https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 16 May 2026 17:16:03 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ttc-with-anxiety-disorder#post-1894524 Thu, 09 Oct 2014 06:47:44 +0000 FaithFertility 1894524@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ValentineMommy: ughhh you sound like my sister, I'm sorry!!!! I pray you get a wave of peace soon! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ttc-with-anxiety-disorder#post-1894517 Thu, 09 Oct 2014 06:23:43 +0000 anonysquire 1894517@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes! I've gotten prego twice with bad anxiety!! I saw a therapist for a bit during my first pregnancy though. Feel free to PM me!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ttc-with-anxiety-disorder#post-1894511 Thu, 09 Oct 2014 06:11:10 +0000 blackbird 1894511@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Please see someone and get some help! A therapist, medication, whatever you need! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ttc-with-anxiety-disorder#post-1894508 Thu, 09 Oct 2014 06:08:29 +0000 ValentineMommy 1894508@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@FaithFertility: Because I also have OCD, it's super hard to focus on anything else! Lol I try daily to relax, but it just isn't working. I go to acupuncture weekly, meditate daily, and try to do yoga a few times a week. It helps in the moment, but shortly thereafter, the anxiety comes right back. Ugh. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ttc-with-anxiety-disorder#post-1894504 Thu, 09 Oct 2014 06:02:24 +0000 FaithFertility 1894504@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Awwwww I am sorry you suffer from anxiety anf panic disorders, no fun!!!!</p> <p>I've never been diagnosed but I know I have super high anxiety and when really bad have heart flutters....</p> <p>TTC/infertility didn't help that!!!!!! But I made it through, I will say having something "else" to focus on helped! I read the bible app ebery night,some of the stories just really helped to calm me!</p> <p>I still deal with it now, but try daily to remind myself all is well!</p> <p>Best of luck and many prayers to you! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ttc-with-anxiety-disorder#post-1893264 Wed, 08 Oct 2014 10:40:20 +0000 ValentineMommy 1893264@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sorrycharlie: Thank you!</p> <p>You've both made me feel a lot better about it. Should I contact my GP or my OB? My OB knows how much I struggled with PPA and also with my m/c. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ttc-with-anxiety-disorder#post-1893193 Wed, 08 Oct 2014 10:04:51 +0000 sorrycharlie 1893193@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ValentineMommy: I was put on lexapro around 14 weeks. I really should have bucked up and asked to take it earlier, but hindsight is 20/20. I would definitely talk to your doctor! I'm only on 10 mg and it's amazing the difference it has made..night and day. I can't get over it. </p> <p>They actually warned me I'll have to bump up in dosage a little bit, because by 3rd tri your blood volume is bigger, so the medicine isn't as effective. And I can actually tell - my anxiety has come back (though not as bad as before) so we may bump up to 15 or 20 at the end of the month, not sure.</p> <p>They assured me that the risks to baby were minuscule and haven't been able to been proven whether it's medication OR basic pregnancy. i.e., baby with side effect A was born to mom on anxiety med, and off. so they can say pregnancy = the side effect (say, more fussing days 1-3) but not that anxiety med = that side effect. They said my mental health (and flooding the baby with stress hormones) was an equal risk, and they were more concerned with happy mama!</p> <p>I hope that helps some. I was so paranoid and guilty starting lexapro...but it's been amazing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ttc-with-anxiety-disorder#post-1893095 Wed, 08 Oct 2014 09:29:20 +0000 ValentineMommy 1893095@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@babycanuck: Oddly enough, my anxiety was totally gone when I was pregnant. I never felt better! I miss that :crying: I have b12 anemia and get monthly shots for that, but I had no idea about b6! I'll definitely look into that! Thank you :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ttc-with-anxiety-disorder#post-1892898 Wed, 08 Oct 2014 08:23:47 +0000 babycanuck 1892898@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ValentineMommy: My doctor put me on 10 mg of cipralex. Every doctor will have their own opinion and every country/state/province may have different regulations, so have an OPEN conversation with him or her.</p> <p>Trust me, I feel your pain, 100%. I've been there, I am there, but I know that it gets WORSE when you get pregnant, so if you don't find some way to help you out, you'll be generally unhappy.</p> <p>If you're not ready yet to try meds, try taking B6. My GP put me on B6 before I lost total control of my emotions. She said take one whenever you're feeling emotional, and it definitely helped. Take some time trying that - don't take it every day, but when you are feeling extremely anxious, and see if it works for you. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ttc-with-anxiety-disorder#post-1892894 Wed, 08 Oct 2014 08:21:10 +0000 ValentineMommy 1892894@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@babycanuck: Would you mind me asking what medication? I'm super scared to take anything while TTC! I even cut out caffeine! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ttc-with-anxiety-disorder#post-1892878 Wed, 08 Oct 2014 08:14:25 +0000 babycanuck 1892878@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ValentineMommy: I am going through this right now. I truly suggest you going to speak with your GP and ask them for something that is safe for you to take during pregnancy. I am on a very low dosage of anxiety/depression medication and WHAT A DIFFERENCE! Seriously, day 2 after I started taking I felt totally different. I also specified that I wanted something that wouldn't make me "numb". I still have my emotions, but I am in control of them now.</p> <p>I am still in my TTC process because i have medical issues I'm dealing with that is preventing me from getting pregnant, but I don't know how I would have got through things WITHOUT the meds. I've been on and off them for a few years, took a break at one point and went back on. I know I need them, and there's nothing wrong with that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ttc-with-anxiety-disorder#post-1892856 Wed, 08 Oct 2014 08:03:04 +0000 ValentineMommy 1892856@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Anyone out there successfully get pregnant/have a baby with a severe anxiety disorder?</p> <p>I've always had bouts of anxiety, and suffered from a panic disorder for several years (it comes and goes). </p> <p>When we were TTC DS, I was in a "good" place and my anxiety was at a low point. Now that we're TTC#2 and I've suffered a loss a few months ago, my anxiety is at an all time high....on top of the fact that I had some extreme PPA that never fully went away. It's really bad.</p> <p>As I'm sitting here at work, it feels like I can't breathe, my chest is tight, and my stomach is in knots. I feel like this most of the time. I meditate daily and go to acupuncture weekly, which helps in the moment but once it's over, I'm back to the way I felt before. </p> <p>I'm worried that this amount of stress/anxiety is going to affect our ability to conceive again. I keep reading things like "once you stop worrying, it'll happen"....and I'm thinking, I haven't stopped worrying since birth lol. Just wondering if I'm alone in this..... </p>