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Postpartum Depression
MrsS2203
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MrsS2203
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Hi! I have a 3 month old DS and I'm pretty positive I have PPD but definitely PPA. The first few days/weeks were AWFUL I wanted to take everything and trash it so my house was "clean". I didn't leave my room for the first 3 weeks(unless to go out). My thoughts overwhelm me and then I miss "normal".
I finally sought out counseling and it has helped greatly to talk with someone and not be judged. I think my infertility, induction, and horrible birth(not the worst) helped contribute to my depression. I'm finally admitting that it's depression. My prayers are that I can crawl out of this dark place(getting better) and that it doesn't consume me. I'm not on any medicines and my therapist hasn't diagnosed me with PPD.
I joined the FB group that a bumpie posted on another thread. I saw a suggestion for Brooke Sheilds book(going to get that). Any other advice,help,suggestions?
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I would ask your therapist if he/she thinks you have PPD. It took me forever to ask my therapist and once we figured it out, I was at the psychiatrist getting meds.
I totally understand how it feels to be in a pit of darkness. I feel that way right now and it feels like it is consuming me.
Do you have someone to talk to at home? Do your family and friends know? I have some good friends who listen and check in on me but because they have never experienced it, they don't fully understand it.
The other thing that has helped me is getting out without DS and taking some time to enjoy myself.
If you ever want to talk, feel free to PM me!
Welcome to the board.
My advice is to keep getting treatment and be open to whatever your therapist suggests. The thought of taking medication for PPD really made me apprehensive and uncomfortable at first, but the results are well worth it. So if it is recommended, give it a try.
Find your most supportive friends and family and talk to them about it. My MIL has actually been amazing to me. When we did sleep training and I was a HUGE MESS, I called her and she talked me down and gave me lots of praise. Sometimes you just need to hear that from someone you don't live with.
When you are in the middle of PPD/PPA, it is almost impossible to see the light at the end of the tunnel, but it is there, and you will reach it!
Talking to someone about it really helps. My best friend was wonderful, she had PPD 10 years ago with her first so she was really able to listen and give understanding advice. I forced myself to go on walks and get outside, this really helped, too.
Good luck to you.
I second this!
My husband knows and my mother(who leaves soon). I have one wise,dear friend that knows. I can't completely open up because we're currently in a custody battle over my DSD.
I feel guilty going out without DS and I miss(get apprehensive/anxious) him when I do.
One of my friends noticed,but didn't say anything. I told her that I'm seeing a counselor/therapist and I'm below water and can feel the life rafts at my finger tips but not fully grasped yet. I know its going to be a loooooong journey. I will survive,because I'm a fighter and I have God on my side!!