Stillbirth Support Group

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I feel like I'm going crazy.

QuinC
QuinC
In May I delivered a stillborn son. It broke my heart in more ways than one. I guess you can say I was in denial the first month or so. Then I found out what caused my baby to pass. It sent me in a downward spiral thinking there was something wrong with me. I went to every doctor you can think of and everything came back fine. I finally went to my doctor and they put me on 10mg of Lexapro and Buspar. My anxiety is way out of control. All I think about is my breathing. I don't have the chest pains anymore or any of the other symptoms just this breathing crap. Sometimes I feel like I will live like this for the rest of my life. I have never had any anxiety issues until the baby passed. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Quin
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I dont have any words of wisdom, but I am here if you need to talk! Hugs!!!!
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I am sorry but I am not any help. I do wish you the best and am ever here if you ever need me! I hope that you can find peace and strength!

hugs
Amanda
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I used to have anxiety problems, I don't really have a lot of advice to give you. You just need to find out what works for you to get you through it. I would start having problems and just try to focus on something else until I felt like it went away. Don't push yourself, when you feel like you can't do something take a step back and give yourself a pep talk. Remember that you were able to do all of this stuff before and you will be able to again.

I have actually found that I have less problems with it since losing my daughter because my attitude has changed. In my mind life can't really throw much worse at me than I have already been through.

I don't know if anything I have said has helped but I hope it has. If you need to talk I'm here.
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Oh, it's only been 4 months. From everything I've read about stillbirth and grieving, what you are feeling is very normal, even though it feels like you're going crazy. I've been told to be as easy on myself as possible. Going through grief is very painful and extremely hard work! Losing a baby to stillbirth is very traumatic. A book I read said that we experience later is Post Tramatic Stress Disorder, because of the horrific experience we went through. It's amazing that you are able to talk about your feelings and reach out!! Keep talking,
Sarah