Pregnacy and paranoia, PTSD and anxiety attacks

[Guest guest]

Hello everyone... I have a question... I have a little 20 month old

boy and when I was pregnant with him I had post tramatic stress

disorder that suddenly occured almost immediately when I discovered

that I was pregnant...(I had suppressed a traumatic situation that

had happened 3 years earlier.) I had EMDR (a technique for PTSD)

which was very effective and seemed to help the problem of

nightmares etc. I had a very difficult pregnancy (preclampsia) and

then had to have an emergency C-section which was very scary and

then they discovered that I had an ovarian cyst the size of a

grapefruit which they removed. I thought that maybe that had

something to do with my PTSD suddenly appearing during pregnacy

because of the extra hormones. Anyway... I just recently discoverd

that I am pregnant again (yeah!) but now I am having simular

thoughts although they seem to have mutated into a paranoid feeling

where my freinds are no longer my friends (not true) and I feel like

I have to have constant re-assurance from them that they still care

about me, and that I have not done anything to upset them... they

are worried about me becuase I have become so paranoid.. I AM

having cabin fever right now being snowed in for several days... and

I don't know if that is what is making me crazy or if it is because

I am pregnant but this is not like me at all! I have to keep

reminding myself that I have great friends. I just don't know why I

keep having these thoughts and I am a natural kind of girl and

really don't want to take drugs. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Tressa

[Guest guest]

Hi Tressa, I don't have any specific answers for you since I am so new to all

of this but I bet its your hormones. As my father used to say... " and this too

shall pass " but if you ever need to talk you can e-mail me anytime and I'm

finding this group is ABSOLUTELY wonderful and full of very interesting answers.

I'm so excited to have found it myself.

hugs

Melody Schafer melored

 

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Tressa Brittell

Tuesday, December 05, 2006 2:31 PM

Pregnacy and paranoia, PTSD and anxiety attacks

 

 

Hello everyone... I have a question... I have a little 20 month old

boy and when I was pregnant with him I had post tramatic stress

disorder that suddenly occured almost immediately when I discovered

that I was pregnant...(I had suppressed a traumatic situation that

had happened 3 years earlier.) I had EMDR (a technique for PTSD)

which was very effective and seemed to help the problem of

nightmares etc. I had a very difficult pregnancy (preclampsia) and

then had to have an emergency C-section which was very scary and

then they discovered that I had an ovarian cyst the size of a

grapefruit which they removed. I thought that maybe that had

something to do with my PTSD suddenly appearing during pregnacy

because of the extra hormones. Anyway... I just recently discoverd

that I am pregnant again (yeah!) but now I am having simular

thoughts although they seem to have mutated into a paranoid feeling

where my freinds are no longer my friends (not true) and I feel like

I have to have constant re-assurance from them that they still care

about me, and that I have not done anything to upset them... they

are worried about me becuase I have become so paranoid.. I AM

having cabin fever right now being snowed in for several days... and

I don't know if that is what is making me crazy or if it is because

I am pregnant but this is not like me at all! I have to keep

reminding myself that I have great friends. I just don't know why I

keep having these thoughts and I am a natural kind of girl and

really don't want to take drugs. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Tressa

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Dear Teresa,

 

Please learn Emotional Freedom Technique!

It is free, it is harmless, and it is so totally

empowering.

 

http://emofree.com

I have a powerpoint presentation that

is easier to learn from than the e-book.

Ask me for it off list. ienvan

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

-Camomile, as tea, does wonders for all kinds of anxieties,

try to get it at a health food store, as that in the grocery store is

too small a dose,

but check with a natural health practicioner to be safe on dose while

pregnant

Kat

-- In , " Tressa Brittell "

<puppycatmeow wrote:

>

> Hello everyone... I have a question... I have a little 20 month old

> boy and when I was pregnant with him I had post tramatic stress

> disorder that suddenly occured almost immediately when I discovered

> that I was pregnant...(I had suppressed a traumatic situation that

> had happened 3 years earlier.) I had EMDR (a technique for PTSD)

> which was very effective and seemed to help the problem of

> nightmares etc. I had a very difficult pregnancy (preclampsia) and

> then had to have an emergency C-section which was very scary and

> then they discovered that I had an ovarian cyst the size of a

> grapefruit which they removed. I thought that maybe that had

> something to do with my PTSD suddenly appearing during pregnacy

> because of the extra hormones. Anyway... I just recently discoverd

> that I am pregnant again (yeah!) but now I am having simular

> thoughts although they seem to have mutated into a paranoid feeling

> where my freinds are no longer my friends (not true) and I feel like

> I have to have constant re-assurance from them that they still care

> about me, and that I have not done anything to upset them... they

> are worried about me becuase I have become so paranoid.. I AM

> having cabin fever right now being snowed in for several days... and

> I don't know if that is what is making me crazy or if it is because

> I am pregnant but this is not like me at all! I have to keep

> reminding myself that I have great friends. I just don't know why I

> keep having these thoughts and I am a natural kind of girl and

> really don't want to take drugs. Any help would be appreciated.

> Thanks,

> Tressa

>