More and more people are taking antidepressants and anti-anxiety medications, and among that number is a growing legion of women who say these medications help them become better mothers.One such mother, Anne-Marie Lindsey, says her daily pill regimen wards off paralyzing panic attacks. She has an infant son, and the new mother worries about him."Without the medication, my mind starts racing, and it can't stop, 'What if he gets sick? What if he gets sick? What if he gets sick?'," the New Haven, Conn., woman told "Good Morning America" in an interview that aired Wednesday on the show. "I might need to be in a bathroom with the door locked, hyperventilating, 'what if he gets sick?'"
A study that will be published in the medical journal, Pediatrics, next month suggests as many as one in five new mothers suffers from heightened anxiety in the weeks and months after childbirth. Researchers at Penn State College of Medicine are now encouraging friends,Professional Grade RF Audio Bug with Phone Transmitter, family members and doctors who are treating new mothers to monitor them closely for anxiety disorders so that the mother and baby can get the support they need in the first critical months of a child's life, HealthDay News reports.
Doctors now monitor new mothers for postpartum depression, but not for anxiety. Researchers reportedly found that anxiety - acute emotions in response to a perceived stressful, dangerous or threatening situation — was more common than depression after pregnancy,Waterproof Sport HD Digital Mini video camera, HealthDay also reported.Melissa Sanchez told "GMA" that she had several panic attacks after her son was born, adding that she "psychically collapsed.
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