I'm going on 23 years old and I feel like I am trapped in my house. I never leave in fact I haven't went out with friends in almost a year the only time I ever leave the house is to go see the doctors which is 1 time every 2 months. My anxiety is so bad to the point its effecting my 4 year daughter from leaving the house too because I am scared something will happen. I havw anxiety all the time especially when I get nervous and I get IBS. I'm on zoloft for it but they gave me buspar too but I am scared of taking medications. This has started about 6ms after I gave birth and has been going on ever since :-(
Hi honey! I'm sure you have heard of Post Partum Depression or the Baby Blues, but I bet you haven't heard of Post Partum Anxiety Disorder! It is usually formed shortly after the birth and women worry non stop about the babies safety, THEN they become Agaraphobic - being afraid of outside! Google Post Partum Anxiety Disorder Symptoms - I am SURE you will relate to virtually everything on their lists!
I have 2 boys 14 and 17 and have OVERWHELMING suffocating anxiety about them! I didn't go anywhere WITH my husband as I thought - well at least there will be one of us left! I NEVER let them go to a sleep over till they were about 11/12 ALL the kids had to come over to my house! IF they talked about becoming older and moving out I would start hyper-ventillating and have a MAJOR anxiety! I am attending parenting programs right now, and have had to come clean about my MAJOR anxiety! It has backfired on me that my kids are keeping things from me - as I over react to them - and they want their "own space"!!!! So it's NOT their problem it is mine! I am on Citalopram and found this SO wonderful for me! Also I have been increasing my B vitamins and also take Melatonin! So don't think for one second that you are alone with this! It's just something that people don't talk about! They think that IF you aren't depressed or "Blue" you made it through! BUT you didn't! It's a hormonal thing! And taking the right meds will give you AND more importantly your daughter your lives back! It is not forever, it is for now! And with summer coming up, don't you want to be able to enjoy it with your little angel?
I have 2 boys 14 and 17 and have OVERWHELMING suffocating anxiety about them! I didn't go anywhere WITH my husband as I thought - well at least there will be one of us left! I NEVER let them go to a sleep over till they were about 11/12 ALL the kids had to come over to my house! IF they talked about becoming older and moving out I would start hyper-ventillating and have a MAJOR anxiety! I am attending parenting programs right now, and have had to come clean about my MAJOR anxiety! It has backfired on me that my kids are keeping things from me - as I over react to them - and they want their "own space"!!!! So it's NOT their problem it is mine! I am on Citalopram and found this SO wonderful for me! Also I have been increasing my B vitamins and also take Melatonin! So don't think for one second that you are alone with this! It's just something that people don't talk about! They think that IF you aren't depressed or "Blue" you made it through! BUT you didn't! It's a hormonal thing! And taking the right meds will give you AND more importantly your daughter your lives back! It is not forever, it is for now! And with summer coming up, don't you want to be able to enjoy it with your little angel?
I have seen and done a lot of things in my life. Now I don't wanna go out of my house anymore unless I have too. Is that normal? Or should I be concerned?