uh...falling apart...who to turn to??

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Registered: 09-15-2004
uh...falling apart...who to turn to??
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Thu, 04-12-2007 - 8:55am
I am not sure what to do. No pdoc yet, in fact they aren't even answering their phones now. Just telling everyone to leave a message and if it's an emergency hang up and call 911. Yeah, right. My co-worker goes to the same clinic and has not been able to get through for three days. They are not responding to her messages so I am pretty sure they would also ignore mine. Hmm...OOOKAAY. My insurance won't pay for another clinic so I am stuck. Should I tell the OB? She knows I am bi-polar but she doesn't know about the uncontrollable "emotion" attacks I am having. I actually don't see me making it (mentally) to 40 weeks, I am afraid I will end up going totally nuts and doing something completely psycho. I have never had emotion attacks of this magnitude, even when I was a young teen! I wonder if the OB would induce me early, say at 37 weeks (I am 33 now) or something so I can go back on my meds? Has that happened for anyone here or is it just wishful thinking? I was thinking of asking my OB about it, but I don't want to appear so psycho they try to take my baby away from me. It really sucks that the meds that work best on me are powerful class D drugs and are too risky to take while still PG. So I have been trying very hard to control these attacks but they are wearing me down now. What would happen if I totally lost control? I am trying very hard to avoid that, more for my baby than anything else. I can't believe how hard it is now. It wasn't so bad in the beginning but now with all these hormone surges it's like trying to hold back the tide! If only I could just hold on a few more weeks....just a few more weeks...
sigh
Thanks for reading my "fear attack" if you got this far!
Jodie

Jodie

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Registered: 10-10-2006
Thu, 04-12-2007 - 11:00am
Jodie, if you explain it to your OB she may go ahead and induce at 37 wks. I suffered severe depression durning my last preg and that along with complications I had the prior preg led my OB to induce at 37 wks. Baby was fine and scored 9 on both APGARs.
Brenda
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Registered: 09-01-2004
Thu, 04-12-2007 - 1:10pm

Jodie,


Definitely tell your OB!

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Thu, 04-12-2007 - 5:54pm

((((((Jodie)))))

Hang in there. I'm pulling for you.

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