Postpartum Anxiety😔
Since my daughter turned 11 weeks old I have been dealing with postpartum anxiety. I have no way to explain how it even came about, one day I was at home going through my regular routine and all of a sudden I felt like I was going to pass out. My heart was racing through my chest and I had no clue what I was going through and had called 911. After many hospital and doctors visits I was just diagnosed with anxiety. I started becoming scared of ridiculous things like taking a shower or going outside in the heat, when I've lived in Nevada for over 20 years and have dealt with constant heat in the summertime but now I can't even stand being in 95° weather. Ive developed a social anxiety and hate going in public now, I've even gained almost 30 pounds because if I don't eat three meals a day I feel like it affects me and I am going to pass out which is my greatest fear of it all since I'm home alone with my children most of the time since my husband works. And I honestly just want to know if anybody else has dealt with this and how are you getting over it because ive seen a talk therapist and I don't think that helped at all and the doctors have only prescribed me Xanax which only takes off the edge of how I feel it doesn't exactly get rid of all of my anxiety. They recommended doing meditation but honestly I have two kids and meditation is like impossible to me I don't think that'll help me at all. I just don't know what else I can do I really just want to get over this because some days are better than others but sometimes I just feel like I'm being so ridiculous and I don't understand why this is happening to me because I honestly don't feel like there's many issues in my life I feel like I have it very easy and it makes no sense to me why this is happening. Has anybody else ever gone through this and what helped you and how long was it before it got better for you?
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