Hi all, I have not posted for a long time, my name is Veronica and I've had the program for 8 years now. I have a 4 year old little boy and just found out I'm pregnant again. I planned to get pregnant since I've been on Zoloft and was feeling great, but now all of a sudden I find out I'm pregnant and I'm having panic after panic attack, and I keep having scary thoughts about hurting my 4 year old, whom I love more than anything in the world. I know I won't hurt him but I keep obsessing. The OB went ahead and increased my Zoloft almost a week ago and I'm afraid what if it does not work? I was taking 100mg now I'm up to 150mg. When I got pregnant the first time I had the same kind of problem, could it be my hormones also. Can anyone relate to my situation? If you can please email me or respond, I really need help. Thank you.
Posts: 8 | Location: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA | Registered: December 16, 2003
I'm so sorry noone had responded to your post. When I was about 1 1/2 months pregnant my panic attacks got worse as well. Needless to say I had to go back on Klonopin and SSRI's to help me. My daughter is now 15 months old, but I can certainly relate to your situation and I hope, although your post is long ago, that every thing worked out well for you and that you got great prenatal care and that your OB understood the anxiety you were/are/were feeling
-Danielle
"Sometimes you just have to take the leap and build your wings on the way down." -Kobi Yamada
Posts: 100 | Location: Connecticut | Registered: October 03, 2003
HI VERONIQUE. You are not alone. I had a hard time during my pregnancy and a VERY DIFFICULT time after I delivered on Aug. of this year. I still struggle daily. Hormones are a huge part of this I believe. How are you feeling?
Shelly, I did fine, had my baby since april of this year but I'm still having a hard time too, off and on. It sucks. But my baby is beautiful and my kids are what keep me going. Thank you for asking!!!!!
Posts: 8 | Location: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA | Registered: December 16, 2003
i can relate also about having thought about hurting my baby. I had one today for teh first time in months. It was one fleeting thought, but in my obsessive minds, i dwelled on it and had an attack. we won't hurt our children. you're not alone. i love my daughter more than anything and sometimes i have a hard time looking at her b/c i fear my bad thougths. i am scared to have another child b/c of the effects the pregnancy and childbirth/postpartum depression had on me. I was always a huge kid-person. i wanted to have so many. Now i am scared. does anyone have any thoughts on having more kids after a really bad first experience(not with my baby but with depression/anxiety
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