Postpartum Depression
Insomnia = PPD?
Hi all. I am so grateful that everyone on this board seems to be so open and willing to share info about PPD. I have been doing some reading on PPD and I definitely don't have all of the symptoms... I don't really think I feel depressed, just TIRED. I absolutely can.not.sleep. At first, I blamed it on all the night waking with DS. But he is getting to be a pretty good sleeper, sometimes even sleeping 8 hours straight, and I am still waking at least hourly all night. Sometimes I can't fall asleep (my worst night was two weeks ago when I literally laid awake for 6 hours and only got 2 hours of sleep. DS did not make a peep the entire time.) Other times, I sleep OK until he wakes for a middle of the night feeding, and can't sleep again after that. I start to feel extremely anxious during these episodes of insomnia--pounding heart, sweating, almost like a panic attack. My body is exhausted but my brain won't stop. Anyone have anything similar happen, maybe as part of PPD?
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Re: Insomnia = PPD?
What you are describing is my experience exactly with DD2. It was terrible and very scary. I would go weeks without sleeping any decent hours. After about a month, I imploded. Seriously, I completely fell apart and had to have my inlaws take care of my girls. I was on ativan and serequel to sleep. After about a month I stabilized and started to feel better. I honestly think I wouldve been better if I had just gotten help earlier. I would highly recommend getting help now before it gets out of control, not that you necessarily will, but that was my experience.
Feel better and put yourself first...