anxiety anyone?

JulesDiane · August 2013

Just curious if anyone else has dealt with anxiety? For about the past 5 days, it has felt like someone is sitting on my chest. I am about 85% sure that it is anxiety related. The fact that someone went into our garage last night and stole the purse out of my car, and my road bike is not helping things get better! We were home at the time! We didn't realize until this morning that it had happened. I am feeling completely overwhelmed by all that I need to do, and having no time to do things. I had someone that would come over once a week to nanny so I can get stuff done, but we haven't been able to have her over in over a month.

I am just curious if there are others who have had anxiety and how you have dealt with it. I have been trying to get to the gym to run off some steam and get a little break from the girls. That has been foiled quite often by naps and the girls getting sick. I am considering talking to a doctor, but I honestly don't even know what kind of doctor I would to? Just start with a GP? I only have an OBGYN, not a GP.

TIA! This is a bit of a post and run as I am headed out to lunch.

MommaP12 · August 2013

My BFF just went through this. Her kids are 9 and 4. She works full time, but loves her job. She was just feeling overwhelmed and it would lead to her chest pounding, etc. She tried to manage it on her own by meditating, exercising, etc. and it wasn't helping. She went to her primary care and got a low dosage of prozac and feels much better. She said she feels "normal" again instead of anxious and uptight all the time.

Talk to your PCP and see if it can help. I'm going to mine on Monday because I think I have a little PPD (not hardcore I can't care for my kids, but I need help coping with some rough stuff and not feeling sad all the time).

MississippiCatfish · August 2013

So sorry you're going through this. I don't have much advice, but wanted to let you know you're not alone. I've struggled with anxiety in the past and lately I've felt it creeping back in. I'm up worrying in the middle of the night and feel "on edge" much of the time. I'm going to see my Dr (Family Medicine, but he also delivered LO, so he's my only doc) on Friday for a physical and will bring it up then. I will say that I see a definite increase in anxiety when I take in caffeine, so I'm trying to limit that. GL!

ETA: I'm not worrying about legit things, either. I think worrying about thw break in is understandable right now. Last night I couldn't stop thinking about the things that didn't go my way at our wedding...two years ago. There's no good reason for those kinds of thoughts right now. I woke up this morning even more convinced that this isn't normal.

Kissty · August 2013

I had terrible anxiety and would have panic attacks during the day and at night. It gradually got worse and worse as time went on. The last straw was when DH had to physically come to my job and help me get out of an attack that I was in.

I went to see a GP (at the time I did not have one either). We talked and he put me on Lexapro. We decided to go that route because it worked quickly and is very low dose, it also had the least amount of side effects. It helped to calm me down. I still had to take another pill (can't remember what it was) for a severe attack.

He wanted me to only take them for a year and then wean off to see if I had an issues. Luckily, I did not. A lot of things had changed (for the better) within that year. But I can tell now when I am starting to get anxious and do something about it before it gets out of hand, were as before it would just escalate so rapidly that I was in a full blown panic attack before I knew it.

Please go see someone. The medication really made a big difference and helped me to learn what some of my triggers are. Good luck.

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