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08-02-10, 19:00
Hello all, not sure if this is the right place to post but I'm just having such a bad time!!!!
I've been suffering from anxiety solidly for 15 months now not a minute goes by when I haven't been anxious. It started from a random one off panic attack when I was 4 weeks pregnant in November 08 and the worry about my unborn baby just esculated. Anyway 8 months later I gave birth to a beautiful healthy baby boy and I thought the anxiety would disappear once I knew he was ok but nope it has just got worse and worse. My anxiety originally related to my head and obsessions over brain problems such as stroke, tumour, haemerage etc and it still is (I have a constant awareness of my head and my head hurts all the time) but now I am so worried about being constantly stressed for such a long period of time that I'll not be able to have any more children. I haven't had a period for 6 months since my baby (I don't know if this has anything to do with anxiety or not) my doctor isn't concerned and I am currently undergoing CBT. I have accepted my anxiety but I am so upset that my body is suffering so badly from it that I don't seem to be recovering.
Has any women here suffered from constant anxiety over a long period of time and gone on to have healthy children. I am so worried about it, I can't see myself getting better.
Thanks for any reponses!!! xxx
I've been suffering from anxiety solidly for 15 months now not a minute goes by when I haven't been anxious. It started from a random one off panic attack when I was 4 weeks pregnant in November 08 and the worry about my unborn baby just esculated. Anyway 8 months later I gave birth to a beautiful healthy baby boy and I thought the anxiety would disappear once I knew he was ok but nope it has just got worse and worse. My anxiety originally related to my head and obsessions over brain problems such as stroke, tumour, haemerage etc and it still is (I have a constant awareness of my head and my head hurts all the time) but now I am so worried about being constantly stressed for such a long period of time that I'll not be able to have any more children. I haven't had a period for 6 months since my baby (I don't know if this has anything to do with anxiety or not) my doctor isn't concerned and I am currently undergoing CBT. I have accepted my anxiety but I am so upset that my body is suffering so badly from it that I don't seem to be recovering.
Has any women here suffered from constant anxiety over a long period of time and gone on to have healthy children. I am so worried about it, I can't see myself getting better.
Thanks for any reponses!!! xxx