Update Hangin in there, Jan.

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Update Hangin in there, Jan.
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Wed, 01-24-2007 - 7:02pm

I'm doing better today. I only slept about a hour all night (5am-6am). The rest of the night was the full body shakes and tons of adrenaline. I tried really hard to not the the anxiety upset me, but after several hours everyone gets frazzled. Because I'm 19 weeks preggo, I can't take my ativan, so it makes it hard. I did take some Benadryl in an attempt to make myself sleepy, but I think it just made it worse. I called the pdoc at about 1:45am, but he couldn't offer much help beyond what I was already doing. So, I was in his office by 10am.

I guess it really was an "out of the blue" kind of attack, because I was laying in bed and it started before I could get a good handle on it. I think my with my every expanding tummy, hormones and all, I whammied myself. Thank goodness they don't happen very often. I wasn't really full-on panicing, but I was very uncomfortable. I made it through and that's the important thing, right?

The kiddos are great!! Noah is growing up too fast. We found out 1/18 that Noah is going to have a little sister, so we are excited about that. Her edd is 6/21/07. Dh, Noah, my mom and MIL were all at the ultrasound so that was really fun. I'm trying to get the scanner back up and running so I can scan the ultrasound pictures and put them on the babiesonline web page.

Thanks for caring!!

Chrystal

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Wed, 01-24-2007 - 8:27pm

I am sorry to hear that you had such a rough night. I had many nights of insomnia and panic attacks before my meds kicked in. That is so hard when you have a little one to take care of too.

I think you're right that the Benadryl may have made it worse - I was taking Benadryl or Nyquil to try and sleep before my doctor finally gave me an Rx for Xanax. I think the pseudophenedrine (sp?) makes anxiety worse. I had been taking Claritin every day too, and when I stopped that my chest pains eased up a lot.

One thing that helped me when my panic and insomnia was at its worst was to listen to a book on tape. I figured at least I was lying down in bed resting, and it kept my mind occupied. Sometimes it would even help me drift off to sleep for a while.

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Wed, 01-24-2007 - 10:43pm

Books on tape are a great idea!! That's my big thing is that I just want to rest. I guess tonight I'm having "after shocks" from last night. I know I need to rest, but am afraid I won't be able to. Basically putting too much pressure on myself.

I'm taking my Zoloft still. I tried to wean down when I first found out I was pregnant, but had a night like I did last night and the OB and pdoc thought it best for me to go back up on it. So far I've been fine for the most part, no major problems until last night. ACK!!! Why does all the scary stuff seem to come out at night???

I had gotten really good at calming myself down, but I guess with the hormones and not being able to take my ativan it's not working as well. I guess nights like these are par for the course. I better get used to not sleeping again in preparation for the new little one in June.

Thanks so much!!!
Chrystal

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Wed, 01-24-2007 - 10:51pm

(((Chrystal))) That was truly a bad night. I am sorry it happened. But as you said, you made it through & hopefully you'll regain your footing quickly.


I am so happy to hear that Noah will have a little sister. Girls are