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How do you cope with anxiety? I’m 17 weeks pregnant and my baby shower is in March and I have horrible social anxiety!! It makes me not want to have one because I don’t want to be the center of attention.. I’ve struggled with this my whole life. I have a 2 year old already and at his baby shower it was so embarrassing for me. My face would turn real red and I was all sweaty.. what can I do to help cope with it? I hate it and want to not be scared or nervous but idk how!!

Answer

During pregnancy you can try taking a sedative like benedryl or half a unisom to take the edge off of social anxiety.
After pregnancy if you are not breastfeeding you can talk to your doctor about trying a low dose of “as needed” anti anxiety medication like xanax, ativan, klonopin.
Therapy can help some people as well. There are also certain medications like zoloft which can help anxiety as well as depression. I personally dislike SSRI meds but for some people they work wonders. For me I got brain zaps and my sex life went down the pooper. There are also meds like wellbutrin which can sometimes help. I took that for four years until it was making me have a reverse effect and I could no longer control my anger issues etc and I kept having outbursts. I quit and have been fine since just taking as needed klonopin. But your doctor is stop number one on getting a fix :)

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Uhmmm this is the Third Trimester group. But maybe acupuncture would work.
Not really common to have a shower with #2 if your Forst is only 2 years old.

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