She hasn’t been fixed, nor bred. We just recently moved and lots of changes. Should we take the toy away from her. Or let it follow its course. Previously, had poodle that had “false pregnancy anxiety” but different symptoms. Please help, I want my angel back.

im nearly 18 weeks pregnant. i went for a check up last week and everythings fine, blood pressures perfect. but for the last few weeks iv been getting palpitations quite badly. their not constantly there, but they are quite regular. i do suffer from an anxiety disorder any way, so im wondering if this could be something to do with it?

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Did i hold an asthma attack?
apparently ive had asthma forever and i never knew till approaching two years ago. well anyway i just asked a press what an attack feels like and i deduce i had one yesterday. i felt a tightness approaching right below my ribcage. i didnt have my inhaler on me cause i never really…

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I am currently 5 weeks pregnant. I have been taking Xanax for 4 years. Prior to that I was on Ativan and have also been on Klonopin. I have severe anxiety and panic attacks. My husband and I were trying to get pregnant so I told my psychiatrist our plans. She said I should not even try to get pregnant while still taking Xanax. A week and a half after my appointment with her I found out I was pregnant. I take 1.5 mg in the morning, .5 in the afternoon and 1.5 before bed.

She has started tapering my doses. However Im terrified of the withdrawl symptoms I might have and that my anxiety will be unbearable.

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my mother was severely depressed, terrorized and stressed because she had a heartless and abusive husband. I’ve noticed I have low concentration, forgetfulness, stuttering/slur speech, anxiety and difficulties following instructions. also im gay. Can this be caused by the fluctuating hormones during pregnancy caused by depression & stress.

Early in my pregnancy I had a bloodclot in my placenta. After that I began having horrible anxiety attacks. Then I became severely depressed where I was detached from my baby. It was awful. I cried and cried then I worried what was happening to the baby with all the crying. Now that he is born I am still depressed because I was like this at his birth and felt like it was my fault and could have done something to prevent it. Just looking for answers and anyone else who has been through this awful nightmare.

I am 22 weeks along, and wonder if anyone else has experienced this. Before becoming pregnant, I had been on Prozac and Klonopin for GAD and depression. I am 27, and have had these disorders since age 14 (GAD since childhood). None of it is due to enviromental factors, I had a great childhood and life but internally I was always a wreck for no apparant reason. Since I became pregnant, almost all my symptoms are gone. I feel fantastic, and I am on no medication. Has anyone ever heard of this? Now I am wondering if my problems were caused by either a hormone or vitamin deficiency (I take prenatal vitamins and my iron pills daily). I am so relaxed and peaceful, and everyone around me notices as well.
What do I do after the baby comes to stay this way?

I feel like I may have GAD. I have had unexplained headaches for the last 8 months. Almost daily. I have terrible tension in my neck and shoulders constantly. I am unable to relax. I worry constantly (excessively) that something bad will happen to me or my family. I can’t go to banks except the drive through and even then I have this horrible fear of being robbed. I can’t go to gas stations or grocery stores at night by myself. I can’t go hardly anywhere just me and my baby because I feel so vulnerable. Like an easy target. (this started when I was in my last trimester) I check door locks. I can’t sleep at night because I wake up at ever little sound and check locks and windows and look out the blinds or check on the baby (only when my husband is out of town). I didn’t used to be this bad. My only issue before was I couldn’t get up in front of people and talk. I would have a panic attack. I dropped out of college because they told me I couldn’t graduate without public speaking. I used to be able to jog at night alone in my neighborhood. I can hardly do it during the day now. I feel like somebody will try to abduct me or something horrible. Its quite dibilitating. However, I’m able to go to work and function well and when I’m not home alone, I do fine. I’m a good wife and mother. I keep a spotless, organized home. I’m not depressed at all. I’ve never had ill thoughts of my baby. Which is why I lean toward GAD and not post partum. My son is just over a year old and I didn’t think post partum lasted this long. I never got the blues. Its just this anxiety about being hurt or my baby being hurt. I avoid so many basic situations because I will panic. When my husband is gone and I have to run to walmart at night to pick up something I will almost RUN to my car out of fear. Its horrible and I don’t know why it started to get bad during my pregnancy. I know you say “just go to a doctor” but that is another cause of so much stress. I have over 7400 in medical bills between the birth and then the ridiculous headaches I started having about 6 months post partum. If I were to sever my arm I wouldn’t want to go to the doc because I’m SO sick of medical bills. I hate to owe money to anybody. It stresses me out. My husband and I are not well off. We have a small savings but live generally paycheck to paycheck so shelling out 4200 bucks within 9 months is alot of money to us. I also dont’ want to have to take some medication daily. I was on zoloft for about 6 minutes years ago for pmdd and hated it. Tried topomax and felt like a zombie. I on’t need medicine every day. I just need medicine on the nights my husband is gone, or if I have to run errands alone or something like that. I’m also easily irritated. I have road rage. I stay keyed up and on edge most of the time. What do you think?

“In civilized life it has at last become possible for large numbers of people to pass from the cradle to the grave without ever having had a pang of genuine fear. Many of us need an attack of mental disease to teach us the meaning of the word.” William James.

We have all heard the seemingly discriminating remarks that fear is normal and abnormal, and that normal fear is to be regarded as a friend, while abnormal fear should be destroyed as an enemy.

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hi i was wondering the same thing… i think my body might be faking a pregnancy but its seems so real.. i even feel kicks.. if i am pregnant i would be about 6 months now but i only look like id be 3 or 4 maybe 5 weeks.. i pee all the time.. i get cravings but i had those before.. i can smell every
little thing.. sometimes even stuff across the room.. my bellies not flabby at all.. it basically feels like im carryin around a big water balloon.. iv tried my best to just relax and not think about it but when u feel random kicks through out the day when im not eve thinkin anything about pregnancy
im even more depressed, and my anxietys way worse.. iv actually almost had quite a few panic attacks the past few months but i kno how to talk my self out of them.. and now just since almost a week ago my back has been hurtin so bad its not even funny.. but iv tookin a couple home test and even had
blood test done after i started feelin the kicks.. they were all negative.. so i dont get it.. could a fake pregnancy cause all that??
i meant weeks not days.. and one more question to add.. if i had a ct skan done on my kidneys would it show if i was pregnant? or would the doctor notice if he wasn looking for it?
i meant that i look 3 maybe 4 or 5 MONTHS not weeks or days.. sorry.. i get my words off