Implants and anxiety

Hi girls,
I just thought I would write this post to see if there is anyone else on this forum who have experienced similar symptoms to me?

I have wanted breast implants since I was a teenager and at 28 I was finally able to Afford to get it done as I worked in my first full time job!
Soon after booking I began feeling more self conscious than ever before about my body to the point where looking st myself without clothes on often brought me to tears and I was counting down the minutes to my surgery day!
On the day it was great, I was so excited and enjoyed every second of the surgery day! All the nurses and surgeon were amazing and I came away feeling great smiling ear to ear and so happy with my result.
Within a couple of weeks my joy continued and everything was great and all seemed to be healing well, by the third week my anxiety started, I felt my breasts looked odd and they were still swollen aloy and in between the cleavage was swollen which made me believe they were going to join together! I diagnosed myself with everything and constantly googling problems that I believed I had!!
By the end of the fourth week with all the stress one of my incisions had began to leak!! Great I thought, just my luck, I had to go streight back to Preston for more surgery, I had the incision opened back up and restitched believeing this would fix the problem, my wound still continued to leak and my anxiety and stress got worse and worse! I cried most nights as my hopes of the problem been fixed were let down again and again! I’m 11 weeks post op now and I have worked myself up that much that my surgeon himself rang me to try and calm me down! He said it would heal over and it has to be fair to him, it seems like it could be ok now but my mental health is still in tatters, I’ve been to my GP this afternoon who has diagnosed me with anxiety and depression! She does not know if this is caused by me not accepting my change in body or if it would of happened anyway however I feel I have not had anything else in my life change dramatically that could of caused this.
Anyway my longwinded way of asking if there is anyone else who has felt depressed or anxious before or after surgery??

I suffer with anxiety. It does pass. I am 8 days post op and I’m anxious and worried as well. I had two diff sizes and already worried she has put the bigger implant in the wrong side. I’m scared to ask case she has and then my anxiety will be worse. After all you have been through your bound to feel anxious. There is nothing that can’t be fixed so remind yourself of that. Also with anxiety it does come and go. Mine gets triggered by different events. Don’t be to hard on yourself. You will be surprised how many people suffer with anxiety especially before after surgery. I hope you feel better soon and you continue to heal xx

Hi Hun your doctor could be right it takes time to adjust to our new shape doesn’t happen over night either and it can make u down about it aswell I’m nearly 4 months post op now and I’m only just starting to accually get my head round the fact my body’s a totally diff shape and start to love my new boobs don’t be so hard in your self Hun it’s a big big life change xxx

I feel like I can’t talk to anyone about this because it’s so hard to explain, I’m so happy with my result now but at the same time some days I feel like I want them removed! I wear baggy clothes and I never show them off! I feel like I just want to sit in bed all day, I get up and go to work but as soon as I’m home I feel awful! I hope this passes, my gp has offered me antidepressants but I don’t want to take them, I just want this feeling to pass an so I can be happy again like I was before all of this! I was fine before I decided I was going to get a BA.

These are my implants now! 11wpo

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Aw bless you Hun it should hopefully pass Hun ps you look amazing ???? I wish I looked like that even befor boobs ???????? xxx

Sorry them ? Are meant to be smiley faces xx

@stacey thank you xx

Hi hunny I think I’m doing the same thing I touch I feel I over think zx

What size are they?? They look amazing !

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