I've been suffering with PPD for some time now. I recognized it about 4 months after my DS was born. I have good days but lately I've just had so much anxiety, sadness and anger I just don't know what to make of it. This is a hard month for me too....11 years since my dad has passed so I don't know if that has something to do with it.
The other day I was freaked out with myself. My girls were fighting and I was giving all 3 kids a bath. My dh is out of town a lot so it is just me being a full time parent to our children. I got the girls out of the tub when they started fighting. I still had to wash my son up real quick when I had this strange sensation come over me that I could "see' myself putting him down in the water. It scared me so much that I hurried up and took him out of the bathtub. I have been seeing a therapist and have been taking meds for a little bit but my primary just upped my prozac by 20 mg about a month ago. I feel like such a horrible person for having this thought even cross my mind. I told my therapist right away because logically I know that this isn't normal. I just don't know what else to do.
The precurser to that incident was I was talking to my dh about wanting to take a trip back home with the kids. I told him I would use my own $$$ from my savings to purchase tickets/car rental for the kids and I. He was not exactly thrilled, and I didn't feel like I got any support. He rather us save the money incase something unexpected comes up. We bought a home in the last year and pretty much used our savings to put a down payment, so he wants us to repay ourselves before we take any sort of vacation. Just the response I got from him left me feeling so deflated. I don't know how to make him understand why I have this need to go home and visit my family and stay where I was happiest when I was a child growing up. I'm at a complete loss here and wish this depression monster would just go away.
Re: Emotional rollercoaster (long)
big hugs....
the thought you had about your son is called an intrusive thought and is very common with PPD and anxiety. The fact that you recognized that it was wrong is very important.
Make sure you talk with you therapist about the incident.
the depression monster does suck. i'm sorry you are feeling it and doing so with a husband who travels a lot. I hope you can figure out a way to go see your family.
~~ married 8.11.07
~~ DD1 1.16.11 ~~ DD2 1.3.14 ~~
~~ BFP3 12.22.15 MMC 2.29.16 @ 13 weeks ~~
~~ 2 D&Cs (3.1.16 and 3.10.16) for MMC
~~ BFP4 10.27.16 MMC 1.23.17 @ 16 weeks ~~ D&E 1.26.17 ~~