can it be done?

[mumsie123]

Hi everyone,

I recently suffered from an early MC and would love to try for another baby BUT i suffer from anxiety/panic attacks's

Before i MC i did feel extra hormonal and felt the anxiety creeping.

What i really want to ask, is it unbearable? has anyone done it and managed there anxiety through out pregnancy?

Hi Mumsie123,

Yes, yes, yes!!!! I have been there n done it!!

Sorry to hear about your MC

I started suffering with anxiety a few months after I gave birth to my DS1, it was pretty bad to the point were I barly wanted to leave the house for fear of having a panic attack! It was horribe! I fell pregnant with DS2 (not planned) just after DS1's 2nd B'day and I was so worried about my mental state that I considered terminating Thankfully I decided to go ahead and I feel it was my road to revovery. I had something else to concentrate on other than the anxiety and my anxiety really started to calm down - not saying it will be the same for everyone, but it was that way for me! I am so, so glad I now have DS2. I still suffer from General anxiety, but its getting better and better all the time!

Have you always suffered from anxiety, or is it something that was brought on after the birth of your DC??

Hope this help a little, if you want to know anything else or just chat i'm here!

Don;t give up x x x

Hello mumsie123, sorry to hear of your recent MC.

I don't have any advice I'm afraid, but am in a similar position to you - I suffer with depression and anxiety. DH and I have been TTC for almost a year without success and I too worry about how I will cope through PG.

Are you taking any medication for your anxiety/panic attacks?

I shall be interested to hear others experiences.

Thank you yommymommy, so glad to hear a happy story.

I have always had general panic attacks and anxiety, got a lot worse after DC2 and i also had PND im currently on AD'S and there fab, but tad worried it would all come back but worse.

After my MC i was so dead against trying again as i was petrified. But now all has calmed down i really want to start trying again :-)

Hi claire, yes im on AD'S have been since Nov.

Are you on any?

We seam to be in the same boat, scarey isn't it.

xx

Hi mumsie, yes I'm on ADs, currently trying to lower the dose (see the Citalopram thread), have been taking them for around a year and a half now. Feel so much better for being on them, but worry about them and PG, and worry about how I would be without them and PG

Very encouraging post from yommymommy - thankyou

It is a bit scary yes!

Same as me i'm on citalopram 20mg, i have been told by my doctor the risk isn't even worth worrying about :-) so i hope that help's

I also worry about it gettingn worse and needing to go up on the tab's what does are you on?

Hello mumsie, sorry I didn't get back to you until now.

I'm currently taking 30mg a day, until three weeks ago I was taking 40mg a day. The reduction seems to be going well, have had a few side effects but nothing too dramatic. I want to be on as least a dose as possible.

It's interesting what your GP has said about PG and these ADs, I've had very different information/advice from two GPs within the same practice. One said I wouldn't be able to stay on ADs if and when I became PG, and certainly wouldn't beable to be on them if I wanted to breastfeed! I have since found contradictory information on the NHS patient website - and changed my GP!. The new GP still seems to think there may be an issue with ADs and PG! to be honest I've lost all faith in the GPs I have seen, and when I do fall PG (hopeful emoticon) I will ask to be referred to a specialist.

My Husband thinks that GPs are simply that general practitioners and aren't fully knowledgeable in mental health issues (unless they have specifically trained in this area). He also thinks that I and he know me and my mental health better than any Dr could, no matter how much training they have had.

Oh dear, I've gone on a bit, I have a habit of that! Hope you have had a good weekend

Hello claire no you haven't gone on at all.
I completely understand your frustration!

Your Husband is right, not alot if any GP'S have alot of knowledge or understanding about ad's and pregnancy, i was also told by a diffrent gp at the same doctors that no way could o stay on them i would have to come off, but that is not a option for me at all.

I called another doctor and he was fab, he said there isn't enough study at all on this and the tiny risk that there is def out weighs the benefit to the mother, as a very poorly mother can be worse for baby. He told me not to even think about and i'll be fine

Also i have done a lot of threads on here and sooooo many woman have taken AD'S mostly the one we are taking and even doses as high as 60mg and all was perfectly fine.

I'm not sure on the breast feeding side of it, but i also know alot of mothers either swapped AD'S or they had no problems with it at all.

I have def rambled on and on here.

But me and hubby are going to start trying this month now so im so excited

Had a fab weekend thank you, hoe you did too

xxx