I miscarried almost 3 months ago but my sadness seems to be getting worse and worse. I am seeing a therapist which I’m sure will help slowly, but I just can’t seem to stop feeling empty and upset. When I get sad I get bad headaches and my stomach starts to hurt (similar to when I get VERY stressed). In addition, I am having horrible nightmares and difficulty sleeping. I am having serious emotional and sexual issues, and my stomach turns when my boyfriend touches any part of my lower abdomen (where the baby was). Is there any way to know if this is still hormones? It just seems like the pain is increasing but I don’t want to go on antidepressants unless I am sure this is all emotional. Thanks.
I miscarried when I was about 19 weeks along if that is relevant.

Hello I have a few questions for all the pain management people or people on this treatment . I have been threw withdwawels without anything but now with the sub I want to know when I should start it, Like how far into withdrawels do I have to be in? Is there a certain amount of hours after my last pill? Because I deffinality dont want to go into the bad withdrawels so what is the first sign or symptom that I should take it.

Also I do have real severe pain and I read that it can help and I also heard that it doesnt what options do I have for my pain that are non narcodic Like some type of shot they give you every few months im not sure what it is called. But I am on a very high dosage of pain meds that is ruining my life and i have been on them for about 9 years since my 1st car accident then my pregnancy led to more and more issues I have 3 herinated discs and motoscolices and rotoscolises I have a son that I can not play with or pick up I even have trouble changing his diaper I can’t get out of bed in the morning Thank god for a great father, I have post partum depression as well.
I would love to hear any type of stories or information on any of the subjects I’m talk about. I can’t wait to start the suboxen but afraid of my pain still being there I want my life back and to be happy and play with my son without having to be on narcodics.
SO MY MAIN QUESTIONS ARE, WHEN SHOULD I START AFTER LAST PILL? WHAT OTHER OPTIONS DO I HAVE FOR MY SEVERE PAIN.

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I have 2 children. One 6 and one 13 months. I’m almost 7 months pregnant and stay at home everyday. I don’t have any friends anymore my stepsister/ best friend quit talking to me b/c she doesn’t like my boyfriend (father of my 3 children) I’m low income and live in a rural area and can’t afford to go out and do much. I would love to get a job, but I can’t afford daycare and rent on minimum wage (that’s all the jobs pay in my area). I used to spend time with my mom but she hasn’t been around much lately b/c my stepdad has aggressive cancer and gets daily treatment and hour away. I just really feel alone lately and don’t know what to do. I have nothing to look forward to. My boyfriend works a lot so I don’t even see him that often. I was being treated for postpartum depression when I got pregnant but had to quit taking med due to pregnancy. And I no longer go to counseling b/c I felt like I wasn’t doing much talking- my counselor mostly chit chatted about her grandkids. I wake up everyday not wanting to get out of bed b/c I know all there is to do is clean. I plan to start school in the fall, but that’s still 3 months away. Has anyone else ever felt like this? What can I do to make things better? .

I have been on my medication for 4 years now. I tried to get off of them because my husband and I want a baby. I realized how important for my function it was to be on the medication. I am on Effexor now on the lowest dose and take it every other day. I am not too happy with the research that has been done. Does anyone have a better idea? Please help me!

My husband and I went through a very bad year, and we moved to atlanta for jobs that my sister helped us to get in door. My husband had been unemployed for an extended period of time- limited to no income for 3 years. I had been laid off and underwent treatment for cancer. Between my health and what I see as his struggle with depression we were beyond the boiling point- rock bottom. Moving, a steady income, and a fresh start seemed to be what we needed. Its not that it was perfect over night,but it was moving in the right direction. We were going to move into our own place next week., we have been going ou and there was passion and tenderness. . We are both well educated and though new at our jobs, earn a good joint income right now and have started to rebuild our savings. The night before last he assured me that he loved me and really wanted to be married to me and grow old together… Then yesterday I told him I was pregnant and he told me he wasn’t sure if he really loved me, and wanted me to have an abortion. He basically accused me of trying to trap him with a pregnancy or acted like it was deliberate.I had been told that due to endometriosis and the treatments I had gone through for cancer, it was unlikely that I would conceive with out assistance. We used contraceptives every time we were intimate despite what the doctors told me. We did have broken condemn and I did get pregnant. It is a shock to me too, not some plot. I am afraid of raising a child alone, or bringing a child into the world who isnt wanted by its father. I am afraid of losing my husband, and know men aren’t lining up to step in and date a women with a baby or even a young kid. My heart is broken to hear that my husband doesn’t know if he loves me because despite it all I love him, and that he wants to abort the baby. I am here in a new city with no one to talk to and I don’t know what to do. I called in sick to work and I dont know what to do.

I’ve been sad on and off during the normal PMS time, but not stressed. When I’m stressed I’m worried. This time I was just crying alot for a few days. Someone made me sad. I know stress can throw off your period, but can sadness throw it off too? I usually get it every 27 days and it’s two days late. There’s only VERY MILD cramps – not like the ones I get when I’m about to start.

Additional factors are that my husband and I have been having unprotected sex. Is the delay more likely from sadness or pregnancy? Thanks.

i have read many things and talked to a pharmacist, but i can not find any evidence of harm to the unborn fetus.

I accidentally got pregnant. I’m against abortion, so that’s not even in the cards. The way I feel right now is that I don’t want an abortion, I don’t want to have the kid, and I don’t want to put it up for adoption. I don’t want it to be my problem, I don’t feel a connection with it, I just feel as if its ruined my life and strained every relationship that I have. Then there’s other times that I’m so incredibly excited and I love it so much and I want to go to Babies R Us and look at all the baby stuff. I feel like an awful and irresponsible mommy-to-be for feeling this way.

Is it possible to suffer from depression during pregnancy or is it just hormones? Is there a name for what I’m feeling? I want this emotional rollercoaster to pass so badly. I want to enjoy my pregnancy and my child, I just can’t right now, and I don’t know why..

I am not seeing my doctor until the 21st and I have been waking up in the middle of the night with mini panic attacks. I feel like everything I am trying to get done before the baby comes is going to somehow fall apart on me. Any suggestions as to what this might be?
Yes this is my first. Thanks for all the support!

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