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Postnatal health

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Postnatal anxiety please help

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Belle131 · 28/11/2021 09:40

I'm hoping for some words of reassurance from people who have been through this. My baby is coming up to 3 months old, I had a really traumatic pregnancy and birth and my baby has been difficult with colic etc. He is now starting to cheer up and sleep longer at night, I have stopped sleeping and my anxiety is through the roof. I feel like I'm in a haze of sleep deprivation. I lie awake with adrenaline most of the night. I am speaking to the perinatal mental health team this week, but I'm feeling so scared.

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Cantgetausername87 · 28/11/2021 17:26

I'm so sorry to hear about this OP - this must be awful for you, especially as now you can actually get some sleep!
I'm glad you're seeking help and from the right place! PNA is very common and very treatable, so be honest with how you feel, and the team will be able to give you all the support and help you need to recover - you WILL feel better soon

Yousra88 · 29/11/2021 13:04

Hi Belle, I could have written this post myself. Going to the perinatal mental health team is the best thing to do, be honest with them about everything. My perinatal mental health therapist took swift action and I’m now taking an antidepressant which I hope will kick in over the next few weeks and I’m waiting for cbt. I have health anxiety, anxiety attacks and ocd and insomnia too. It’s a horrible cycle of not being able to sleep and then that setting off an anxiety attack, and then now having a fear around sleep. Sending lots of love and solidarity. The mental health therapist told me to literally take life a couple hours at a time. We will get through this and come out the other side xxx

heckwreak · 29/11/2021 13:12

My DS is just about to turn 4 and I went through this. The perinatal MH team were amazing.... they just get it and offer support when you need it most.

I took medication and spent about 12 months working with the MH team. I was convince I wanted my son adopted in the beginning as his birth made me so poorly. We are so close now and I adore him.

Anxiety is awful but you can and will get through it you just need to learn to understand it first. Good luck

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