Anxiety During Pregnancy??? Posted: 02-26-04 17:20pm
Please help me. Feeling horrible when I
should be extatic. I used to be on
zoloft for anxiety, and after a year,
weaned myself off and was feeling great!!
So good that I thought I would be ready
to take on motherhood. And now i'm 8 1/2
weeks pg, and the anxiety is back with
full force!!! I'm scared to death again,
and not sure how I am supposed to get
through this for the next 9 months! Not
to mention I have morning sickness all day
long. I did make an appt. With my
regular physican for tomorrow morning, but
I know he does not like the idea of
medication during pg. Anyone else out
there have any stories or advice to give.
Thank you in advance!!!
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qt3
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 14 Nov 2003 Posts: 264
Cbt Posted: 02-26-04 21:13pm
I wish you would have posted your concerns
before you started weaning off your meds
so you could have been learning the tools
in cbt before you started getting your
anxiety back I was on meds for
many years before I found cbt and it cured
me and got me off meds in a remarkably
short period of time. Best of all once
you learn the tools in cbt you have them
forever so you are able to give yourself
relief almost instantly whenever you are
feeling stressed, anxious or down. It's
all about using the tools to learn to
think more clearly and accurately about
things and once you do your anxiety, panic
and depression will miraculously begin to
lift before your eyes. My favorite
starter book on cbt is "been there, done
that? Do this! By sam obitz
(www.Tao3.Com) like anything in life the
more you put in the more you get out of
cbt. Hopefully this is helpful to you.
Most cbt programs last 12-weeks and have
an 80-90% success rate but you begin
feeling relief before the 12-weeks are up.
Take care and congratulations on the
pregnancy.
Q
p.S. Learning to use cbt to control your
anxiety is a great welcoming present for
your baby as well :d
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Brenna
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 19 Apr 2004 Posts: 8 Location: Florida
Posted: 04-20-04 07:40am
This message is for qt3--you went for cbt
therapy? Can u please explain what that
is? I made a post about being pregnant
and being anxious and so far no one has
answered...I'm hoping that maybe u can
help me ...
Good luck to jamielynn---i have been
there. I hope u read this qt3..
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qt3
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 14 Nov 2003 Posts: 264
Posted: 04-20-04 09:06am
brenna
wrote:
this message is for qt3--you
went for cbt therapy? Can u please
explain what that is? I made a post
about being pregnant and being anxious and
so far no one has answered...I'm hoping
that maybe u can help me ...
Good luck to jamielynn---i have been
there. I hope u read this
qt3..
hi brenna and welcome to the boards :d
since I have never been pregnant I am not
much help there specifically, but most
anxiety comes from our thoughts regardless
of the situation it first appears in so
hopefully this will be relevant for you.
Cbt is fairly straight forward and is
based on identifying the thinking errors
you are making that are causing your
problems and then giving you the tools to
counter those thoughts and replace them
with more accurate and less upsetting
thoughts. My favorite tool is the tea
form which you use to help catch your
negative thoughts and refute them. Many
of these thoughts are automatic and we are
not even aware we are having them! I also
like the counter exercise which teaches us
to focus on what we are accomplishing
rather than what we have not done. My
favorite starter book on cbt is "been
there, done that? Do this! By sam obitz.
Many universities offer cbt programs for
little or no charge so you may want to
call the university in your area if you're
interested.
The beauty of cbt in my opinion is that
how much success you experience with it is
up to you! The more effort you put into
using the tools the more relief you will
achieve. It's pretty hard at first but
gets easier and easier to do as you begin
to get more comfortable using the tools.
I still spend about ten minutes using the
tea form several times a week and whenever
I am under a lot of stress. If you are
self motivated you can cure yourself by
using the tools without the help of a
therapist, but they can be helpful to get
you going on the tools. I spent tens of
thousands of dollars on therapists and
meds before I discovered cbt. I was told
I would have to be on meds the rest of my
life too. But I feel better everyday and
have not looked back. I often have to
pinch myself when situations that used to
throw me completely out of whack do not
even phase me now.
Hope this answers your question, but if
not feel free to ask me more
q
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Brenna
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 19 Apr 2004 Posts: 8 Location: Florida
Posted: 04-20-04 10:02am
Qt3...Yes this is exactly what I am
looking for...I have been aware for some
time now that one's thoughts can have an
impact on his/her life. I have been
closely monitoring my thoughts..E.G..."why
is it that I am afraid to get pregnant
again and am afraid of the ob/gyn
office??" I have come up with several
thought patterns that may have caused some
of my problems, but I don't know how to
combat them except to say that they are
not true. Please tell me what cbt stands
for so when I call my local university I
know what to ask for?? Thank you so
much for the information!! :d I want
to change my life and not be stuck in this
situation anymore! I have the rest of my
life to live and I want to live it calmly
and not in this panic state anymore!
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qt3
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 14 Nov 2003 Posts: 264
Posted: 04-23-04 05:59am
brenna
wrote:
qt3...Yes this is exactly
what I am looking for...I have been aware
for some time now that one's thoughts can
have an impact on his/her life. I have
been closely monitoring my
thoughts..E.G..."why is it that I am
afraid to get pregnant again and am afraid
of the ob/gyn office??" I have come up
with several thought patterns that may
have caused some of my problems, but I
don't know how to combat them except to
say that they are not true. Please tell
me what cbt stands for so when I call my
local university I know what to ask for??
Thank you so much for the information!!
:d I want to change my life and not
be stuck in this situation anymore! I
have the rest of my life to live and I
want to live it calmly and not in this
panic state
anymore!
hi brenna-
you're welcome from the sounds of
your note I think cbt will work well for
you if you apply yourself to using the
tools :d cbt= cognitive behavioral
therapy. I still use my favorite
exercise/tool the tea form several times a
week and life is getting better and better
and the small investment in time on myself
has paid huge dividends for me in my life
and I hope the same will be true for you.
The amount of success you have is really
up to you and how much you practice the
tools :d I know several people that have
turned their lives around just using the
obitz and burns books.
Take care and let me know if you have any
more quiestions.
Q
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erlybo
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Posts: 22 Location: Virginia
Anxiety And Pregnancy Posted: 07-12-04 19:42pm
I had a very very strict high risk obgyn
and she approved zoloft while I was
pregnant. I only took it until I was 6
months pregnant and then I weaned myself
off. I would not recomend doing that to
anyone else. I wish I didn't do that.
But zoloft, at least what they say, is
safe while you are pregnant.
You need to be healthy for you and your
baby and your baby can feel your stress.
If your doctor is against it maybe check
in to another doctor and get another
opinion.
It's up to you and how you are
comfortable.
My daughter is a healthy 9 month old now
and I was on zoloft for the first 6 months
of my pregnancy with her.
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supervixon
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 29 Apr 2005 Posts: 5 Location: schuylkill county
Posted: 09-26-05 10:00am
Hi, I am 23 with severe anxiety for a long
time I was on zoloft for a year then got
off when I got pregnant with my first
child, now 2. I did find with that
pregnancy. I am now 37 weeks pregnant and
this pregnancy is opposite. I had severe
anxiety the whole 9 months. I just
thought I can get throught this thought
about the baby. I got through it with no
meds. I know it is hard beleive me. But
meds are not safe why take the risk for
your baby. You can get throught it if I
did I am as anxious as they come. Good
luck. You know what helps me thinking of
people who really have life threatning
dieses they have to live with and i,m like
im blessed to be healthy. Ecspecially
after my 40 year old aunt had 6
aunurysumns she almost died but she made
it but doctor cant do anything else she
still has one big one in her head. Doc
said shes a time bomb that could die any
time imaging living like that.
I was on meds for
many years before I found cbt and it cured
me and got me off meds in a remarkably
short period of time. Best of all once
you learn the tools in cbt you have them
forever so you are able to give yourself
relief almost instantly whenever you are
feeling stressed, anxious or down. It's
all about using the tools to learn to
think more clearly and accurately about
things and once you do your anxiety, panic
and depression will miraculously begin to
lift before your eyes. My favorite
starter book on cbt is "been there, done
that? Do this! By sam obitz
(www.Tao3.Com) like anything in life the
more you put in the more you get out of
cbt. Hopefully this is helpful to you.
Most cbt programs last 12-weeks and have
an 80-90% success rate but you begin
feeling relief before the 12-weeks are up.
