hysterectomy and paranoia????

[confuzedmomma]

I recently had a abdominal hysterectomy, (March of this yr). I will spare the life story as I could be here all day, but bottom line I am wondering if having a hysterectomy can cause paranoia? My husband just recently went from working some day and over night shifts (mixed)to over nights like every day.. I was used to the one or 2 over nights didnt think it would bother me.. I do not sleep I walk the floors all night checking every noise I hear checking each of my 4 children thousands of times a night... I hear everything and stare out the window over and over and over peeking out the blinds, I hear voices that arent there I hear noises that is not there... I am so irritable.. I am writing cause I have tried to look things up on the internet and can not find much.. I just thought It was me cause I am kinda a person who never liked to be home alone a wuss lol but It usually passed this hasnt My husband finally said hunnie dont take this the wrong way but i think that hysterectomy made you paranoid... I call him all night at work and tell him i heard a noise and so on and so on.. So the other night I hear a noise and I called him but he is working so he couldnt really talk he asked if I was ok and said if i needed him to call him back then after we hung up I was so scared and paranoid I stood in my hall way by the bedrooms where the kids are for 3 hours just standing there making sure the kids are safe... So here I am thinking There is something wrong with me.... I dont know what to do I sleep maybe 2 hours out of the week and that is not 2 hours straight.. I am moody confused and scared... What is wrong with me....?????? Can someone help me.. I have a call in to my doctor as we speak but of course my luck she is out of town....

[hobbieman]

my wife is also very parinoid since a complete adominal hysterectomy.  she also hears voices and is afraid of everything.  she is 49 and had her surgery in august of this year. she is on evermist hormone spray.  my wife does not sleep much.  she hears voices and smells things that she says are toxic chemical. she thinks that she has cancer, which she does not have.  she has been to see the doctor and they recomended seeing a mental health professional.  she would not hear of that and thinks there is nothing wrong with the way she thinks. I have been married to her for 32 years.  I want my wife back.  what can I do?  Please someone give me some good advice.  I wish she understood she had a problem. maybe thn she would seek help.   Thanks ahead of time for yor help. DW

[confuzedmomma]

Yes taking hormones Estradol 1 mg in morning and 1mg at night.... And Thanks on the other post I am Thankful for the advice.. I am not a victim of abuse nor a crime.. I am sure some of it has to do with the lack of sleep... I know it is not normal for anyone to go the amount of time I do with the small amount of sleep I am getting... I have an appointment with the gyn next wednesday no to the psyc anxiety meds..... I have no problems with therapy I wanna do something to fix this... I am so confused on what is normal and not normal... I so appreciate your help....

[Cherie762]

change are you taking hormones to what kind of hormones...Cherie

[Cherie762]

Hi momma, I understand a bit better now, I think I interperted your first sentance the wrong way, Sorry ! I knda thought you meant it only happened one or two nights before and now hubby working more(since surgery) that you paranoia had increased/

I did not mean to imply youd hurt your kids either..I just mean that all of us, me included ( cause I go for therapy looooong story in divorce etc...) but I just mean none of us can be the best mom we can be until we are emotionally healthy.

I used to be scared when my hubby traveled too, then we got a dog...made me feel safe. Do you have a dog...they bark at noises like if someone was breaking in home..and usually robbers wont profile a home with a dog.

I dont know if the hormones could be causing part of this or not...I have not heard or it , but I have only been community leader about 1.5 years,,,

The hearing voices is what concerns me...and your lack of sleep,,,the voices very likely come from the extreme lack of sleep, But Im not qualified to determine that....
Id still advise you to get to gyno as soon as you can, are you taking hormones for the hysterectomy? are you on any psyc anxiety meds?
Im really glad you wrote back. the OCD is very common my mom has it. she has to have everything organised..I move her magnets around on her fridge just as a joke and she knows they are in a different spot..

Have you ever been a victim of abuse or a crime?

I am going to research  the possibility of link between the surgery and you paranoia...I will write you what I find in a private message ok....in the mean time..I think you may get some better answers here than you would the hysterectomy forum.

hugs
Cherie....I will have some info for you by  bedtime tonight.

[confuzedmomma]

Thanks for the reply! However I feel I need to clear a few things up... I said Since my surgery I am paranoid not before... Before I had surgery if I had to be alone I would be fine.. Now I am paranoid something that never happened till after surgery.. I am not ashamed of whats going on I just wanna understand it better.. I am on hormones and wondering if that is or is not the problem... I would never never never hurt my children I was never supposed to have any and I am blessed with 4 of the most beautiful children in the world... I love them sooo much they are my life!!!! I just wanna understand what is going on more so that I may handle it and be 100% for them... I have become obsessive compulsive I clean almost all day and then clean at night when I am not peering out the window or checking on the kids... I feel that if something were to happen to my kids and I were sleeping and never heard it I would be a bad mother so that is another reason I dont sleep... I am trying to tell you as much as I can so you can get an idea but although I said I didnt prefer to be home alone I never said I was paranoid before, however boy am I now!!!  Thanks for the reply.....

[Cherie762]

There is one condition called post hysterectomy depressive disorder.

NONE of your signs sound like that...I have been for mental help and honestly , I gently and kindly mean this hearing voices that you know are not there is a symptom to not be ignored. Also noone can function on such little sleep.

You may well need some different hormones post hysterectomy but my hunch is its more than that by your own admission you said you were parinoid prior to surgery.

Im going to send your post to were I think you can get more help. I will follow up

Remember seeking psychological help is no different than a diabetic taking insulin...your chemicals in brain could be not in proper amounts or not being uptaken properly. For your own sake and you kids..Please make that call. go for help.

Hugs
Cherie