Anxiety Disorder Dormant When Pregnant. HELP.

Yanya, My niece just went through the same thing you are experiencing. She is Bi-polar, and suffers from anxiety and panic attacks. While she was pregnant, she hardly had any anxiety, but when she did, they gave her something to take that wouldn't hurt the baby.

Fast forward to November, when she had the baby......she soon started suffering with panic attacks again, and is constanly anxious. It is from your hormones! You have to give your hormones enough time to go back to "normal". After you have a baby your hormones get all sorts of whacky.

It will go away though, she started feeling much better after about a month, she still does get some anxiety, but not as bad as right after she had the baby.

Hope this helps somewhat, as I have no experience with this personally....Fox

hi Yanya, I will agree with you that there is a relation between pregnancy and decreasing your anxieties. I'm not a specialist but have studied a lot of sources and books about overcoming anxieties as have been suffering from that a lot.

In my opinion, when women is pregnant, it is more then natal state for her and all of your body and mind is directed by main goal of to bring to life a healthy child. All of the system of women's organism are activated to perform a good shape and stable emotional condition. But now, it is easy to lose control of what are the real fears and what are the obsessive thoughts.

It is now important to calm yourself and understand that the work isn't finished and you have to pay attention to your kid and your fear will be transferred to him.

I'm very sorry you having your anxiety back and hope you can overcome it. Remember, that it's mot a disease - it's just how we feel and act in the response of the pressure of our lives so it can be coped with.

Hello farshad and welcome.

Thank you for sharing your experience with hormone related effects on anxiety. I too think there is definitely a connection between the two.

That being said, one treatment is not a one size fits all...so I would encourage women to talk to their doctor about this possibility of trying a topical Progesterone cream, but not put all their faith in it as a cure all.

Anxiety recovery is usually a combination of a lot of different coping skills, tools and approaches to wellness...that each individual must ascertain for their own unique self.

Thanks for sharing what has helped you...and we wish you continued wellness!

I will now lock this thread down as it is getting old. Feel free to start your own thread of introduction if you feel comfortable doing so at any time.

Scaredy Cat