I've always suffered with health anxiety from a young age, and due to a few traumatic events in the last few years and unexpectedly becoming pregnant while on contraception has thrown me into a black hole again. This is my second child, different dad but dad has done a runner, anyway. For nearly 3 months now my right leg has been feeling strange, it starts under the knee and goes into my ankle, it's like a heavy, weak clumsy feeling which is pretty much constant. This is causing my health anxiety to sky rocket because I think it may be neurological. I've spoken to different doctors who did a strength test and what not on the leg and said there's no change in actual strength but due to the worry it is causing me have reffered me to the mental health team for therapy and I've been put on some new medication to try and help the panic attacks. Has anyone had this bizzare feeling in pregnancy before? Could it be a pregnancy issue? I don't experience pain in the leg at all. It just feels so strange all the time like it might give out on me. I don't feel like I can cope with the upcoming birth of my baby because of all this mental stress. I am so energyless and depressed, I can't even get excited about the baby because how disabling my health anxiety is right now. Thanks for anyone that took the time to read this long post.
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struggling with mental health, 27 weeks pregnant. Please help.
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Chloeisobelle21 · 31/01/2016 14:39
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