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working while having extreme anxiety

JoBieger05JoBieger05
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I work full time at night. I'm home with LO all day which is wonderful, but at night I sit at work and fight back tears because I am so worried that something has happened to Gracie. It's awful. And I torture myself with stories of SIDS and healthy babies passing away. I honestly can't take much more of it. I'm wondering if cutting down to part time would be better. It would probably help me out more if I was home with LO more at night. Have any of you ladies gone through something similar? Sorry for the one paragraph of text. I'm on my phone lol.
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Re: working while having extreme anxiety

  • rosesandpeoniesrosesandpeonies member

    I am not working right now, but before pregancy I was diagnosed with Generalized Anxiety Disorder...and most of my worries were about people dying.  Like if I called my mom and she didn't answer I could make myself a total mess crying thinking something horrible happened...when she was probably just in the bathroom or something.  When I was working I found that my anxiety was much, much worse.

    As far as having anxiety about your daughter that is very normal and I have the exact same fears and anxiety and again I am not working right now.  I do take medication and I have had counseling about how to work with my fears....but they still creep in.

    As far as cutting down to part time some people may say that you shouldn't and you should try to work on it with meds or counseling before changing your lifestyle because of anxiety, however, I have found that sometimes a change like that is necessary....at least for me it was.  I would discuss things with a dr. before making any changes though, because counseling or meds might just get you over the hump without having to cut back on work. 

    DD (8/12/09), DD (2/8/11)
    BFP 12/16/14| EDD 8/19/15 |MMC 1/15/15 (9 weeks 1 day)
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    rosesandpeonies: Thank you for your response. I am so confused about everything right now. I know that I need to talk to my doctor and see what they say. But, the sad thing is that I don't even know which doctor to talk to. My OB? I have no clue. 
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    imageJoBieger05:
    rosesandpeonies: Thank you for your response. I am so confused about everything right now. I know that I need to talk to my doctor and see what they say. But, the sad thing is that I don't even know which doctor to talk to. My OB? I have no clue. 
      Yes start with your ob.  They will point you in the right directions as per your symptoms.
    DD (8/12/09), DD (2/8/11)
    BFP 12/16/14| EDD 8/19/15 |MMC 1/15/15 (9 weeks 1 day)
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