Losing it!

I feel like I am losing it.  For two days I have broken down and cried.  I have even found myself screaming at my kids - they are just babies.  What is going on with me?  This morning some stuff fell out of a basket and I lost it.  Plus, my little girl was crying from teething pains and I couldn't get the top off the Tylenol to give her some.  I just dropped to the floor and burst into tears. 

My husband has been having panic attacks and anxiety.  He never has that type of thing.  He is an accountant so he was really busy for three months.  He started having the panic attacks before our son was born in Sept. but I think that was because we almost lost him twice during the pregnancy.  I have been worried about him.

It just seems that the littlest things set me off.  I get so overwhelmed feeling at times.  I feel like I am falling apart and I can't do that.  I am taking Valium that doesn't work so my pdoc prescribed Xanax which makes me irritable even more.

Pleas someone give me some thoughts.  My husband doesn't think that upping my meds will really help.  He thinks that I just need to get it together and start coping better.  Maybe he is right.  I just don't know what to do.

Missflip

You don't have a problem coping, you have a mental disorder. It's a medical condition. (Slaps husband's hands.) Duh.

Believe us when we ALL say that if we could get it together WE WOULD!!!!!

Missflip, you did good by going to the doc. You need to get medical help for this medical problem. You are not superwoman. You can try, I know you're trying, to just fix yourself, but that just ends up stressing you out more. Stress = bad. And you're caring for 2 small children. That is so hard.

Really, take care of yourself. When you end up feeling better because you got your meds straightened out, your husband will be happy, regardless of how it happened. And if he needs a primer on the basics of bipolar, feel free to give him one. Has he seen a doc for his panic attacks yet?

serafena