Anxiety/ panic attacks
Hi mamas -
Im just about 31 weeks so of course getting much bigger and of course I haven’t been able to sleep the entire pregnancy but now it’s getting really bad. I’m someone who has experienced panic attacks my whole life. I’m on medication for it AND I have “take when needed” medication for when I have a panic attack. (My doctor has okayed both) but the medication just isn’t working anymore. And now whenever I lay down to go to sleep my heart starts racing and I feel like I’m suffocating and it makes me spiral into a full blown panic attack. This has happened two nights in a row so now I’m scared to go to bed.
I guess I’m just wondering if anyone else is experiencing this or has in the past.
Can’t wait to pop this boy out- pregnancy is hard😭
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Same. I’m panicky about things that don’t even make sense these days🤦🏼♀️
Also, sorry just making sure you're not laying on your back? Baby can lay on your aorta and cut off blood supply making your heart race and suffocating.
I’m not on my back! I think it’s a combination of actual feeling and then anxiety that tricks me into thinking I’m feeling worse than I am
Yes. Awake from one rn.
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Have you tried laying at an incline? I have never had a panic attack (I'm sorry you do😭😭) but I can tell you that at the end of both my pregnancies I can't breath for shit when I lay down. I usually am propped up on 2-3 pillows and on my side.