Hello,
I'm new here. I'm 42 and gave birth to a beautiful baby
girl on February, 6.5 months ago.
I had a very traumatic birth (unexpected c section)
and spent the first 10 days after delivery in the hospital
due to severely high and dangerous blood pressure ( I never ever had any blood pressure problems not even during the pregnancy)I was put on blood pressure medications for one month and the blood pressure normalized so the dr told me to stop using the medication.
The day I stopped medication I started having anxiety that the blood pressure would go up and I could die. I started checking blood pressure at home every 5 minutes. This started my vicious anxiety
cycle that manifested in physical symptoms: tingling hands, dizzy spells, weakness in arms legs, sensitivity to sounds, heart palpitations etc.. Multiple trips to the emergancy room, tons of blood work and thyroid - All is good.
I was diagnosed with post natal anxiety and panic , not depression.
It's been almost 5 months of suffering horrible physical symptoms .
I can barly function. Tried so many many medications that didn't wotk and in fact I'm horrified of these meds and heard that many women
become dependent on them and when they stop after many months if using them they relapse back and can't quit these meds at all.
Is there any hope this thing will go away eventually or wil it last forever?? Medications are not for everyone. What women do that cannot use medicationS? I tried talk therapy which was a complete wast of time and money. Last 2 weeks I Constantly
feel my head heavy and I'm spacy, feel weird in public places, panic attacks all night every night, blurry vision . I can barly function at home , right now working 2 days at office and 3 days from home but this is only untill October then they expect to go back to wotk full time.
I just want to die .