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For those who suffer from anxiety and depression, life can be very lonely. How to get help is a necessity in order to live a normal, healthy lives. Help can come in many ways, it may be possible to relieve stress, such as anxiety, and information on how to get rid of to relieve social anxiety disorder. Reduction strategies are very important to maintain and perfect, but it needs a little help from specialists, which a victim is to know.

The first and most important thing to do when looking for help for anxiety and depression to speak to a doctor. This doctor can be a GP or consultant. The doctor performs blood tests and other clinical tests to check whether the problem is something else. Several conditions can cause similar symptoms and feelings. Diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, pregnancy and can lead to a feeling of loss of control and symptoms of panic attacks. If there is an underlying disease, your doctor can treat and eliminate the damage caused by the disease.

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I found out I’m pregnant a few weeks ago, I’m going on nine weeks and find myself in a relationship totally different from the one that got me pregnant to begin with.
I’ll add that I am 23 years old, and that he is 29. This was unplanned and we haven’t been together long enough to know each other well, only six months.
He’s been acting like a petulant child, throwing tantrums, blaming me, acting as though this is the end of his life. During on very eventful incident he began to shove me against a wall after I mentioned that perhaps it was best if my son/daughter knew nothing about him.
I won’t caste blame entirely on him, I have been fighting with some depression prior to the pregnancy, for which I treated with counseling and medication. I’m continuing the counseling but had to stop the medication. The hormones haven’t helped. But I just need some resource on how to best handle this, he makes comments on how we can work on this, but every ounce of trust has gone.

I’ve been suffering with anxiety/depression for about 5 years. My pregnancy was a surprise, as I was not intending on getting pregnant. In fact, I was starting an anti-depressant around the time I conceived (Maybe even the same day!). As soon as I found out I was pregnant, I tapered off my medications. At first I was excited and thought I would be great and beat this condition. However, for the past week or two, my depression symptoms have returned. I cry a lot, feel sad, nervous, etc. Anyone else go through something similar? Getting back on an anti-depressant is not an option for me because regardless of what some people say, I fear causing harm to my baby. Did the women who went through something similar get post-partum (another fear of mine)

Is it related to Post-Partum Depression?

I’ve been having problems in my relationship with my boyfriend as well as other family issues along with child custody issues with my daughter and financial issues. I’m also 6 months pregnant and all of this is starting to weigh in heavily on my mental health I think. I’ve been crying myself to sleep every night, I’m more moody than usual, and just not happy about much at all. I have an appointment to see my doctor, I know that a lot of the symptoms I’m having are normal with pregnancy but this is starting to affect my work and social life and I want to make sure it doesn’t spiral out of control. Has anyone gone through something similar that can give me some suggestions on how to handle this? And are there any SAFE medications they can even give you while your pregnant??

I’m at the beginning of week 39 and we are still considering where to have our baby. I’m 29 years old, perfectly healthy, the baby is great too, weighs about 3 kilos and the pregnancy has so far been physiological with no problems whatsoever.
The dilemma is, we have 2 hospitals to choose from – one is a state hospital with a NICU but terrible conditions for the mothers – they actually still perform preventive episiotomies and women aren’t encouraged or allowed to give birth in any other position than the lithotomy (this is 21st century Slovakia)! I’m in depression just thinking about it
The other option is a state hospital in nearby Austria which is extremely baby- and mother-friendly, has great staff and they are willing to support me in every point of my birthplan. They are expensive almost beyond what we can afford (as I’m not insured in Austria, I’ll have to pay for everything) AND don’t have a NICU.
I feel that when I chose the medieval one, I’m doing the right thing for my baby, but I don’t know how big the risk is something goes wrong in this stage and he’ll actually need the NICU (it’s usually the premature babies who do, isn’t it?); on the other hand, I’m freaked out at the thought of the “treatment” I’ll get and the stress, pain and injury. If we choose Austria, I’ll feel irresponsible towards my baby, although the experience will undoubtedly be much more bearable for me and for him too (if everything goes allright).
What would you choose? Am Ia ctually putting the baby at real risk if I go to a hospital without a NICU? Or will the stress I’ll undoubtedly experience in the Slovak hospital be a sort of risk too? Thanks a lot for your opinions!
The transfer to an Austrian NICU and the care there would cost much (tens of thousands of dollars) and take long (it’s 50km).

…prescribed medications?

I ask this as a 32 year old mother of a toddler, who has been dealing with serious back problems for over 13 years now (stemming from my 6 years in the Army). I have been to every type of medical and alternative type of professional out there and so far the pain only increases. Now it’s one thing to go from being a fully functioning, high level achiever to someone who is “disabled,” but add to that the responsibilities of single motherhood and all I want is to be the best mom I can for my daughter.

Over the past 8 years or so I have educated myself tremendously about the various medications and treatments I’ve been prescribed and those available. Unfortunately my only medical care is through the VA hospital so I am limited in my options. Over the 13 years of this ordeal thus far, doctors have prescribed probably 50-75 different types of medications and combinations thereof to try and treat my pain level. As of August 2007 (when I found out unexpectedly that I was pregnant) I was on 160 mg of Oxycontin plus about 8 Percocet, plus Valium, muscle relaxers, and two different types of depression medications – all just naturally prescribed by my doctors (not at my request, but without my objection). When I found out I was pregnant my pain management doctor actually told me it was OK to stay on all that medication and my baby would “just have to detox” after birth! I said no way in hell and I began to taper down my meds on my own, which I did incorrectly at first until I found another doctor that agreed with me about detoxing myself over the course of the pregnancy. By the time my daughter was born (perfect and healthy) I was down to 20 mg of oxycontin/day, one anti-depressant (although not the best treatment for my issue but best for my daughter while growing inside of me) and a very mild anti-anxiety med once in a while for severe attacks. I stayed at that level for 6 more months while breastfeeding then my doctor wanted to start increasing my pain meds again. I was in tremendous pain and was OK with increasing at that point. About 3 months ago I was up to 80 mg Oxycontin again and finally I decided it was enough and I requested to be tapered off the meds again since they weren’t really helping my pain level much anyway. OK, I realize this is long but I feel I need to give a little background, please bear with me.

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i really need to calm down. i am so stressed about not having money, not having room in our small apartment, not having money to get maternity clothes, not feeling the least bit attractive, being in an abusive relationship with the baby’s father, etc, etc, etc,.

i cry everyday, i get so upset over every little thing and i feel that dying would be a nice thing on most days.

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I am 22 weeks pregnant and have stopped taking it. none of my dr.’s were able to see me and the thought of harming my baby freaked me out. I do not feel any less stable. I am not severely depressed. I kknow what effects depression can have on the baby. I think under my circumstances the greater risk is with taking the medication.

Anyway, Was it dangerous for the baby to have stopped taking the medication? I read it can lead to losing the pregnancy…but you can’t believe everything you read.

Based on the studies conducted, more than 80 percent of women lack DHA and EPA. Less than 3 percent of pregnant women are taking the right amounts of these fatty acids.

The rest fall short. Fish oil during pregnancy should not be taken for granted and should become part of your daily diet, especially when you are carrying a child because of the following reasons:

It helps in the development of your baby. We are talking about the overall growth and development of your unborn child.

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