!!

I would call you doctor & tell him what is going on.  I had the same thing & he wrote me a prescription for xanax to take nightly until my meds kicked it!  I did wonders for my sleep & anxiety during the day.