Post-natal anxiety/panic attacks & intrusive thoughts

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5 weeks ago I started suffering severe anxiety, panic attacks and intrusive thoughts. I had a baby just under 4 months ago so the mental health team think it's related to post-natal.
I'm on 40mg fluxotine and 40mgx3 propranolol per day. I felt myself picking up over the last week or so but now I feel like back to the start. Like it's restarting at the beginning.

I'm seeking advice and support on anyone that has experienced this too?
I know it's a long recovery when it comes to mental health but this almost feels too much to cope with.

Thanks for reading.

@Flappityflippers1 thank you for your help.
Did you ever wake up and wonder what your day was going to be like? If it would be a bad day? If you'd be going back to day one? X

@PerpetualStudent thank you for your help. One split moment I feel some what normal then it's straight back to worrying about my anxiety and thoughts. It's like I can't get them out of my head x

QUESTION -
Did anyone have flashbacks of their intrusive thoughts? Like reoccurring back into your wave of thought after being gone?

Hi Op- couldnt read and not post to you. I had this about 4 years ago - after my last child - it came up because of a lot of different stresses and I struggled with it for about 6 months before I saw a private therapist. I had cbt for about 3 months and talked through a lot of my feelings and the thoughts which I blurted out in my 1st session. It was such a relief to get them off my chest and I spent a lot of time just crying in her office lol. It took a few sessions with her before I felt strong enough to tall through things with anyone else, like my husband, (but he was so understanding I couldnt believe it - I had convinced myself he would be out the door as soon as he realised he was married to a nutter)- but the therapy was brilliant. I look back on that time now in amazement that it ever even happened- my life is so different now. Be honest. Talk. Read. I found Mad girl by Bryony Gordan very good - actually anything by her is good. Other books on Intrusive thoughts/ Pure OCD were also helpful. There are loads on Amazon to choose from. It is much more common than you think and you are definitely not the 1st nor will you be the last to go through this - but you will come out the other side understanding yourself so much more, and a hell of a lot more empathetic to others plight as well. Its hell. I know it is. Pure torture. But if you get the help, it wont last forever. I promise you that.