Periods , panic attacks and BF ????

[melsy]

I didnt think I would actaully have to deal with periods yet as Im BF so was quite surprised last night to find myself bleeding. The whole week has been pretty rough (illness & personal family problems) and Ive been mnore drained than ever , but getting no less sleep than I have so put it down to this rather nasty head cold, but then last night I was soo giddy everything spun even laying or sitting down and also my moods swung uncontrollably from being totally ok to sobbing and havent been like that for MONTHS if not years.

It then escalated so much that I ended up having an almighty panic attac of which I havent suffered for 2yrs or more. It frightened the life out of me and really upset me as Ive been doing so well with having dd1 and 10wk old dd2 too.

Could it just be a disturbance in hormones that created the extreme mental reaction ? Ive had cramping too last 24hrs.

Has anyone else got over panic attacks and mental health probs and then got unbalanced with periods like this after a good remmision of 2yrs or so?????

Not sure Im articulating this very well

ahhh hadnt thought of that, may be I should get the Bf vits??

Thanx for x Fio

I was worried the bleeding was due to dropping 2 Bf for ff just to add to my guilt of being a bad mum.

cant seem to get up and want to do anything. Just want to go to bed. Tried to nap with dd1 and 2 in bed this morn ,but dd1 wanted to come down.

I was aneamic after during pg and then due to bloodloss birth 10.4 , went on ferrous for quite a few weeks , thought it had gone up , felt better and stopped taking them. I am looking quite pale again. Didnt even think of that.

Will see if I can get appt for Monday , to much to do today and dh is away overnight with work till tomorrow night , he normally does shopping with dd1 , but Ive got to attempt it later.

Dd1's had a realy boring week at home, hardly been out , only a couple of playdates here and lots of television .

Such a shame as Ive been really energised and busy for weeks , felt really proud of myself and capable. Now feel really awful.

Just look at my awful grammer too DAMN IT.

To add to it all my fanjos bu**ered to . Feel most undesirable and wierd in my body.

Oh dear IM on a right downer, no good after all my efforts to get better last couple of years.

Have called fio , only emergency today , dont think Im quite that. Only other appt next week is with young girl on rotation from hospital and Ive seen her before , shes really not experienced enough. The other Gp I want to see is only there Tues and you can only make appts 24hrs in advance with her, so have to call Monday Morn.

Keep telling me ; ITS A BLIP, ITS A BLIP, ITS A BLIP.

Cannot cannot get into having panic attacks again NO WAY. That nastyness is buried deep in archives on here.

Probably a blip!

I suffers really badly a couple of years ago with similar symptoms ended up on ad's for a while.

Concentrated hard on diet especially for those 2 weeks and now mostly ok. Still have the odd blip though just recognise and accept it now.

Best advice at the time was keep a mood diary. Plan big events for the other 2 weeks wherever possible.

Good luck and try not to worry too much.

ahhh so its quite common to have the old nastys back when period comes back. I just cant remember with dd1 as it was a really bad mess after having her. So this is a bit of a shock after being on such a wonderful even keel for a while.

I used to have them 2 weeks out of 4. Took a bit of thought and planning but alls fine now. In fact should be at my very worst point today and am even planning to go to the hairdressers and shopping this aft, would have been impossible before.

so you do a healthy diet for 2weeks running up ?reduce salt , high fat, carbs etc ?

Yep, cut alcohol, caffeine, salt and sugar.
Eat more wholefoods and grains, seeds especially. More fruit and veg. Starflower oil and magnesioum supplements are good too. Basically up your b and e vitamins.

melsy

I am wondering if you are aneamic. Please see the GP asap. Any bleeding between periods anyway should be checked out further to ascertain the cause.

Im not bleeding heavily mind , only see it when I wipe.

Could it be blood sugar levels? Have you tried eating a biscuit/toast every 2 or 3 hours? It would be quite easy to forget to feed yourself in your situation. And keep drinking water too so your body can make more blood.

Was it a good birth with your DD2? I didn't twig quite how awful my first was for about 2months, basically once I'd been able to settle down and think about it, then came flashbacks etc.

Hi,
I suffer panic attacks, but, dont get hormonal round that time of the month. Just wanted to ((hugs)).