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  • About Me

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    kiki2

    Female, 35
    ON, CAN
    Member since August 3, 2008

    • About Me

      I'm a 34 year old mom of two beautiful children and a Registered Dietitian. I enjoy travel, being with friends and family and normally love my life! (when I'm not obsessing over my cerebral DVT)

      I'm a 34 year old mom of two beautiful children and a Registered Dietitian. I enjoy travel, being with friends and family and normally love my life! (when I'm not obsessing over my cerebral DVT)

    • Interests

      I love shopping, decorating, sports, scrapbooking, good tv shows, cats and animals in general.

      I love shopping, decorating, sports, scrapbooking, good tv shows, cats and animals in general.

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    November 11

    • kiki2 wrote a discussion post in the Anxiety support group: low blood sugar and anxiety? 11:43pm

      Does anyone notice their anxiety gets worse if they've gone a while without eating? sometimes when I…  

    July 9

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    • Gold Star

      From Ashster October 22

      That sounds exactly like me!! Well, except for the baby part, I don't have any children :) but how you expressed your fear of dying, that is me! 24 hours a day 7 days a week! Any little thing will cause my to jump and worry about what is going on..am I having a stroke?? Am I dying?? I don't wanna die yet! I have so much to do, so much to see, I don't wanna leave my loved ones, I am an only child and my parents wouldn't handle the pain of losing me. It breaks my heart just to think of it. I try to control myself, but the swooshing noise in my head that goes along with my heartbeat drives me nuts, I know it's probably from my pseudotumor cerebri but it's like a ticking time bomb! I feel like it's reminding me "any minute now" grrrr! It's extremely frustrating. Not to mention the strong pulsations in my head. I always think to myself dear God, please don't take me yet, let me live longer, I am only 19. I was told for over a year that my symptoms were ALL anxiety, how crazy is that?? Thank God for Johns Hopkins hospital, they actually took their time to listen to me and send me off to get tests done to see what was REALLY going on! No one said it would be easy, but we just gotta smile through the pain. There is a saying "when it's the darkest at night, that's when the sun is about to come up" Don't lose hope my friend, we can overcome this obstacle that has been put in our way.

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      From Ashster October 22

      By the way!! I just noticed we both are July babies, your from the 9th and I'm from the 4th. We're both Cancers, no wonder we are alike! Lol

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      From Ashster October 22

      Your not alone my friend! Seems like we have much in common, I am also obsessed over my condition and it's made me change so much!! It has greatly interfered with my life, but we can't let it beat us, we are strong woman! If you ever need anyone to chat or vent, I'm here for you!!

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      From iceflake April 25

      hi amy thanks for your reply i thought knowing someone else had something so rare ,it would make feel better but to be honest i feel terrible now im sorry for you you have to go through that its sounds so scary having a clot in your head how do you cope with everyday life knowing its there ,my kids are 3...4...6 and 5months how old are yours you will be in my prayers and i hope from now on every day will be better for you ..iceflake...

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      From tigger48 February 4

      Thanks hug for today.

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  • Support Groups

    • Close Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT)

      I just had a baby April 7th, within 24 hours started to get a headache - which was thought to be from the spinal..went home, headache persisted., then 2 weeks later started getting right sided numbness/stroke like symptoms. This happened 3 more times. Finally at 6 weeks post partum I was sent for an MRI that revealed a cortical vein thrombosis. Now on coumadin, I'm having a really tough time with anxiety, and am starting to feel depressed. I want to enjoy my new baby!

      Treatments

      Coumadin Somewhat Helpful
      getting tingling and hands falling asleep at night. Some dizziness, but it's hard to know if it's the warfarin or anxiety.
    • Close Panic Attacks

      I have a cerebral thrombosis after having my baby 3 months ago and since have been suffering from anxiety and panic.

      Treatments

      EMDR Working / Worked
      ok
    • Open Anxiety

      I was diagnosed with a blood clot in my brain 6 weeks after having my daughter in April. Since then I've been experiencing anxiety and panic (had reoccuring stroke like symptoms over the six weeks)....so I'm still so scared that it will happen again

      Treatments

      Ativan Working / Worked
      Breathing Exercises Working / Worked
    • Open Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

      kiki2 hasn’t entered any details for this support group.
    • Open Hypothyroidism

      Got hypo after the birth of my first son. Take synthroid now, and seems to be working ok - but who knows maybe it's also affecting my anxiety??

      Treatments

      Synthroid Working / Worked
    • Open Post Partum Depression

      kiki2 hasn’t entered any details for this support group.
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