can anybody offer me any reasurrance? please??

[winegirl]

Ive had it a few times but dont get it anymore. Its not nice but i have never collapsed through it or anything.

[cokey]

Hi Carlie

I had this last time and this time too - so bad I can barely drive. My counsellor mentioned it without me asking. She said we get physical symtpoms due to anxiety such as nausea, blurred vision, heart flutters - all because our blood is pumping to our muscles in preparation for flight - as in fight or flight. She said it was good in caveman days but a pain now. The blurred vision is blood leaving the blood vessels in your eyes to feed your heart etc.

The heart flutters got so bad for me last time when I was on meds. They were every hour. I am not on meds this time but when I was really anxious a few weeks back I got them bad again. Again all down to anxiety/

The funniest one she mentioned is going to the loo more - she says its also in preparation for 'flight', its our body emptying itself to make us lighter to run. Hence the term 'I nearly S*** myself' lol

The blurred vision goes completely once you are recovered and I had my eyes tested last time and they were fine.

Cokey xxx

[louise jones southampton]

just found this website. wished i had found it before. i have suffered with post natal depresseion with my first two boys. 9 years after my last child i have just had another one. i have had all the symptons mentioned here. i somethimes feel so yuk but i cannot explain why. blurred vision is awfull. but this is new to me. i always think its just me but reading comments on this website has acually made me think!

[winegirl]

Hi Louise

Welcome to the site! What you have sasi sounds exactly like what I said when I first came across this part of the site. I suffered terribly with the physical symptoms and could hardly believe it when I read here all the same things that other women were going through!!

I hope you feel you can come and talk to us anytime hun, glad you have found us x

Take Care

WG xx