Ive had issues Ive tried coping with and figuring out, such as mood swings, depression, and also anxiety. I was on effexor XR to treat both depression and anxiety, but wasn’t on it long enough to feel the full effects as it wasn’t safe for my pregnancy. Well, I lost the baby and am feeling very anxious lately about everything. I think about the fact the baby’s gone and will never be back again.. and I freak out inside. It used to be so bad where I would feel very anxious in the evenings when I saw the sun setting. Alot of night I couldn’t sleep so I would wait up and watch out the window anxiously waiting for the sun to come back up again.
So okay, here is my question: Anyone had an anxiety disorder? What were your experiences, did you get treated? What was the name of the perscription and did it help? Thanks alot.
Oh, also, I am currently on Prozac which my Dr switched me over to because it was safe for the pregnancy. Im still taking it

okay so i noticed that someone else had written their speech about abortion of yahoo answers and i noticed they got good feedback. I was wondering if people could please help me proofread,and revise it tell me if im missing any components things like that. PLease do not give rude feedback thanks A LOT

Have you ever thought about death, either your life or someone you know and love? How about your own child? This question may seem absurd but in reality it strikes many pregnant worldwide. What if you were the one being chosen upon whether you should live before you were even born. This is referred to as abortion.

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Alright.. i had a baby almost 8mnths ago, he is my world.. however i am now experiencing huge problems dating back to 6mnths pregnant, I gained an enormous amount of weight for my size, i am 5’2″ now 227pds (152 pds before pregnancy) the doctors said i had “gestational diabetes” however it is gone now…but the weight is not, i need help, im so lost.. my sleep schedule is way off due to my husbands sleep shedule for work he wakes up at 3pm in the afternoon and returns home from work at 1am, i have adjusted my schedule to see more of him.. but i cant walk or jog in the middle of the night now can i.. dim road.. infant on hip.. bad visual lol.. anyhow. now this extra weight and wild sleep shedule is really begining to effect my mood…i feel depressed a lot.. upset with my wieght.. tired and run down… just crappy.. any suggestions on how to lose this weight in the middle of the night?.. pull myself out of this funk?… anything will help
also.. i live in an apartment,, above people… floors are kinda thin,, sometimes i hear there conversations,, im worried i will disturb them if i excersize up here,, and noiseless excersizes that will be effective for weight loss

I was suffering from depression and anxiety my doctor prescribed zoloft for me but I’m concerned that it will effect my baby is some way. Are there any mothers who have been on antidepressants while pregnant. I’m having a normal pregnancy so far and I don’t want to mess anything up. PLEASE HELP!!!

I am 32 weeks and have completely lost it. i want this baby so much, but there are days that i feel like I don’t because i can’t keep my mind off of all these unreasonable thoughts. I feel like i have become a danger to my unborn child. I sometimes find myself shivering and im not even cold. I pace the floor a lot. Im anxious before i go to bed. i wake up anxious in the middle of the night, im anxious as soon as i wake up in the morning. It’s the same things on my mind all the time I’ve tried meds already and all they did was make me feel suicidal, and they all take too long to take full effect anyway. I am stressing to the point where i cannot function. Every second of everyday is filled with worry and overwhelming anxiety. I don’t think about anything else. I try but i can’t. I still feel suicidal at times, even without the meds because i cant stay out of my own head. I know i would never act on these thoughts but i dont want to have them either. I’ve tried hyno-therapy. Im also seeing a therapist once a week. I smoked a very tiny amount of marijuana because i thought it would help calm my nerves and i could finally eat something, and all it did was make me feel extreme guilt. I just want this baby out. It’s not the same thing as towards the end of the pregnancy, you get anxious and u can’t wait to have a the baby. This is more like i can’t go on like this for much longer. I still have till almost the end of jan to go, and i just wanted to know if a doctor would induce me at least 38 weeks or something. I just feel like im harming my baby living like this. Does anyone have any suggestions. What should i do? Anyone suffering from anxiety knows that it is a living hell. And believe me i am suffering bad here.

So i asked a question the other day about expecting moms who were on depression meds (such as Zoloft) and how they effected pregnancy and i got some good answers…

but now I’m wondering if and how i should go about consulting my doctor (OB/GYN) about the Medication SHE prescribed for me…

First off the prescription is Zoloft, i took it when i was a young teen but never really paid any attention to it. I was first thrown off when my brother, who is a pharmacist and told me that now-days most people take it as a sleep aid…?… then after my prescription was filled i read the warnings on the side and no joke this is what they read ” 1.) Do NOT take if pregnant, nursing, or suspect pregnant. 2.) Do Not operate vehicle or machinery. 3.) Do NOT take during 3rd trimester of pregnancy.”……this threw me for a huge loop…(Im in my 3rd trimester) i know shes my doctor and shes sweet and i love her to death, but should i just ignore these warnings and trust her or what? i would think she would have to know the risk of the medication before prescibing it to a patient….right?

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I suffer from severe depression which has made me suicidal before i started taking an antidepressant. My doctor put me on 10mg of Prozac during my 8month of pregnancy, and now that i had my baby and am breastfeeding she told me its not the best choice. I was woundering what is best for baby, taking some other type of med. or giving her formula. I know i cant go off my meds, but im also scared that if i switch meds that the new one wont work as good. I know Prozac works for me, my husband even says im alot better with the little dose than none at all. I feel terrible about the ideal of not breastfeeding, but i also want what is best for me and the baby. Do other drugs have long term effects on breastfed babies? My doc says most of the information out there is on short term effects and that some drugs like Zoloft havnt been studied as much as Prozac.

I hope this question doesn’t seem stupid but I went on birth control for my endometriosis and had horrible side affect, mostly being very very depressed and wanting to die. I’ve tried 3-4 different kind and they all have the same effect. I have heard the being on birth control is like being pregnant because your hormones are changing, is this true? I do want have a baby one day but can’t imagine having that bad of depression for 9 months. Is being on birth control pills like being pregnant?

Hi. I am 26 years old and 38 weeks pregnant.
I already have a 3 and a half year old son.
I am 1 million percent sure that I do not want anymore children in the future. Pregnancy is just not for me. Plus I will always be high risk so it is just too stressful. I also suffer from depression from time to time. I have expressed all of this to my doctors(Kaiser) and they will not do it. Their excuses are because of my age, and because the divorce rate is so high. I do not want to take birth control because it has terrible side effects in me like weight gain and hair loss and I plan on going back to work after the baby so this is not an option for me!! What other arguments can I give to make them give me the operation? And if they still refuse what other options do I have? Should I just see a non Kaiser doctor? Does anyone know the price of tubal ligation?

I’m 22 weeks pregnant with my first baby. The pregnancy was unexpected but only had the usual worries on finding out (money issues, etc). Both me and my partner have been happy throughout the whole pregnancy, out buying clothes and new furniture – getting very excited. Until recently. I have become very down and not myself, very iritable, upset and crying for hours sometimes with no apparent reason. The fact that I’m so upset is making me even more upset! I’m confused as to where these feelings have come from in such a short amount of time… I am currently unemployed and am struggling to find work, my partner and I will be moving about 3 hours away from our current home because of his work and therefore I will be leaving very close family. Even so, these aren’t things that would have effected me in this way before and I’m not consciously thinking of these things when feeling upset. I’m just wondering whether I can put these feelings down to normal hormones and mood swings during pregnancy or whether it’s something more to worry about. My father has suffered with quite severe depression in the past. Thanks for any help or advice given! Much appreciated…