poppy77
24-03-16, 22:59
I have always (well since my 20s) been a bit of a hypochondriac (mildly), since giving birth to my youngest child in July, my HA just spiralled.
At first, it was not so bad, but by January it reached a peak where I went to my GP in tears (and I saw about six different GPs) heaps and went up to A&E twice. I couldn't eat much or sleep and my heart was always racing. My husband eventually took me to the GP who put me on Sertraline which has helped a lot (apart from the initial two weeks which made my anxiety sky rocket and gave me sweats - which, you guessed it, triggered off more HA).
Now, two and a half months in, I do feel that I am getting calmer about health, trying to avoid googling. I have put my name down for counselling but still waiting to get to the top of the waiting list. Even though I feel a lot better in myself, I want to give myself strategies for the future to prevent the HA (or at least rationalize my thoughts and avoid catastrophising things).
The doctor thinks my recent HA is a form of postnatal anxiety. I didn't have it after the birth of my two older children but my hormones have taken a battering this time round as I had two miscarriages close together before I got pregnant with my daughter. So my hormones have been on a rollercoaster.
Anyone else feel that their HA was triggered or heightened postnatal? Did you find things resolved in time?
At first, it was not so bad, but by January it reached a peak where I went to my GP in tears (and I saw about six different GPs) heaps and went up to A&E twice. I couldn't eat much or sleep and my heart was always racing. My husband eventually took me to the GP who put me on Sertraline which has helped a lot (apart from the initial two weeks which made my anxiety sky rocket and gave me sweats - which, you guessed it, triggered off more HA).
Now, two and a half months in, I do feel that I am getting calmer about health, trying to avoid googling. I have put my name down for counselling but still waiting to get to the top of the waiting list. Even though I feel a lot better in myself, I want to give myself strategies for the future to prevent the HA (or at least rationalize my thoughts and avoid catastrophising things).
The doctor thinks my recent HA is a form of postnatal anxiety. I didn't have it after the birth of my two older children but my hormones have taken a battering this time round as I had two miscarriages close together before I got pregnant with my daughter. So my hormones have been on a rollercoaster.
Anyone else feel that their HA was triggered or heightened postnatal? Did you find things resolved in time?