I Robertson

Hi Ruth - you poor thing!! hang in there!! I can totally sympathise when I first had a labr's I cried constantly, sweated had awful anxiety and honestly thought I was going to die. I was firghtened to be alone and felt like I was totally out of control. I phoned my doctor a lot (luckily like yours she was very kind and patient). I would spend all my time in bed feeling like this and thinking like you - why me - will this ever end - oh god will this kill me. In the end I agreed with my doctor that I would visit her once a week - really for reassurance and just to kind of fell like I was not alone. My doctor would call me at home to make sure I was OK. In the end I really just had to grit my teeth - and no matter what it will improve. i am the one by the way who has written in about feeling off balance - Lbrinthitus - HELP - please read and reply. As you can see although I am still not right I surte as hell do not feel mega anxious or any thing it just bugs me which is accepatable I guess. Oh - another thing I did was self talk - alot of the anxiety symptoms you are experiencing numb arms, legs, panic, disorinataion (believe me I have had the exact same thing) are caused by shallow breathing and negative thoughts. I know when this was explained to me I was like - yeh right. Basically if you concentrate on your bretahing when you feel awful you will find that you are breathing up in your chest area. What you want to do is put your hand on your tummy and ensure that when you breath it rises and falls. An exercise to practise as often as possible is to breath in for 4 (or 5) and out for 5 (or 6) this will correct the blood gas levels which are causing most of the symptoms. the pother thing is to be aware of what you are thinking - likely when you feel anxious you are thinking sacry things like 0- this will never go away, I feel like I am going to die etc etc. It sounds hard but you have to try to catch these thoughts and replace them wityh something happier like - I know this feels awful but it will improve in time etc etc. It all sounds pretty silly but it works - and practice makes perfect.Apparently it is common to feel these anxiety symptoms another thing is try to accept the feeling without adding further fear to the situation. In time you will re-gain control. I am sure it is just a bad spot that you are going through and you will deffinately come out of the other side. As I don not know you if what I have siad you have heard it all before - sorry - but I hope it helps. Stick in there - my prayers and best wishes are with you.