Post partum anxiety

Has anyone ever experienced pp anxiety? This is my 5th child and my first time ever experiencing any time of anxiety.

Can you tell me your symptoms?

I first experienced my symptoms of light headedness, shaking, some kind of feeling in my body, and palpitations with shortness of breath when I got home from the hospital. I went back to the hospital because it scared me and had an extensive check up and nothing was wrong.

It went away for 3 weeks and then my baby got RSV at 5 weeks and it came back.

The worst part of it is feeling like an elephant is sitting on your chest. I went to my OB and she believes it’s letdown anxiety mixed with post partum anxiety. My mother in law passed way unexpectedly 2 days before I gave birth, thinking it contributed to it subconsciously.

She put me on a low dose of anxiety medicine and I’m starting with half for now. It helps a lot. My shortness of breath is very limited now.

Has anyone else experienced this? What became of it? Does it go away?

My baby just turned 2 months today!