Is this postpartum?

[mama2bja]

Ok where do I start I have a 2 1/2 month old baby girl & I breastfeed(not sure if this helps) I just started Celexa 10mg tonight will be my 5th night to take it.I feel like I should go get checked out.I have postpartum with my 1st child but I just had panic attacks.Nothing with my 2nd child & with my 3rd I have been having physical pain.I'm going to tell you all what I feel....please let me know if you all think this is just postpartum & not something else.P.S. I have had a chest x-ray I am fine,& I have had a CT Scan as well( anersums run in the family)

-chest pain can be sharp or a dull pain that just lasts left side close to middle
-heavy chested,thick like
-throat hurt on my left side kinda hard to swallow but it goes away & comes back,I can feel it when turning my head(I cough and into kleenex & it's clear,dry throat even with drink lots of water don't cough anything out)
-belching
-loose poops diarrea (diarrhea) ish & still some normal poops
-burning stomach,numb,feel like I'll be sick but I don't get sick,stomach can bother me with chest & throat at the same time.
-left shoulder blade can hurt like a pinch with chest pain
-my left eyeball feels like it's twitching or that there is something inside can feel the right eye with something on the inside sometimes as well,sometimes they burn.
-my legs feel rubbery at times
-left forarm to hand felt numb & weak
-thought I felt vibration in my chest/heart area.
-get a warm feeling in stomach to uterus area that's only some times
-pinch like a small bug got me randoms spots of the body not all the time.
-random spots of pain I have got them in my stomach,arms legs & it's not all the time
-not sleeping well even though the baby sleeps through the night
-my head feels off at times
-gravely feeling in throat sometimes,bitter tase in mouth sometimes
-jumping jacks didn't help that made my body all numb weird like



I'm sure there is more symptoms....I write in a little book with anything that is bothering me.Is this just me worry about my body because of postpartum? I'm just neverous that it's something the doctors are underlining??? I'm I just a hypercondriac from the anxiety?

[bluestars]

It sounds like anxiety to me I get most of your symptoms and I had a baby 4 years ago so I don't have postpartum. Does the chest pain scare you thats the only symptom I can't handle. Can I ask if your babies are healthy? I want to try for a second baby but I'm scared now that I have anxiety it will be bad for the baby.

[mama2bja]

my babies are all healthy.It scares me.

[cnote]

Hmmm... most of these sound like anxiety... and with one symptom comes worry... and worry = another symptom... and so on and so on...


-chest pain  **def. can be anxiety, no doubt, especially after getting an x-ray and a clean bill from the Dr.**

-heavy chested **def. anxiety as well, again, especially after getting an x-ray and a clean bill from the Dr.**

-throat hurt (coughing) **could be GERD, or acid reflux... I get this too... and I always seem to get neck strains and pains, in the front of my neck too...**

-belching **again, could be GERD, or acid reflux. When you have anxiety, it can throw your digestion track off... I have the same problems. **

-loose poops diarrea (diarrhea) ish & still some normal poops **Again, GERD, acid reflux... or just anxiety creating digestion problems like mild IBS. I am suffering from this... have been for 2 months now or more... it fluctuates between diarrhea/normal stools.

-burning stomach **again, acid in the stomach/acid reflux **

-left shoulder blade can hurt like a pinch with chest pain **anxiety can cause all sorts of weird aches/pains in the body.

-eyeball twitching **def. a symptom of anxiety/stress, my lower left eye used to twitch for weeks! especially when under lots of stress... or lack of sleep **

-rubbery legs **very common symptom of anxiety.**

-left forarm to hand felt numb & weak **body numbness/weakness.... common anxiety symptom. Very common.**

-thought I felt vibration in my chest/heart area. **not sure on this one, but prob. just you "thinking" too much about your symptoms, causing other symptoms. Again, the Dr. checked out your chest and said you are in good health. =)**

-get a warm feeling in stomach to uterus area that's only some times **not sure on this one. Probably just a sensation.**

-pinch like a small bug **not sure about this one, but anxiety can make your skin feel like its crawling, and cause weird skin sensations.**

-random spots of pain **common with anxiety/depression**

-not sleeping well ** def. anxiety related.**

-my head feels off at times **anxiety for sure**

-gravely feeling in throat sometimes,bitter tase in mouth sometimes **I get this too, and its a mixture of mucous I think, and sinus... and acid reflux can cause foul tast in mouth. And I think I've heard you can get a metalic type taste too when having anxiety?**

-jumping jacks/body all numb weird like - **Common anxiety symptom**




I think over all, you are just spooking yourself out more and more. It's a vicious cycle of fear... I know how this is... It stinks. But you WILL OVER COME IT. =) I just know you will.

Give your medicine a little time to kick in. Mine took about 4.5 weeks to feel its effect. Just look foward to the holidays... you'll look back and say "wow! can't believe I ever felt like that!"

=)

Good luck to you, you will be fine. If you need to personal message me, feel free.

[jimgreg]

this realy sounds as if your way over stressed..that may lead you to postrem..but your experiencing the anxtys that come with this part of you life and the child's as well..like your in a full blown panic attack..these sytoms  are that of unrolled anxitys...the rubber legs,throat,tummy,  this is the anxtys taking over..the deep brething from the deep part of the lungs will help the oxygen get to the areas  that require this..then try the jummping jacks..always deep breth ..also deppreshion is a  start of anxtys.....im bipolar and gad..and panic..im on xanax..the pdoc never said \just take when i neded them..not addicted  16 yrs worth.......stop thinking so much....when your more relaxed do the brething ..take a deep breth in for 8 seconds hold it 6 sec let it out slowly 8 sec...do this  12 times and 3 times aday..this will level the o2 in ur body..

when we get stressed out we seem to shallow breth tghis causes the o2 to be deprived to were it needs  to be at,...if you do this like i say and stop thinking the worst  of everything this will diminish.......anxtys  are a symptom only there bnot a illness  neither is panic...deppreshion is a illness but has and will cause  sevre panic agoraphobia sevre g.a.d........be good..

[mama2bja]

Thank You Guy's so much for the help & reassurance!!!