Anxiety/depression? 29W

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Does anyone else have it pretty bad? Or had it gotten worse since you became pregnant? I am literally tired of having an anxiety attack every other day it feels like. I tried celexa in the beginning of my pregnancy but it made me sick so I stopped taking it. 
I’m here at 330 am not able to sleep because i feel like I can’t breathe when I lay down 🥲 I randomly woke up feeling this way.

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I got put on Zoloft around 24 weeks because of prenatal depression and it’s made a world of difference. My dr basically said it’s better for me and baby to look after my mental health.

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Not depression for me but yes that is a thing that can happen.
I already have anxiety and the hormones flying around make it muuuch worse sometimes.
Not to freak anyone out but when pregnant a lot of women only have have the use of 2 thirds if their lungs as a baby being there squashes everything.
My husband and I's midwife told us that on her last visit so the breathless thing is totally normal.
Try not worry!.
Everything you have described is totally normal!.

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So sorry to hear you are going through anxiety. i know exactly what you are feeling. For my first pregnancy in 2018 I too went through the WORST anxiety of my life, I constantly felt I was going to die or something bad was bound to happen. I feared it would affect my baby and I literally went through my whole pregnancy like this, I ended up getting post partum preeclampsia which I think was related to anxiety. I am currently 26w pregnant and this pregnancy is sooo much better. After I gave birth to my first, I decided to see a psychotherapist for consults and I got to the root of my anxiety. I now am able to manage it better with Mind fulness, and literally JUST BREATHING through it and I havent had a panic attack since starting therapy. Seek help, mental health is just as important as your physical health. You deserve to be at your BEST. Take it from someone who knows what its like, I felt no hope but I decided to do something about it and It sure has helped me so so much! Im confident it will for you too. I wish you and baby the very best! You got this!!!

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I was an absolute psycho during the first trimester. Testy, over sensitive, passive aggressive, just a joy to be around 🥴 I feel pretty okay now. Glad to be rounding the bend towards the third trimester, but a little nervous about how my mental state will be postpartum. I had PPA after my son for like 3 months…. Even after that I felt like I’d have episodes of it until he was almost a year old. During that pregnancy I definitely had some prenatal anxiety and depression too. I wish I had been more aware of it, because I think I would have tried to get on medication if it was offered to me. 
I know that probably wasn’t incredibly helpful, but I want you to know you’re not alone in this!

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Maybe the medicine made you sick as part of first trimester stuff - but you’d be fine taking it now. Or a different SSRI. IVE NEVER HAD PER-partum anxiety but post partum was bad, so you may want to get on something now.

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Yea my depression got bad since the first trimester because of how sick I got I made a appointment to see a therapist this coming month because I want to be mentally good before the baby arrives

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Maybe talk to your OB/midwife about medication you can possibly start taking. I’ve always suffered from anxiety/depression so when I started having the beginning symptoms at 6 weeks, my anxiety was off the roof. I was on a medication that could possibly affect the baby but I winged off & I’m on a safer medication now. It’s totally up to you of course but you have options..

Anxiety/depression? 29W

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