Hi everybody!
Thought I would take a few minutes to introduce myself
. I am 36 years old, and am the proud mom of 2 boys. I have dealt with anxiety since I was a child but was finally diagnosed in 2007 after the birth of my first son with GAD and OCD.
In 2007 when I was finally diagnosed it was a very big struggle. I have pretty severe episodes of anxiety with panic attacks and also have intrusive thoughts. Having both anxiety and OCD has been very tough for me.. not only do I get intrusive thoughts which make my anxiety hard enough to deal with alone, but I then in turn obsess over the thoughts and everything just keeps going around and around until it finally stops all together. Finally after many trial meds, I finally found the one that worked for me when I was put on a very small dose of Abilify. I would always call it my miracle medicine! Lol.
In 2009 I found out that I was expecting my second son. My psychiatrist tried to pull me off of the Abilify as it was a class C med to take while pregnant, but after trying to wean me off, my anxiety became severe again and I had to stay on it. Thankfully I gave birth to a healthy baby boy 9 months later!.
A few years after his birth I was actually able to come off of the Abilify and was anxiety free for the past few years!. Unfortunately, my panic attacks, anxiety and OCD has returned and has been back for about a month now :/. I tried to deal with it on my own but it actually became so severe that I met with my doctor yesterday and was put back on the Abilify and am starting counseling in the end of August.. it was hard for me to admit that it has come back cause I was so happy when it was gone and now that it's back, it's very hard for me to accept :/.
But the one other thing that always helps me get through it is knowing I'm not alone.. so here I am!! Hopefully to get support and give support to others as well!
Looking forward to getting to know everybody and battle this together!
Thought I would take a few minutes to introduce myself
. I am 36 years old, and am the proud mom of 2 boys. I have dealt with anxiety since I was a child but was finally diagnosed in 2007 after the birth of my first son with GAD and OCD.In 2007 when I was finally diagnosed it was a very big struggle. I have pretty severe episodes of anxiety with panic attacks and also have intrusive thoughts. Having both anxiety and OCD has been very tough for me.. not only do I get intrusive thoughts which make my anxiety hard enough to deal with alone, but I then in turn obsess over the thoughts and everything just keeps going around and around until it finally stops all together. Finally after many trial meds, I finally found the one that worked for me when I was put on a very small dose of Abilify. I would always call it my miracle medicine! Lol.
In 2009 I found out that I was expecting my second son. My psychiatrist tried to pull me off of the Abilify as it was a class C med to take while pregnant, but after trying to wean me off, my anxiety became severe again and I had to stay on it. Thankfully I gave birth to a healthy baby boy 9 months later!.
A few years after his birth I was actually able to come off of the Abilify and was anxiety free for the past few years!. Unfortunately, my panic attacks, anxiety and OCD has returned and has been back for about a month now :/. I tried to deal with it on my own but it actually became so severe that I met with my doctor yesterday and was put back on the Abilify and am starting counseling in the end of August.. it was hard for me to admit that it has come back cause I was so happy when it was gone and now that it's back, it's very hard for me to accept :/.
But the one other thing that always helps me get through it is knowing I'm not alone.. so here I am!! Hopefully to get support and give support to others as well!
Looking forward to getting to know everybody and battle this together!
