Im jesse. i am 8 weeks pregnant, well ive been experiancing some pretty weird symptoms, such as..
*crazy cold chills, or get hot easy.
*feeling kinda spacey or ‘lightheaded, dizzy”
*feeling like im going crazy, and moody swings, i REALLY feel as if i am going crazy…..
*”night sickness’.. like just at night i get wicked cold chills and feel like i have the flu…
* i feel stressed!
* and feeling “slow”..

I have to admit, im some what a hypocondriac, i stress every little thing i can, but i just have been feeling like something is wrong with me for the past 4 months.. i have had one anxiety attack cause i looked my symptoms up on the internet when i got sick with flu one time and thought for sure i had cancer.. and i FREAKED OUT! Now my scare is HIV or AIDS! i am getting checked the 19th..
Ive been with same partner for 8 months, and before him it was 2 months before i had sex with anyone. and my first is the one i am most worried about, that was December 10th, 2009, Would i be feeling more symptoms by now ? I am so worried. I had a uncle pass away by AIDs, and i am so scared…

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have been diagnosed with general anxiety disorder and have been on meds. (lexapro) for a few years now. The meds. seemed to be helping me for a couple of year but I noticed when I first became pregnant with my daughter about 2 years ago that during my 2nd trimester and throughout my pregnancy my anxiety got better. By the end of my first pregnancy my neck tension and panic attacks totally disappeared (and I have anxiety pretty bad). When I was postpartum I noticed within a few days after giving birth my anxiety came back full force and slightly worse than before I had became pregnant.

Shortly after I had my daughter almost 3 months after I had her I became pregnant again with my son. I am recently still recovering from having him only a couple months ago and noticed as soon as I had him that my anxiety came back. When I was in the hospital recovering my anxiety reached its worse and now that its been a couple months later I noticed my neck tension coming back extremely bad and my anxiety has worsened. I went back on my lexapro after having quit it completely when I was pregnant with my son but it seems to not be helping at all…my psychiatrist prescribed me a muscle relaxer and it still doesn’t seem to be helping with my neck tension and even though I’ve uped the dosage of my lexapro my anxiety is still horrible…=(

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On May 2, my 17 year old sister gave birth to a beautiful baby girl named Juliet Rose. I love her more than I can express.

My sister has had a history of problems, and she was diagnosed as bipolar and depression last year. All through the pregnancy she was up and down, never being able to make up her mind on what she was going to do. My dad and I did our best to support her no matter what. She finally decided to keep the baby.

Three days ago, the day after he 18th birthday, I woke up and she was gone. No note, nothing. She just disappeared, and left her new born with us.

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I have been battling this addiction for over 4 years now. I started out taking a 1/2 of a 500mg vicodin once a week, just when I got a really bad tension headache. I quickly realized I felt “good” when I took them, so gradually started taking more often. That continued for about a year & a 1/2. Then I got pregnant. I was able to stop cold turkey, however I did take a total of about 5 pills throughout my whole pregnancy when aches & pains were really bad. I have always had a high tolerance for pain medications, so otc tylenol DOES NOT help me. So the minute you deliver a baby, guess what, they prescribed me a shiny new rx for darvocet. So since the day my baby was born in Aug. of ’07, I have not had 1 clean day. I have extreme depression, & little to no help or support from my husband. The pills make me feel not so sad, & gave me the energy I needed to “handle my business”. Over time my habit has increased tremendously..& I’m now taking at least 20 10/325mg Norco daily. I do have my own rx, but that lasts me all of 4 or 5 days, so then I start my “hunt” for a score. I buy 4 different peoples rx’s & am spending over $700 monthly on just the pills. Not to mention that while I’m on pills I smoke a pack a day, drink red bull & Starbucks like there’s no tomorrow, & have manic shopping habits. I have NO self control. My habit is costing my family everything we have. We can longer pay our bills, & my kids don’t have a mommy. The energy the pills used to give me went away a long time ago, now I barely have the motivation to shower. I can’t live like this anymore.
I have hit my bottom, & I HAVE to quit.
We can’t afford rehab, & my husband makes to much $$ to qualify for any special “scholarships”…so basically I’m screwed. The other night I decided to talk to my G’pa about helping us to pay for a detox program. It was one of the hardest things I’ve ever had to do. My G’pa thinks so highly of me, & to tell him that I’m a drug addict was so painful. He has bailed us out sooooo many times financially in the past, he just can’t afford to pay for it. I should’ve asked him for help a long time ago…but…woulda, coulda, shoulda isn’t going to help now.
So I basically “told on myself” so now I have no other option BUT to quit. Since I can’t afford to pay for rehab, I have to do this at home. The plan is, my mom & husband are going to take a week off work & basically nurse me back to health…but I’m SCARED!!! I’ve heard so many horror stories.
I’m writing this in hopes that someone out there has some advice for me. I’m terified of the pain, diahrrea, nausea, bone aches, insomnia…all of it. I’ve read all these “recipes” that are supposed to help with wd symptoms, but believe it or not, I’m scared of taking drugs…I know funny right. I would like to be able to do this with ibuprofen, tylenol pm, immodium, & hot baths….but is that just ridiculous for me to even think that possible?? I don’t want to use suboxyn, or valium or any other substance to wd because my addictive personality will become addicted to them..I just know it.
If anyone out there has any advice for me..PLEASE help. I’m planning to do this the week after Thanksgiving, I would like to be back to my normal self by Christmas.

Hello everyone, I am 19 years old and need the opinion of some women who know a bit about the female body. For the past two years I have been chronically losing weight and now I am an all time low of 78 pounds, and although I am only five feet tall, this is the skinniest I have ever been and no longer have a “female figure”; it’s tearing me up. I have placed myself on very strict “over-eating” diet, and forcing myself to eat as much as I can, fattening foods especially, but the weight stays off. The reason I suspect this is a female problem is because I also have pretty bad PCOS that makes it hard just to get up in the morning sometimes. I also have almost constant headaches and unexplainable depression. I shouldn’t have depression, I have more support than the Brooklyn Bridge when it comes to my family and friends, and yet I always feel so miserable.
I also have constant lower back pain…
As well as this, between 10-15 times a day I get this horrible stabbing, “twisting” pain in my right ovary, and only the right one. My pain goes from a 0 to a 100 in one second and the pain lasts for about five to ten minutes. It isn’t a rupture or anything because the pain is NOT constant, but it happens everyday.
So headaches, depression, extreme weight loss I can’t control, PCOS, lower back pain and ovary pain… what do you think?
I am getting a few procedures under anesthesia done this week to determine what is wrong with me hopefully, but before that, I just want you guy’s opinion.
And just so you know, I have an IUD in so it can’t be pregnancy, I had the doctor test me anyway and it was negative, and I also had them test me for any STD’s and I was clean. The doctor said it sounds a bit like Crohns Disease or something like that… Should I be worried? I’m only 19 I shouldn’t have to deal with this.

I’ll be honest here. I’ve suffered with depression on and off for over 10 years. I have been on medication up to 4 years ago. During the last 4 years, i’ve felt relief from depression and haven’t worried about it.
Now, i’m 9 weeks along and it started before becoming pregnant.. I know where it’s coming from. Since you don’t know me, I can be 100% honest. Its work: when I’m at work, thinking about work I’d rather die then face it. I have a WONDERFUL life outside of work. Before I found out I was expecting I was looking for something better. I’m so excited for the baby and my husbands and i’s start of a family!
I can promise you, I would NEVER kill myself, its just how horrible I’m feeling about it…..(when i was at my worse, I would have dying thoughts but I know I would never ever do that)
Anyways, is there any medication that a pregnant women can take for depression? Or prohaps what have you done with depression during pregnancy?
I have an appt with my doctor in 10 days (also get to see the baby on the ultrasound!!) so I do plan on talking to him about it.
Thank you

My wife and I were trying to have a baby for almost a year. We finally got the phone call that said she was pregnant and she was so excited she cried for hours. She made a nursery out of our spare bedroom and even baby proofed the entire house. She miscarried yesterday and has fallen into a deep depression. I’ve tried to talk to her but I get little response. Any advice?

I’ve been having problems in my relationship with my boyfriend as well as other family issues along with child custody issues with my daughter and financial issues. I’m also 6 months pregnant and all of this is starting to weigh in heavily on my mental health I think. I’ve been crying myself to sleep every night, I’m more moody than usual, and just not happy about much at all. I have an appointment to see my doctor, I know that a lot of the symptoms I’m having are normal with pregnancy but this is starting to affect my work and social life and I want to make sure it doesn’t spiral out of control. Has anyone gone through something similar that can give me some suggestions on how to handle this? And are there any SAFE medications they can even give you while your pregnant??

I’m 21 and I have been out of work and school and barely able to drive for the last 8 months for my panic disorder/ severe depression…I went to the hospital last night because
i felt really sick and found out I was 5 weeks 4 days pregnant..I had no idea because I was still having my menstrual..I’ve been on ativan for the last 8 months b/c I havent found a med for my panic/depress. and its keeping me somewhat stable until I found a med so I could get my life back..I’m so scared and idk what to do everyone saying I should get an abortion so I can get myself better but I really dont believe in that but I dont know what to do..I wouldnt be able to support the baby right now b/c im unable to work due to my severe panic and stuff..
i smoke and i’ve been taking ativan this whole time and didnt know I was pregnant and im worried its harmed the baby and I’ve been on it for 8 months and I know coming off of it causes seizures..any advice would be greatly appreciated..thx

its a long story..my sister is 4 years older than me and she is nervous since she was little always having this sentiment than my family doesnt support her and also than my family makes difference between us,also than she envy me beacuse i am more pretty(she thinks).

now she is 29 and still doesnt make any difference even if we make efforts to support her everytime she needs us only than she cannot see that we care and we want her good,she always tell us bad words,talks to us on a nervous accent,yells..blames us,makes us feel guilty even for things than we didnt intend to do…

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