anxiety medications??

[kiccolini]

How do they help with your anxiety..I'm 23 weeks pregnant and been having anxiety of thinkin of all these bad things that could happen to me would takin meds help me stop thinking that way??

[kiccolini]

Thank you so much everyone!!! I don't know why but ill just get bad thoughts out of now were if I see or hear anything bad even on tv I'm a hypercondriact to and tend to think oh that could happen to me and ill start freakin myself out and I hate that its really gettin to me now...ill try to tough it out my pregnancy and if it gets worse ill look into meds after my pregnancy just not sure how to deal with this :/ I truest breathing excercises but it dosent always work for me

[TxMamma]

Also, feel free to PM me as I know how it is to live with anxiety. Its not fun.

[TxMamma]

Ive been off my Zoloft since early on. Im 33 wks now and really feeling the need for something. I talk to my mom and cousin a lot. See my therapist every couple weeks. Im just pushing thru the best I can. It can be helpful to have a "safe" person that u can talk to any time about anything. It helps me. It also helps to write (not type) your feelings/thoughts on paper. It gets it outta your head. My therapist suggested it to me and it really does help. Its like it unloads a huge burden.

[Ashleigh529]

There are some safe effective meds u can be prescribed to help with your anxiety. Anxiety is caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain that causes us to panic for no reason and to think bad things are happening or are going to happen. The medicine can help re-balance the unstableness and get ur mind back on track. Discuss it with ur physician. They can help u figure out what u need :-)

[bellamay1987]

I was on different anxiety meds, and my doctor told me i needed to stop all of them. My anxiety has been awful and keeping me awake at night, but i just deal with it because i know my meds aren't good for the baby. My ob never said anything about an alternative medicine i could take for my anxiety, but i do see my psychiatrist today about all this, so maybe rid has a good suggestion.

[Kate_85]

I was on medication as well when I got pregnant. It was for anxiety/depression, and I was told that depending on what category it is you may have to stop taking it. Mine was a catagory C, which meant it was harmful to the baby (catagory A is fine, catagory B isnt too bad, and catagory C you'll have to wean yourself off them...or maybe it's the other way around, I have a bit of baby brain at the moment - that's my excuse haha..it does go in catagories though :)). Even if you are worried, there are pregnancy friendly meds you can go on, so I'd talk to your doctor :) personally, I've been fine (so far) since stopping mine...I weaned myself off them at about 6 weeks, and I am now 12 weeks and going really well :)

[hairdid]

Ask your doctor. I was on.meds b4 I got pregnant but I stopped them. Havnt really had any attacks tho. My doc said he could give me something if it started back up.