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2036568 tn?1330482758

Anyone else pregnant with severe anxiety?

I am 16 weeks pregnant with twins and suffering with severe anxiety .. looking for others to connect to and help support each other. This is scary!! Anyone else out there suffering?
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1885982 tn?1321894273
I'm glad I'm not the only one! I had to stop working because my anxiety was so bad. Ive had anxiety for years and am on buspar but that's it and it doesn't seem to be helping..being out ln public, even at my baby shower I panic.... My blood pressure was high when I went to the doctor but then it came down...I worry if I will suffer from ppd after the baby and that doesn't help my anxiety......no one seems to understand..I am taking things day by day.
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2206812 tn?1338918376
I am so glad I came in here and read all of your posts! I have always had anxiety but since getting prego my anxiety is to an extreme and I feel like I've now inherited my family's depression! I thought for sure I was alone! I sometimes get so raged that I just snap and see red on the littlest things that never would normally make me even annoyed. My poor husband tries to handle me the best he can but I can feel there's so much tension bc of my "hormones". I'm 23 and this is my first pregnancy, planned, and I'm 25wk1d and it's been the exact opposite of what I thought this experience would be. I wanted to be that movie happy prego girl, not psycho and miserable. :(
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i thought i was there was no one out there who could relate!!! i have anxiety so bad it scares me.and the panic attacks are worse. i seriously feel like im losing my mind right. is it normal that since prego im constanty flipping out on bf / baby daddy? i mean i literaly freak out on him some times over rediculous things. i never was like that before.. its like my fuse is so short to get mad or frusterated... i dont understand cause im not an eaily angered person or one to scream at the top of my lungs... i feel so bad for my bf.. and all he says to me is " honey its your hormones" .... i hope so  ,cause i feelike ive become a  *****.
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I am only 5 weeks pregnant, but suffering severe anxiety.  I can't eat, I can't sleep, I feel hot then cold, it feels like my heart wants to beat out of my chest, and I just feel ill, like I'm not going to make it.  This is my 3rd pregnancy, 1st one, I had anxiety, but not so bad, was on no medication, I then suffered from very bad baby blues and the doctor put me on Venlor.  I have been on this for the last 4 year.  I miscarriaged in November 2011.  The normal GP has prescribed Alzam for the anxiety, but I'm to scared to take anything.  I'm thinking of seeing a psychiatrist.
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2036568 tn?1330482758
I have been making someone go with me every where I go too! I still have the anxiety and panic but for some reason feel better when I am not alone.
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2036568 tn?1330482758
My OB started me on Zoloft and Buspar. I have been on it a week but still suffering severe anxiety.

I think some of my triggers are simply fear of losing the pregnancy. I lost my last two .. one at 24 weeks and one at 20.  =(   I am even having panic attacks at home and places where I usually never have anxiety.
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2036568 tn?1330482758
This is a first time for me and its very overwhelming. I never had this in my other pregnancies.
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2036568 tn?1330482758
I am 34
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1959722 tn?1338778115
Talk to your ob I have it and depression pretty bad with this baby and my ob put me on welbutrin. Hope this helps
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I had anxiety super bad with my first (so bad i swore id NEVER get pregnant again) i was only 17 when i found out. 4 yrs later i got pregnant again n had anxiety once again. Now im pregnant with # 3 and ive learned to cope with it and surprisingly ive had very minor minor anxiety +knock on wood+ . Do u know what triggers ur anxiety?  Whats scaring u and what do u do when u feel an attack coming on??
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1938385 tn?1332068714
yes i have this i cant even go out on my own anymore without my fiance or someone i know very well. i also suffer from depression because of childhood. i am 20 weeks. and im 20yrs old. how old r u. ur having twins r u excited. x
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