Dr Anxiety?What's wrong with me?

[MsCorriBaby]

Ok so the other day I had my doctor appt and I got there fairly early because of a prior engagement. Well the whole time I am waiting and waiting and waiting and every single time the nurse would open the door to call the next patient, I get anxious...well before I knew it I almost started to have a panic attack due to all the anxiety of me being next. I hate this feeling and don't know why I do that to myself over a simple doctors visit. All I am thinking about is "I hope my blood pressure is okay and my pulse and my urine test etc etc" I think I might have been traumatized because with my last pregnancy, I had a lot of things go wrong with me and I feel like I am just waiting for them to find something wrong! Ugh I hate this feeling.

So my original appt with my obgyn was given to another Nurse Practitioner and then they got so behind that they sent me to someone else so besides being early at my appt they didnt get to me until late and I ended up being seen an hour and a half later. By that time I was super anxious and even had heart palpitations for the next day! Do any of you ladies ever get like this when waiting in the waiting room? I seriously need to think of an alternative measure. This is getting ridiculous. I also have a history of anxiety when I am pregnant. Thank God I only have a little over 4 weeks to go ...or less!

 

[emmi26]

awww hun !! im not as bad as you but im terrible with worrying and theres no better place to worry than the waiting room !!! i always imagine horrible things or panic that she wont find babys heartbeat or she will say my bump is too small or too big everything really !!!! yr not alone hun when you finally got in was yr blood pressure high?

 

[MsCorriBaby]

awww hun !! im not as bad as you but im terrible with worrying and theres no better place to worry than the waiting room !!! i always imagine horrible things or panic that she wont find babys heartbeat or she will say my bump is too small or too big everything really !!!! yr not alone hun when you finally got in was yr blood pressure high?

Yes, and thats the crazy part is I am always ok..my bp is always normal and urine is always normal. The only thing that I have had this pregnancy is I had to do the 3 hour glucose GTT and failed only one of those tests and they referred me to a nutritionists. I don't have Gestational Diabetes but they still wanted me to watch what I eat. I workout daily and eat great so I think I am just over obsessive. lol I have a doctor appt next Wed. and I am already dreading it lol Maybe I will just go in late this time like a few minutes till my appt time so I have no time to think about it lol....I am usually not that bad at all of my other appts I have been okay just a little nervous but this time was horrible.

 

[emmi26]

tell them they make you nervous when you have to wait !!! or try sitting outside and only going in when its yr appointment time !! my mw is always running late so i know how you feel drives me mad !!

 

[MsCorriBaby]

tell them they make you nervous when you have to wait !!! or try sitting outside and only going in when its yr appointment time !! my mw is always running late so i know how you feel drives me mad !!

I seriously am going to the next time! I should make them wait the next time. I really don't like that doctor's office. I hardly see the same person. I don't know who I will see. Its frustrating!

 

[stardust599]

I have anxiety disorder and waiting in the DRs always makes it worse for some reason. I had a full blown panic attack in the waiting room once and when the DR seen me he was convinced I had pre-eclampsia because I had sent my blood pressure so high with all the stressing and then I happened to have protein in my urine. Turned out to be a false alarm but I'm the same - I always panic before every appointment, I'm just waiting on them telling me something is wrong.

Can you take someone with you? I always find that when I take my OH with me and he chatters away etc. like normal it calms me right down. Apart from that I manage with deep breathing and Rescue Remedy xxx

 

[Anxiousmom2b]

I suffer from anxiety and panic attacks and I know how horrible it can be. Take a book with you when you are in the waiting room. This will distract you and help time pass quicker.

 

[MsCorriBaby]

Thanks, ladies...I will try what you suggested I feel like such a weirdo to fear the doctor's office.

 

[rachael22]

aw i know exactly how u feel u described it how i would of, every midwife/doctor visit i get anxious in the waiting room i can feel my pulse beating in my chest never known wen shes doing my blood pressure she had 2 do it 5 time 2 get a decent reading at my last appointment and as 4 the urine tests i hate them at my booking appointment i had white cells in my wee and diagnosed myself with cancer and ever since this had trggered the anxiety of more ive been like this through out my pregnancy, with the bloods i had done 2 i wouldnt stay in my house incase the phone rang and it was the doctors saying i had something terrible wrong with my bloods cant wait really 4 this pregnancy 2 b over with, im feeeling alot more happier now im cuming 2 the end of it tbh, i know how u feel and its horrible have all your appointments gone ok so far? XX

 

[MsCorriBaby]

aw i know exactly how u feel u described it how i would of, every midwife/doctor visit i get anxious in the waiting room i can feel my pulse beating in my chest never known wen shes doing my blood pressure she had 2 do it 5 time 2 get a decent reading at my last appointment and as 4 the urine tests i hate them at my booking appointment i had white cells in my wee and diagnosed myself with cancer and ever since this had trggered the anxiety of more ive been like this through out my pregnancy, with the bloods i had done 2 i wouldnt stay in my house incase the phone rang and it was the doctors saying i had something terrible wrong with my bloods cant wait really 4 this pregnancy 2 b over with, im feeeling alot more happier now im cuming 2 the end of it tbh, i know how u feel and its horrible have all your appointments gone ok so far? XX

Aww You sound just like me! Its horrible to always feel on the edge of your seat and now especially because I am going every week now I always think that they are going to find something wrong or something is going to go wrong. I would avoid the doctor's office all together if I could lol but I know that isn't possible/smart. All of my appointments have gone actually pretty well so I have no idea why I freak out. Maybe the "too good to be true" thing. I did have to see a nutritionist because I failed only one of my 3 hour glucose tests and they just want me watching what I eat. other than that everything has been okay. How is your urine tests now?

 

[rachael22]

aw i know exactly how u feel u described it how i would of, every midwife/doctor visit i get anxious in the waiting room i can feel my pulse beating in my chest never known wen shes doing my blood pressure she had 2 do it 5 time 2 get a decent reading at my last appointment and as 4 the urine tests i hate them at my booking appointment i had white cells in my wee and diagnosed myself with cancer and ever since this had trggered the anxiety of more ive been like this through out my pregnancy, with the bloods i had done 2 i wouldnt stay in my house incase the phone rang and it was the doctors saying i had something terrible wrong with my bloods cant wait really 4 this pregnancy 2 b over with, im feeeling alot more happier now im cuming 2 the end of it tbh, i know how u feel and its horrible have all your appointments gone ok so far? XX

Aww You sound just like me! Its horrible to always feel on the edge of your seat and now especially because I am going every week now I always think that they are going to find something wrong or something is going to go wrong. I would avoid the doctor's office all together if I could lol but I know that isn't possible/smart. All of my appointments have gone actually pretty well so I have no idea why I freak out. Maybe the "too good to be true" thing. I did have to see a nutritionist because I failed only one of my 3 hour glucose tests and they just want me watching what I eat. other than that everything has been okay. How is your urine tests now?

its mad we feel like this but we cant help it, my urine has been clear of white cells since booking appointment but had slight ketones last time i went but midwife said it nothing to worry about eat and drink more, more than likely my appointments go great but like u im all in a tizz wozz knowing i have an appointment and get anxious never mind it will be all over and done with soon no more trips 2 the doctors/ midwifes im sure u will be fine the rest of u pregnancy xx

 

[MsCorriBaby]

aw i know exactly how u feel u described it how i would of, every midwife/doctor visit i get anxious in the waiting room i can feel my pulse beating in my chest never known wen shes doing my blood pressure she had 2 do it 5 time 2 get a decent reading at my last appointment and as 4 the urine tests i hate them at my booking appointment i had white cells in my wee and diagnosed myself with cancer and ever since this had trggered the anxiety of more ive been like this through out my pregnancy, with the bloods i had done 2 i wouldnt stay in my house incase the phone rang and it was the doctors saying i had something terrible wrong with my bloods cant wait really 4 this pregnancy 2 b over with, im feeeling alot more happier now im cuming 2 the end of it tbh, i know how u feel and its horrible have all your appointments gone ok so far? XX

Aww You sound just like me! Its horrible to always feel on the edge of your seat and now especially because I am going every week now I always think that they are going to find something wrong or something is going to go wrong. I would avoid the doctor's office all together if I could lol but I know that isn't possible/smart. All of my appointments have gone actually pretty well so I have no idea why I freak out. Maybe the "too good to be true" thing. I did have to see a nutritionist because I failed only one of my 3 hour glucose tests and they just want me watching what I eat. other than that everything has been okay. How is your urine tests now?

its mad we feel like this but we cant help it, my urine has been clear of white cells since booking appointment but had slight ketones last time i went but midwife said it nothing to worry about eat and drink more, more than likely my appointments go great but like u im all in a tizz wozz knowing i have an appointment and get anxious never mind it will be all over and done with soon no more trips 2 the doctors/ midwifes im sure u will be fine the rest of u pregnancy xx

Thanks, hun! yea I had ketones as well and the doctor told me just to eat a bit more and it was normal Good luck to you as well. You are almost THERE!