Anxiety after MC....

Anyone have any anxiety issues following a miscarriage??

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i've had anxiety issues since before my miscarriages bc I'm a very nervous person overall but it's gotten a bit worse after the 2nd m/c. I don't take any type of medication but I've learned to make myself relax or i'm gonna flip out....thinking positive helps.

Sometimes it gets so bad I feel like I'm gonna pass out so I have to lay down and breathe! it sucks

are you experiencing anxiety over the loss or over trying to get preggers again? both are very stressful things to deal with.

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i definitely have had more anxiety since our losses. the whole process of ttc causes anxiety for me and now that i've had the ectopic, i have a TON of anxiety that next time i get preggo, the baby will be in my other tube and i'll lose that one too. it's terrible. i try to just take everything a day at a time and i'm also seeing an awesome therapist which helps A LOT!

are you having anxiety in general or about ttc?

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Anxiety is my middle name! Sometimes I am anxious that I have too much anxiety. I try yoga once a week, but now I've blamed that for my miscarriage!

Again, I think we just need to take one day at a time and stay in the moment. I freak out about the future and when will I be able to try again and will I even be able to conceive and while I'm TTCing that everyone else in my life will continue to get pregnant and have babies SO easily and why can't I and when I am pregnant again, I'll be freaking out that I'll miscarry again!? This is BS...why do some people have it so easy?! Ahh...that felt good to get that off my chest! Thanks girls!

MrsKS you are not alone! Good luck to you!

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I have ALWAYS been the most calm person ever. I never really had any anxiety issues that I was aware of. I say this because I recognize now that I do some things out of anxiety but I wasn't feeling the anxiety.. if that makes sense.

But after the mc I just started having issues with anxiety overall. Not just regarding TTC (though that too)... but all around. Like with work, and with moving when I moved, and with everything. Things that I would normally tackle just fine before the mc I no longer could after... I would get sooo anxiety ridden. I could literally get an email from someone and it's not even a bad email... but that could send my anxiety level through the roof and I can't seem to control it to get it down.

The anxiety attacks I would have would last for days sometimes... not just hours... like 5 days straight. I couldn't sleep literally for days at a time (just little 2 hr cat naps here and with anxiety ridden dreams too - i never knew it was possible to have anxiety in your sleep!!). I'm much better than I was...but it still happens more than I feel it should.

I was speaking to a miscarriage therapist for a good while and I'm going to make another appt to see her soon. But they did try to get me on meds and stuff for it but I kept refusing because they are class C and D for pregnancy and I just feel like if something would happen because of that then I'd be in a far worse place than I am now with anxiety.

I was just wondering if anyone else experienced anything like this following a mc.

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I'm sorry Kerri!



I experienced some anxitey after my miscarriages. I went to a Therapist who worked at my Fertility Clinic ( she specialized in losses), that was the best thing I could of done for myself.

I noticed I had a lot of anxiety during this time. It was weird, I would even have anxiety just going out with friends. I guess b/c I was depressed going through a hard time and I would always try to put on a happy face when meeting up with friends. Just the fact alone that I was trying to pretend I was happy, when I was really still so devastated...would give me anxiety to be around people. It was as if I didn't know how I was suppose to act.

Then the "what if's" would run through my mind and upset me.

I think just talking to the therapist help me cope and handle these things.

I hope you are doing better! Always here to chat If you need!!