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Nicnac

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  1. There is one way to find out and that is a pregnancy test. Don't worry about medication in pregnancy. I came off it on doctors advice in early pregnancy then had a horrible relapse. There is 70% chance of relapse during pregnancy if mum's come off medication. The mental health midwife has put me straight back on it and says it is safe. Not sure about the propranolol though.
  2. Yep hormones have a big part to play in it. I have worse anxiety and ocd with pms and I'm pregnant at the moment and it's the worst it's been in years.
  3. If a memory springs into my head about something I've watched and think I have reacted to in a certain way, i then check the Internet to see if I correlates with my memory. Is that a compulsion? It doesn't always relieve anxiety.
  4. Isn't it a chronic condition though, so will not be rid of it completely? By obsession I mean still get intrusive thoughts along the theme every now and then but not the constant and crowded mind where you wish your brain would just shut off for a bit. And not suffering
  5. I had a great time. Happiest I had been, Still had obsessions and intrusive thoughts but not as often and could brush them off With things learnt in therapy I've relapsed though and I'm back to square one, slightly more warped obsession than last time but related. Had to restart medication and only just under 5 weeks into that so not feeling much improvement at the moment.
  6. Thankyou for your response. I'm just in such a horrible place mentally since I relapsed. It's like a living hell.
  7. Maybe the Overcoming unwanted intrusive thoughts book is better then because you acknowledge it an intrusive thought instead of namig it
  8. I have been like this. I'm pregnant at the moment and my midwife has been great but my gp doesn't seem to be that aware of medication in pregnancy, hence I came off it. They wouldn't prescribe so my midwife had to do alot of chasing around for me to get a prescription. It seems unless you are at crisis point or have a schizophrenia etc. There is less they can do right away.
  9. Overcoming unwanted intrusive thoughts, brain lock and I've just got another called needing to know for sure. But I haven't started it yet
  10. Many moons ago when when pregnant with my first child I had awful anxiety about having postnatal psychosis and wanting to kill myself or my baby. It got slightly better after the baby was born and then we went on holiday and I was terrified that I might want to leave my partner as holidays are where lots of couples decide to seperate. We didn't but I was highly anxious the entire time. I then had a complete anxious breakdown after we got engaged, which I wanted to happen and kept questioning why I felt so nervous about it, was it my subconscious telling me I didn't want to be with him or was it that I was secretly gay and my body was telling me something was wrong. I was ruminating, seeking reassurance, looking on the Internet about what it all meant. I was terrified that I would break the family up that I loved so much. I then ended up on medication and went cbt where I got alot better and we got married and had another baby. All going well and was off medication, I occasionally had the same intrusive thought spikes but could get over them easily until we sold our house and the thoughts came back so I went on medication and had more cbt. The therapist told me about GAD and OCD can be intertwined and that is what it sounds like I have. All was going great, still had the occasional spike when I saw a lesbian on tele or heard about a long term relationship ending. I would do anything for my family and my husband so very much so we decided on one last baby. I came off medication at the beginning of the pregnancy and the anxiety was getting worse but I could control it mainly until I had the thought of do I love my husband, the thoughts all came back, I can't calm down. We are adding to our family how could I possibly have these thoughts, I had been searching for reassurance about prenatal anxiety and came across a women who said she was so depressed as she stayed in a marriage too long and she was actually gay. It triggered me, im so distraught, could that be me. Constant intrusive thoughts, rumination about why I have had spikes about it in the past, worry that I will suddenly realise I'm gay and leave my family, breaking them apart. I'm only 4 weeks into starting medication again and waiting for therepy but what if I'm just blaming my mental health and its actually me. How do I know.
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