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Can you have PPD not about your baby?

SeaStar430SeaStar430 member
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I feel like I've been depressed, but about everything BUT my baby.  She is the light in my life.  I also wasn't depressed until now, could that be PPD or just regular depression?  Could my hormones still be messed up?

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Re: Can you have PPD not about your baby?

  • jaime5121jaime5121

    Most definitely!  My PPD started just after 6 months - when I stopped BF-ing.  It can rear it's ugly head anytime during the first year, or a year after weaning. 

    My PPD has nothing to do with my LO.  Being with him was the only time I was happy.  It most definitely can be PPD.  I would call your OB immediately and tell her how you are feeling.  GL!!!

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  • MarthaP18MarthaP18 member
    I feel the same way, like my son is the ONLY good thing in my life. Everything else is one giant clusterf*ck. I'm miserable right now, hating working and being without him, having major issues with my husband, and just all around falling apart. My son is the absolute ONLY reason I continue to get up in the morning and put one foot in front of the other. But it was last night when I realized that he's the only thing I feel I have to live for, that I realized that maybe something wasn't right. Something is definitely not right.
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  • BennyLBennyL member

    I think it is definetely depression of some sort. Can you talk to a therapist or ask your OB to refer you to one?

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