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I'm so sick of the highs and lows.

StarryNight39StarryNight39
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I was doing really well with the PPD. But out f nowhere it hits me again. And I know the anxiety and OCD are just adding to it and I feel like if I can't get those two under control i'm never going to win this battle. I hate feeling so hopeless. 

My therapist uped my Zoloft to the highest dose. I just wish we could try something different - I've been on Zoloft since the day after Drew was born, so over 4 months. I've been on this new dose for over 2 weeks (she said it shouldn't take long to notice the change since I already have it built up in my system)  

Anyone else still having issues 4+ months out? How are you coping?  

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Re: I'm so sick of the highs and lows.

  • j9loveyj9lovey
    I am still having issues...but I am noticing that it happens more around mid-cycle and when I get my period.  I am not on meds...yet.  I am trying to get an appt. with a psychiatrist now.  I just hope this goes away soon...for both of us. 
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  • StarryNight39StarryNight39

    imagej9lovey:
    I am still having issues...but I am noticing that it happens more around mid-cycle and when I get my period.  I am not on meds...yet.  I am trying to get an appt. with a psychiatrist now.  I just hope this goes away soon...for both of us. 

    I'm sorry you're also still dealing with it. I effing hate it. I had to leave the room because he will.not.stop.crying and he is fed, changed, played with, etc but he just won't stop. I know I won't hurt him but I'm scared if I stay in his room any longer I'm going to break. 

     

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  • Smudges*MomSmudges*Mom member

    I'm sorry that you (both) are feeling the way that you are.

    I'm right there with you.  I don't know if mine is still PPD or more keyed into my ADHD.  I'm thinking its still PPD though because when properly medicated for my ADHD (which I am), my depression is also properly treated. . .

    I had a 24 hour flu yesterday, so I didn't take my Pristiq until dinner time.  Man, I was a wreck.  Part of it was from feeling so terrible, but my mood. . . all I could do was cry.  It felt like I was back in the deep, dark, ugly days of PPD right after LO was born.  Awful.  It makes me feel so hopeless. . . then I look at my sweet little boy and wonder why I feel so terrible.  <sigh>

    Starry Night--who is prescribing your meds? (You may have mentioned, but I don't remember).  If you aren't seeing a psychiatrist now, you may want to consider it.  I am in the process of getting set-up with a new psychiatrist (we just moved).  I'm hoping that the process isn't too diffcult.

    Good luck ladies, I hope things get better soon! 

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  • dianah36dianah36
    I had PPD depression, got on Zoloft, and the occasional Ativan and leveled out after about 2 months or so. I had never been on antidepressants before and was looking forward to getting off them so I could return to "me." I went off them around January and was doing okay. I was still more emotional than in the past but I accounted that to being a new Mom. Well, the last four weeks have sucked. I know when I take a shower so I can cry and no one will hear me that it's not good. I've lost 12lbs in a week and a half because I have such anxiety that I can't eat. I just want this to go away so I can feel like myself again. Why doesn't anyone talk to you about this before you have a baby???
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  • StarryNight39StarryNight39
    I am seeing a therapist 2x a week - another psychologist (my therapist doesn't rx meds) from the practice I meet with monthly and she does the prescribing. 
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