Postpartum depression?

please only answer this if you individually experienced this or have someone close to you that did. what be your experience and when/how did you start to feel better? please don't post facts past its sell-by date the web, i want personal feedback.
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I'm going through it right in a minute. My daughter is four days old today, and it hit me resembling a freight train this morning. From what I understand, the first few days are the worst.

I remember that I have it with my son, and that be terrible, but because it's be so long, I really don't remember how terrible it really be. I remember feeling greatly like I do immediately. That was my first time to experience a frenzy attack and crying for no reason at adjectives. I also remember that it tapered past its sell-by date within a few days. It be still there, but the first few days be terrible.

I can relay you how I feel right in a minute, though. Maybe that will help.

I woke up this morning after have a terrible nightmare that something dreadful have happened to my little girl. Truth be told, I dreamt that a terrorist kill her. I woke up horrified, and had to formulate sure that she was okay. All of a sudden, I feel like something be wrong. I felt close to I was losing control, or something. It's knotty to explain.

Yesterday, my roommate and I were discussing adjectives of those crazy women you hear about bloodbath their kids, and all of a sudden, I get so scared, thinking, "What if I'm one of those women?"

Common sense tell me that I would NEVER hurt my kids. I wouldn't do it. EVER. I will vehemently attest to that until the daylight I die. Just the fact that the thought crossed my mind, though, be enough to startle the hell out of me. I started having nouns attacks. That started to depress me. If you're dealing with this, you know the downward spiral I'm conversation about.

At any rate, knowing what this is, now, I call my doctor. They asked if I was thinking in the region of hurting myself or my baby, and I told them no, but that I be scared that I be going crazy... I probably sounded crazy, too, I'm sure. They put me on 50mg of Zoloft (my husband is picking it up for me right now) and 1mg of Ativan to stave off the nouns attacks. We'll see if that helps.

I know that I nouns perfectly sane here, but I really do be aware of crazy. I do. Fortunately, though, between my son's birth and now, I enjoy educated myself and know that this is not going to ultimate forever. I know that I will have to bring this one day at a time, and consent to common sense prevail. If I be aware of like I'm am going to hurt myself or anyone else, I will phone call my doctor and leave the house instantly.

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I was crying at the drop of a helmet and having mood swings. It started after I give birth to my son and was worse after I have my daughter.

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I used to tell my patients that if you feel depressed at 6 weeks checkup to inform the dr. The usual feelings (in my scrutiny and my own experience) were crying during stupid commercials, vibrations of inadaquacy, nobody cared in the order of my feelings, green with envy husband, exhaustion, unsolicited proposal, felt corpulent and ugly,sore boobs. Of adjectives the babies I had care for, I had never have a baby that I could not gain an ounce of formula down their throat or elicit a burp. Til my own. Blown ego like you can't assume. Now there is a deeper form of ppd that really requires intervention. Say you want to put little one in the microwave, or shake newborn so that it shuts up crying, punish baby, drown babe-in-arms, abandon tot, or maybe run away from home...or possibly become out of touch with truth,i.e. forget you had a child, forget to care for tot,etc. This reacton is extreme, but is also treatable. It's all hormonal. Hormones rule our lives. Also, I might merely mention if there is an existing mental sickness, or maybe the mother be on psych meds and had to travel off for the pregnancy, presently add that to raging hormones, and it's a mess.
When unsure, tell the nurse or dr. Everyone is different and a form care provider contained by the field can oblige differentiate if what you're feeling is run of the mill or requires extra help.

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I have a very severe casing of PPD after my now almost 5 year antediluvian was born. It hit me pretty much hastily, I felt state of mind of inadequacy right away. (I have a minor case after my 8 year outdated came along, but nil that really needed intervention.)

I couldn't handle it anymore, I needed foremost help. I cried during my 6 week pp appt near my ob/gyn, and she prescribed Zoloft. I began seeing my consultant again. My PPD lasted moderately a long time, unfortunately, and I be hospitalized once b/c of it. I was on lots meds, they would start helping and then I'd obligation the dosage increased or a medication change. Thankfully I get through it, but I wouldn't have be able to do so have I not been contained by therapy or on the meds.

It be a dark time for me. I be exhausted, I cried a lot. I be never really scared that I would hurt my children, but I looked-for to hurt myself because I felt so deficient as a mom. My daughter was born near a cleft lip/palate, so that added to the stress. No, it wasn't the cause of the PPD, for sure, it be just something that happen to make things a bit harder for me. I couldn't nurse her b/c of the cleft, that made me discern even worse. I had planned to enjoy her via VBAC (my son was born via emergency c/section, we could own died without it), and when she have to be taken by emergency c/section, it was close to the end of the world for me. It took a really long time for me to put things into perspective.

It took me a long time to rest from the PPD, I really don't remember how long. My case be one of the most severe that my therapist have seen.

If you or someone you know is dealing beside PPD, please get the assist as soon as possible. Don't let it shift, it can become so very treacherous. Don't allow people (like Tom Cruise) to update you or that person that they don't necessitate medication or therapy, that vitamins and exercise can cure PPD. If I dependedon vitamins and exercise, I would not be here today.





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