Calming 2 under 2 anxiety - for the medicated moms (looking for positive stories)
I just found out this week I’m pregnant with my second baby. My son is currently 15 months so the kids will be 24 months apart. My husband and I had a really hard time conceiving my first so when we decided to start trying for a second we figured it would take some time. Turns out the first half assed try worked.
I was truly overjoyed seeing the positive test. But after a couple of days something got triggered in me and it’s turned into bad anxiety the last two days. I have been on an SSRI the last few years which has been working well for me. But I have had really bad anxiety about this. My brain keeps thinking that 2 kids will be a lot of chaos and the newborn trenches will do a number on me. I did fine my first pregnancy and even postpartum but for some reason this is throwing me for a loop. Maybe because I didn’t expect it to happen so soon and we’re also leaving for our first family vacation tomorrow so I’m just overwhelmed.
I guess I’m just looking for reassurance. Also curious to hear from any other moms on medication. I had a terrible anxiety attack last night and called my OB after hours line and felt ashamed to ask if I could take a Xanax but they advised not to. Eventually some deep breathing calmed me down a bit but I’m still very anxious. Sorry if this is all over the place, but I would just really like some reassurance and positive stories instead of my brain flooding with the panic of 2 kids. Again, this is something I want but my anxiety has sadly reared its ugly head and is making me feel awful and incapable.
(Last thing I wanted to say I did up my SSRI dose 4 months ago so I’d rather not do that again. I feel confident this is an isolated incident that I’m just desperately trying to snap out of).