New here - seeking advice

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Registered: 01-08-2005
New here - seeking advice
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Wed, 07-12-2006 - 7:13pm

Hello,


I'm new to this board, this is my first time on it and I'm seeking some advice. I had my first child on Feb 23rd, 2006. He's a wonderful baby, sleeps all night, is happy and easy going and I'm just loving being a mom. Here's my issue. Since he turned 2 months old I've been having what I think are panic attacks, but I'm not sure. At first I was thinking that it was due to the fact that I would have to return to work the beginning of July, but we worked out a way where I can work from home mostly and we don't have to put Jacob in daycare. I thought that the attacks would go away. They didn't. In fact they've gotten worse. Much worse. I'll suddenly start sweating and my heart will race. I'll get a tightening feeling in my chest and shortness of breath. It has gotten so bad that I've gotten sick to my stomach. I finally went to see a doctor about this last week and she suggested that I drink a glass of wine at night. THen she told me to "Get used to it, you're a mother now"


Is this something I should just get used to? Is this something that I can work out myself? It is effecting my everyday life. I don't sleep much any more, and when I do it's only for about 2 hours before I wake up in a panic. I took a nap this afternoon since I'm so exhausted and I woke up 15 minutes later soaked in sweat and I had to go throw up.


If anyone has any suggestions on how I can work through this it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance for any advice.

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Registered: 03-22-2003
Sat, 07-15-2006 - 8:57pm

I agree that a second opinion is in order.

Sheri Ann

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