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Those with PPA

mavilabridemavilabride member
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Can you tell me what you go through on a daily basis? what your anxiety feels like? When is it triggered? What kinds of thoughts you have?

I'm meeting with a psychotherapist tonight to go over everything that I've been feeling/thinking.  I want to have a basis for comparison because I don't think what I'm going through is normal.  I'm just afraid that she'll dismiss it as normal when I don't feel that way.  TIA.

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Re: Those with PPA

  • Gina418Gina418 member

    My anxiety would ramp up at night - I would get so wound up I felt like I couldn't breath. I needed dh to take care of ds - I couldn't function on my own. I would panic at the thought of being alone those first few weeks.

    Everyone's different - a trained professional should not dismiss your feelings in any manner.

    GL - let us know how it goes!

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  • amykins1283amykins1283 member
    I was just diagnosed with PPA.  My anxiety would always come at night.  I would literally get so anxious that I wouldn't want to eat dinner, my stomach would hurt, and my mood would just turn foul.  In the middle of the night I would cry every time DS woke up to eat because I was totally exhausted and I just didn't want to deal with him.  We were having problems with breastfeeding and a lot of my anxiety stemmed from that because nursing would take FORVER and I just wanted to sleep and I felt like a failure and a terrible mom because we couldn't seem to get it together.  I would literally cry while he tried to nurse and apologize to him for not being a perfect mother and being unable to feed him properly.  Things have gotten a little better now that I've quit breastfeeding and am pumping instead but I still don't feel completely like myself.  I am going to start Zoloft tomorrow and see if that helps things. 

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