Hi,
Am a long time panic and anxiety sufferer. Up to 12 months ago I was feeling quite good as I was on Fluoxetine, but had to come off them as I got pregnant with my third child. I now have a seven year old, five year old and 5 week old.
I have become progressively worse since the birth and am now in my first week back on fluoxetine. I know the next few weeks will be awful as I've been here before.
My question is, how on earth do people manage to cope with the daily needs of life with young children. I have got to the point that the school run is hell on earth, and I really don't think I can do it tomorrow. At the moment I feel able to look after my baby boy as he sleeps a lot, however, I know the side effects of the meds are going to get a lot worse.
Everything is running through my head. How will the kids get to school, what happens if I have a major panic when I'm on my own with the baby. My Husband is self employed so if he doesn't work, we don't earn. He remembers what it was like last time I started meds, but says this time it wont be so bad, and is expecting me to do school run, look after the baby etc on my own.
DO other with young children just try to get on with it and live with the panic or if you are really bad, do you give yourself time to recover and step back from everything. The guilt of doing this for me is horrible.
I know this could have gone in the flux section, but this section seems to get more traffic. Helps me to write it all down.