anixety panic attacks and depression surpport group

[carolyn_s]

Hi all,
just wanted to let you all know im still stalking this thread! Thanks for all your replies.Ive been ok for the last few days and been pretty busy will catch up properly soon xxx

 

[odd_socks]

I know i really have to get my anxiety sorted out, my doctor is putting me forward for counsiling and when she said she was contacted mental health services i thought oh bugger im a nut job,i think there is such a thing about anxiety and depression that people who dont suffer with it doesnt have any idea what its like. It has taken over my life, i worry about doing everything and always create every single bad thing that can happen in a situation, even though 9 times out of 10 it doesnt happen

 

[eblondie]

Welcome everyone. It's good to see more people join. I think you'll find it very friendly and understanding here.... I have certainly found it that way.

I'm 'thinking' about making a Drs appointment tomorrow. Only thinking because I'm unsure as to whether it's a good idea. We don't have regular Drs where I am so there is no Dr/patient relationship. I also don't really want this on my record if they can't/wont do anything to help.... as it doesn't help future employment.

 

[PepsiChic]

Hi girls, I've been to see a consultant and substance midwife today. Both have agreed I need anti depressants so I've been put back onto sertraline but now it's a 100mg dose. I can go up to 250mg before it starts to get dangerous for baby.

When I have my triple test I need extra blood taken to check my liver. I overdosed back in October and a lot of the tablets I took were paracetamol which can mess your liver up. I had tests whilst in hospital which indicated it was ok at the time but they want to keep an eye on me.

It's a weight off my shoulders, especially since I only have my OH to support me

sequeena thats FANTASTIC news!!! im so pleased for you hunny i really am. its so nice to get a break like that and have a breather from it all, im sure the blood work for your liver will be fine if it was fine before, but its good to have checks done, better safe then sorry! now try to enjoy your pregnancy!

Thank you so much for taking the time to reply x

your welcome pink, hope your having a good day to day x

Hi all,
just wanted to let you all know im still stalking this thread! Thanks for all your replies.Ive been ok for the last few days and been pretty busy will catch up properly soon xxx

good to see your still here, looking forward to a catch up x

I know i really have to get my anxiety sorted out, my doctor is putting me forward for counsiling and when she said she was contacted mental health services i thought oh bugger im a nut job,i think there is such a thing about anxiety and depression that people who dont suffer with it doesnt have any idea what its like. It has taken over my life, i worry about doing everything and always create every single bad thing that can happen in a situation, even though 9 times out of 10 it doesnt happen

i agree oddsocks, people who dont suffer from something have no idea about its effects, and the damage it can do to a person. and that goes for EVERYTHING! mental disorders i think are even harder to understand from a outside veiw because our inds are very complex things, we talk, or open our hands to grab something without thinking about doing the action, the very fact our minds can controlt hese things without hesitation is amazing, but because its so complex when things go wrong and your mind works overdrive, its really hard to undersdtand whats wrong unless your experencing it

Welcome everyone. It's good to see more people join. I think you'll find it very friendly and understanding here.... I have certainly found it that way.

I'm 'thinking' about making a Drs appointment tomorrow. Only thinking because I'm unsure as to whether it's a good idea. We don't have regular Drs where I am so there is no Dr/patient relationship. I also don't really want this on my record if they can't/wont do anything to help.... as it doesn't help future employment.

im glad you like this group

if you think it might help to go, then id would go and see what he suggests as treatment and his thoughts on it. then maybe take a day or two to think over the options hes given you and find out how they will effect any thing in the future (pregnancies, travel, work).

although everything is put on your health record everytime you go to the doctors, only certain eomployers can egt that information and it HAS to be with your consent, emolpyers like the army/navy/airforce etc.

otherwise other jobs like supermarket, office jobs, photography, etc dont require the employer to look at your health record and they are not allowed access to it. so really it shouldnt have any effect ony our future emloyment depending on the type of employment you go for. most however are safe! and you never have to disclose ANY information about your health to your work place unless they specifically ask you certain questions....

for example: if you work in a warehouse you'll be required to lift heavy boxes, do you have any back injuries that may make you unable to lift heavy boxes or need certain help to do so.

they never normally ask about mental health issues, most are NOT allowed. and if they do, check out your rights before you anwser.

 

[sequeena]

Oh hun it wasn't good

I took the tablet and started being violently sick with dark blood. Got to primecare and the doc checked my pulse, told me it was probably an 'allergic reaction' and sent me on my way. It was horrible

 

[PepsiChic]

Oh hun it wasn't good

I took the tablet and started being violently sick with dark blood. Got to primecare and the doc checked my pulse, told me it was probably an 'allergic reaction' and sent me on my way. It was horrible

what?! if its an allergic raction you should be off those meds and prescribed something else!

have you called the susbtance midwife since that happened and told her? she sould review your medicationa dn put you on something different!

 

[LoobyLou75]

Hi everyone

I have suffered anxiety for years and in October when my LO was 8 months old I was diagnosed with PND.
I think a number of factors contributed to this and I'm trying to work through them.

It would be great to have someone to chat to as although my HV has been a great support, she's not available all the time so nice to know there's a group here to come and share my fears with.

 

[PepsiChic]

Hi everyone

I have suffered anxiety for years and in October when my LO was 8 months old I was diagnosed with PND.
I think a number of factors contributed to this and I'm trying to work through them.

It would be great to have someone to chat to as although my HV has been a great support, she's not available all the time so nice to know there's a group here to come and share my fears with.

Welcome LoobyLou!

normaly when somesone suffers from anixety, or a form of depression it is may causes rolled up into one, and normally they are all related too. Im glad your HV is really supportive its good to have someone like that to talk to.

and of course we are all here as well to talk and listen and support you

 

[PepsiChic]

LO was great at his shots had 4 needles stuck in him (2 at a time) (1 was flu) plus one oral. he sat munching a rice cake and ignored the whole thing except a short little yelp and then back to munching between the two lots.

me though, i was a nervous wreck due to the phobia, and then my hubby had to go to his mums to fix her computer as she had been calling him every day 3 or 4 times a day for the last 3 days...

so i got home with a tired baby, me an anxious wreck, he left, i got LO down. he came back things seemed ok, but i couldnt relax at all. i kept crying randomly and ended up arguing later that night and i went to bed earlier. only to be up 7 times during the night because LO was running a fever.

so now im exhausted. not a good way to start the day.

 

[LoobyLou75]

Thanks PepsiChic. Your LO was born on my birthday by the way

Sorry to hear you're having a rubbish day

 

[needausername]

Gosh, work is so stressful. By mid morning I am so tired that I can barely function. I am stressing out so much because I am not getting enough time to get my work done and I feel like I am talking to myself when I ask for help with it. To top it all off they are trying to make out that I owe them a ton of time!!!!!!!!

 

[eblondie]

Welcome Loobyloo

Pepsichic.....unfortunately i have one of those jobs where what's written on your Drs records is important. On any application form I have to write about mental health and if I don't give them access to my Dr then I don't get the job! I know what I can cope with... which is why I don't work full time and can never see myself doing. Because I don't know the Dr and the Dr doesn't know me, it always makes me feel nervous when I see them as you never know what they are going to write with their limited knowledge of you.

Well I didn't call the Drs today but I did make another phone call that has taken me 3 weeks to make! Anxiety makes me hide away... especially from phones


Pepsichic I'm glad that your LO was ok with their jabs. My little one screams which is why I now refuse to take him and let DH take him instead. Quite often LOs aren't too well after their jabs. Were you able to give them anything?

Sequeena I'm sorry that you had such a bad reaction. Hopefully they will get it sorted out for you very soon.

 

[sequeena]

Oh girls it's not been fun

When I got home from primecare I ate some bland food and we went to bed. I started being sick again and the blood was bright red. We had to ring an ambulance who took us through to Morriston A&E.

They didn't bother trying to take blood of the crook of my elbow, there's never a good vein there. They tried to take it from my forearm but it still wasn't working so they got the catheter out and put it in my hand. My right hand would give them nothing, but thank god my left hand did. Catheters really fucking hurt.

I got put onto a drip to hydrate me and a B vitamin drip to help with the sickness. I also had zofran and something beginning with r put into the catheter.

They transferred us to Singleton hospital because they didn't have beds. Singleton only had one bed left and I took it. Wish I hadn't really.

Not one person looked at my maternity notes and kept asking if I had a water infection - if you read my notes you would see that I have a minor water infection!!!

I went to the loo (along with my new friend, the drip) and accidentally dropped it so instead of the drip flowing into my hand the blood flowed out of my hand and up the tube. The nurses said it was fine, that it would right itself but it didn't. After a while the blood clotted and the drip couldn't get through. I kept asking for something to be done but nothing did get done. When they took the catheter out when I was discharged the needly was extremely bloody (thick crusted) and it was bent at the end. No wonder it hurt so much

The doctor wanted to do an endoscopy (sp?) to make sure I didn't have any ulcers or the like in my stomach... I didn't need one in the end as I had stopped being sick (they did at least top up the anti sickness stuff and gave me maxoillion or something too) but they didn't tell me until they decided not to give me one that it carried the risk of miscarriage

They tried listening for baby's heartbeat with a stethoscope but did say I was probably too early... I was promised a doppler, did I get it? Of course not.

I managed 2 hours sleep... in total I was at the hospital for around 16 hours.

I discharged myself in the end. They wanted me to stay in overnight so they can take more bloods in the morning but I'd had enough. I feel so much better and after how I was treated I did not want to be there. I am having my bloods done in my local hospital tomorrow.

Can't believe one tablet did all this. It honestly felt like my overdose all over again

 

[odd_socks]

anxious as hell today feels like i just fall flat on my face whenever i try anything at the moment

 

[PepsiChic]

needa,Tesco used to do that! you take any time off work and they you to "owe" them it back. its stupid how they'll squuese every last drop out of you if they can! have you thought about working just part time for a while? like a half day shift so you can go home and take a nap?


eblondie that really sucks i agree that new/different doctors make things harder. my first doctors i was registered at in the UK i hated because there was 15 doctors there and i was always seeing someone different. I have 1 doctor now and 1 obgyn.


sequeena i cant believe you went through all that trama! thats awful. i really hope you get treated better at your local hospital because that sounded like something from one of those tv shows. really hope you feel better soon try to get as much rest as you can, rest helps your body heal.

oddsocks, take a big deep breath ok? think of things you can do that you enjoy, like a tv show that might be on later, or watch a funny movie. get your favourite snack or play your favourite game. the more you think about how anxious you feel the worse it'll get. try to stay calm



my LO ran a fever all monday night and through to tuesday late afternoon. was up 7 times monday night, and he didnt nap well tuesday morning, but he did nap good for his afternoon nap and last night he slept through and woke up quite perky. so i think hes over the worst of it. but ive been feeling sick all day yesterday and today. i think AF might be on its way as i have back ache. i also feel exhausted even though i slept from about 00:30 to 7am

 

[sequeena]

Thanks hun, I feel so faint today that I couldn't go down to get my bloods taken Hope I don't get worse, I don't want to go back

 

[eblondie]

Sequeena that was a terrible night Reading you talking about needles reminded me of the pain too.... it's awful isn't it. Were they busy? It doesn't sound as though you had much care. Hope your local is better for you.

Pepsichic I think it was great advice that you gave oddsocks. I too find that the more you think about anxiety the worse it gets. I try to keep myself busy to take my mind off it... but it's not easy.

I think my day went pretty well really considering how anxious I was this morning.
I was even able to call the call centre for the supermarket delivery order and tell them I was unhappy with their service and demanded (politely of course!) that they put it right.... which they have It made me feel very proud of myself.... just small things can seem so big sometimes!

 

[sequeena]

A&E hadn't been that busy but it was only a Monday night I suppose... the ward was extremely busy, I only ever saw 2 nurses, 1 doctor, 1 student... but a crap load of medical students - there's a university next to the hospital.

 

[LoobyLou75]

I just wish for one day I could have normal worries instead of worries that escalate out of control and have me worrying about allsorts.
I had a right go at my DH earlier as he put the bin out and when i asked if he'd washed his hands he lied and said he had but he hadn't. Now I'm worried he's contaminated everything.

 

[PepsiChic]

sequeena i really hope you dont have to go back and that the reaction stops soon, have you talked to your substance midwife again to see if she can give you anything different?

eblondie, im glad you got over your anxiety from the morning, and im very proud of you calling the supermarket to get them to put right a mistake, thats fantastic and very brave i dont know i couldnt of done that!

I just wish for one day I could have normal worries instead of worries that escalate out of control and have me worrying about allsorts.
I had a right go at my DH earlier as he put the bin out and when i asked if he'd washed his hands he lied and said he had but he hadn't. Now I'm worried he's contaminated everything.

loobylou, i know its hard hunny , and what makes it worse is when we know we're being irrational about something but cant help it or it frustrates other people that we love. Id apologise to your husband and explain that your feeling a bit anxious today and please could he remember to wash his hands next time as it just made things more difficult for you. sometimes we need to step back and remember they dont realise we over-think about things and worry more. so he may not think its as big a deal as you do. and trying to make him think like you never works. but taking a softly approach might get you better luck.

me and my hubby started arguing loads when LO was about 2 months old, every single day was arguing and tears. it was awful. eventually i wrote him 2 very long emails, i explained how i was feeling, that i was suffering really bad from anxiety right now and really needed his love and support and that i dont expect him to understand what im thinking or feeling, but to try and take it into consideration when i ask him to do something, because im not asking to be a pain in the ass im asking because otherwise it will add stress onto me.

he was great about reading the emails when he got home from work and i was in bed, it gave him time to think about it and the next day he gave me cuddles and apologised for not knowing or understanding.

4 months down the road, he helps without asking, he asks how im feeling when i get up, and if i say im feeling anxious he asks what he can do that will help make me feel better (back rub and cuddles are good, or i ask him to watch the LO so i could take a nice hot shower/bath)