Anxiety support, Hand hold or chit chat come say hi #2

[Fairydust26]

Hi everyone this is part 2 as the original thread is full up! But as the title says this thread is support for all that are struggling and could do with a handhold and a chit chat so come and say hello😊.

Thanks I will x

Olivesandwine how are you doing today?

Hi fairydust. Not too bad at the moment. Trying to distract myself and forget about my problems. Its hard when i feel like i want to pee all the time . Mind I was up at 6 googling stuff so I'm my own worst enemy.

How are you doing?

How's everyone doing. Had a bad day yesterday worrying about my bladder issues. Classic health anxiety making things worse and I just wallowed all day. Work today so that will distract me. Still not sure whether to ring docs or hold on till my appointment next week.

Olivesandwine feeling abit meh but I’m determined to make this week a positive one! It is really hard to break the cycle isn’t it what about giving yourself a few days and if it’s still worrying you there’s no harm in giving your gp a call for a peace of mind if anything. Hope the rest of your day is better.

Hi, we had a nice long weekend at my parents where dd slept through for 2 nights. Yesterday however my dh mobile broke and he was in a foul mood, and was having a go at baby and me at 1:30 as she was refusing the bottle and I was half asleep trying to stay calm so I could breastfeed. She's 8 weeks today and I've got the dentist so leaving her with dh. He's great with her but we have some differences in opinions. When it comes to extended family, I want them around and am happy to breastfeed around them and let them have cuddles. Dh makes sure I have privacy, dd likes a muss ie on her head and quiet during feeding. Dh does not like crowds and would happily carry around and cuddle dd all day. He said dd is not a commodity but I find her hot and heavy to hold and think that if lots of people hold her and talk to her she will be confident and not clingy. He's being a great dad but keeps saying worrying things like she will hate him soon... He's seen Da between his parents.

Pretty crap here today. Laid on the bed crying because I’m sick of my bladder issues. Apparently I haven’t got a uti any more but I still have the symptoms. Just going to have to pull myself together and get on with it. Totally making myself worse with anxiety and I may just have to admit to the doc that I need help with it. Then again now that I know this I might start to improve.
Perhaps it’s time to take the antidepressants and I have been avoiding.

Olivesandwine I defiantly believe our bodies can create these bizarre random symptoms when we’re anxious and it’s usually the ones we fear the most, you think holy sh*t it’s real this time I’ve got that illness or disease whatever it may be and it scares you half to death!. Our body’s are so sensitised From these anxious thoughts it can take a while for us to feel normal again trust me I’ve dealt with it loads I just have to remind myself that I’ve got through it once it’s just a blip and I’ll get through it again. I too didn’t want to go on medication but after years of struggling I thought anything’s got to be better than having to deal with these feelings everyday so I’m on a low dose of antidepressants and it has defiantly helped with my anxiety. Sorry for such a long reply! But I sending you a lease I’ve handhold.

*massive handhold stupid autocorrect

Thanks Fairydust.
My problem is I want a quick fix for everything. It’s just the thought of now having to go down the testing road and all the waiting around for answers, if there are any. For sure my anxiety is ramping up my symptoms but at the moment I am all doom and gloom and thinking I am going to be stuck with this problem for life.

I thought I’d got rid of this ridiculous health anxiety years ago but I just replaced it with other worries tbh and I do know 100% how anxiety can magnify and prolong physical symptoms. I have many examples but won’t bore you now.

It’s so good to talk so thanks for listening:)

Olivesandwine no worries it defiantly helps writing it down and getting it off your chest, hope your feeling better today?😊

I believe that your body can give you symptom when you are stressed. At the moment I feel I'll after eating. I don't feel stressed or anxious but I know I am. I have a meeting for my new job on Sat. Anyone would be nervous.

At the moment I am watching an old dr Phil about Jon Ramsey. The 6 year old pagent queen that was murdered. I still think it was the brother and it was covered up. Very interesting I have to say.

Hi, struggling today.

What’s up Embracethechaos?

Are you okay Embrace?

Does anyone else spend money needlessessly when feeling down or anxious? Today I bought 3 pairs of runners and a fit bit (second hand on Ebay) the runners were on sale too. Thing is I can't afford them.
Again I don't feel anxious but I guess that's the medication. I have other symptoms like not sleeping, exversising more to try and sleep, eating very little all day( although then I tend to gorge in the evenings)
My DS did terrible in his exams but he passed Maths. He is delighted with the results so I should be too right? I was until I looked closer at them. He only passed 4 out of 8 and one of them was a foundation level. He failed 3. Yesterday I was happy because he was happy.

Babys routine is non existant. I only got 4 hours sleep. I have a 25 prescribed for the morning and an optional 25 for the afternoon, ontop of my full 100 at night. I'd forgotten the morning 25 over the weekend and was fine but back home took it Monday and Tuesday. I felt low on Tuesday, no reason, got out and about. Today I decided to skip the 25, thinking I had my optional dose in my bag. I went to my home town to visit in-laws, hoping to see an old friend. I wanted my 25 but only had an empty blister packet so must have taken it one day and forgotten (an issue I have). My friend was going to meet me after work at 3:30 but I got a text at 6 to say her work overran and she's very tiered and needs to postpone. This is quite a distant friend now, we were very close at school. She cancelled on me before about a year ago and I got disproportionately upset, crying hysterically which was the point I decided to seek help from the gp.

I'm back home and taken my dose, helps me sleep deeply and a mood stabiliser (quetiapine)

Hope you feel better in the morning and you get some sleep. It's hard when baby doesn't want to sleep. My DS was a terrible sleeper so I sympathise.

Thanks iblink. She was a really good sleeper (she had jaudice and we had to wake her) today she had short naps, I did drink lots of coffee while bf. She's asleep on me now and I don't Want to move...

How's everyone doing today?
My bladder symptoms have eased off today and therefore so has my anxiety. However, they are usually better in the morning and get worse as the day goes on and so my anxiety responds

However, last night I had two glasses of wine - I know it doesn't help in the long run - but I did feel relaxed and almost normal. It was nice to have a break from worrying.

Everything in moderation, I've been having shandys... My meds say no alcohol. When I was pregnant the smell of alcohol, esspesally beer made me feel sick. I'm lucky as most my nct group missed and craved alcohol, I was never a big drinker. I 2 always liked beer and now I fancy some so had shandy which I had at home as a teenager.

I'm doing well, getting sleep and dd is smiling more and engaging in general at 8 weeks which is lovely.

Been feeling very anxious these last few days pretty sure it’s hormonal as aunt flows arrived however the pains were so bad today I honestly thought I was going to die at one point so that’s sent my anxiety right over the edge, how I ever survived child birth is beyond me!. Hoping to get an early night and hopefully feel better tomorrow... hope you all have a peaceful weekend😊.

Hope you feel better after a night's sleep. I never get much pms but labour pains were agony, esspesally after induction and before pain relief (I wanted a natural birth). I was admitted to hospital before contractions though so always felt safe (except at the very end, I pushed my baby out in the last contraction with fear after hearing a terrifying scream from another room and the midwife saying it was the last chance before forceps. Was a really good midwife, experienced, calm but firm when I didn't think I could carry on)

Hey all, Long term general anxiety sufferer here. I used to be on a citalopram thread a few years back I have had a better handle on it over the last couple of years.

I am having a really bad flare up right now I've just twigged it's because there is a fair bit of life stress at the moment.
We have DD's gcse results on thurs and all the registering college requires. Youngest is off to primary in September and 2nd oldest is about to start year 11. Then there is dc3 who I am about to start home edding.

Now all these things individually i am not worried about but I think having to think about the family situation as a whole and being stuck indoors all holiday (I used to be agoraphobic) DP is working all hours as he is a manager and all his staff would rather not work so I have no support. It is all just getting a bit much and i keep having panic attacks in places that after quite a lot of work admittedly I was fine in.

So here i am for a handhold and a place to rant.