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I wanted to let everyone know about a chatroom for those suffering from anxiety and depression. It's on the Freedom From Fear website: www.freedomfromfear.org. I have met some pregnant women with anxiety and panic. The site has both men and women who suffer from anxiety, depression, panic disorder and OCD. It is great to chat with others with similar issues. People are online at different hours of the day and night. A schedule is posted on the site. It has helped me immensely.

Hi Everyone, I have a little girl who is only a year and a half. and I just found out IM pregnant again. It was a very surprising pregnancy, since I was on birthcontrol. My problem is I believe I still have post pardum from my daughter, I have never been treated for it but lately it has really been effecting me. Im really worried that It will only get worse due to my second pregnancy. Does anyone have any advice? Or any suggestions?

Can anyone who has had a panic attack please explain to me what they are and what happens and what they feel like? I think I had one but I'm not sure. It was a weird experience

hi there. i am 24 years old and i am a nurse. i have just gone through 2 cycles of ivf in a year. previous to this i was fine and well, working two jobs and the life and soul of the party. during the second round of ivf i began having severe panic attacks where now i cannot leave the house. i am unemployed and totally fed up. i am taking citalopram 20mg for the attacks and am just about to start on a course cognitive therapy. i feel there is a strong link between ivf drugs and panic disorders which they don't tell you about at the clinics. if anyone else is in my position please please get in touch so i don't feel so alone. x

whats ivf drugs?

IVF drugs are fertility treatment drugs. i have polycystic ovaries and am infertile. i had to inject myself with artificial hormones and tablets in order to harvest enough eggs to fertilise ready for transfer. i think taking all the drugs have affected my brain and therefore caused the panic attacks x

if anyone wants to chat to someone in the same position or just needs a friend to listen, a problem shared is a problem halved, so they say x please get in touch x x clairelouiseledger@hotmail.com

Hello Ladies! I am 27 weeks pregnant and also suffering from panic attacks. I started to suffer from them about 4 yrs ago when my ex spiked my drink with Extasy (8 pills), and was rushed to the hospital because my lungs collapsed, liver shut down, and my heart stopped temporarily. I did recover but began having panic attacks, which were then treated with Lexapro and Klonopins for about 6 months. I slowly weened off of the drugs and have been ok for the past 3.5 yrs (aside from a few attacks here and there), but after becoming pregnant, I find them coming back again and feel so helpless because I don't want to take meds while pregnant. I find myself worrying about EVERYTHING, including what hospital will I deliver in, should I do natural or c- section, should I have an epidural, will I hemorage on the table? It is just crazy and I cannot get these thoughts out of my head. I can't sleep at night, I am always dehydrated and I drink more than 16 gla__ses of water/ day, and I feel like I can't breath, my lungs are closing in on me, my chest is collapsing.. all when I am so tired and just want to relax. Does anyone have any advice as to what I can do to calm down and stop these restless thoughs? Thanks in advance for any advice given!!

Hi Ladies, I think this is where I might be able to help just alittle. The Panic Attacks. I too thought I was going to have one while I was in labor and didn't. I was amazed that I didn't have one. I was more relaxed then, then I ever was in the past 13 years. I have suffered from panic attacks and anxiety for 13 years.. For many years I was on meds. Then I was off meds for years. While I was ttc they came back. I did not take any meds while I was pregnant. I got that fetal montior, I forgot the name but When I figure it out I will post back. Whenever I felt an attack coming on I put my headphones on and tried to hear my son moving around. It relaxed me and calmed me down. Breathing in Paper Bags work, believe it or not. Like I said, I was so worried I was going to freak out when i was in labor and even though it was a long 58 hour labor that ended in a c-section, I didn't have a panic attack. I was more relaxed then I ever was. I am still shocked that I didn't have one till this day... As now my son is 10 months old and I am having panic attacks often. I just went through a big cervical cancer scare and had a cone biopsy. So that is my big problem of the anxiety and panic attacks being back.... I argue with my father all the time, he says panic attacks just don't happen.. Bull Sh**. It is something that is very hard to control. You feel like you lose all self control. But Trust me those that are afraid it will happen when You are in labor. I thought about it everyday, worried about everything. Good Luck.

oh now I think my husband is starting to have them. I am here to talk anytime. I am always on here. Since pa__sing on to the postpartum board after 11months of ttc and then getting pregnant, it is nice to have ladies to talk too. As once you get to this part, you barely have time to chat.

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