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Toddlers: 12 - 24 Months
How did you feel/know you had PPD?
What were your symptoms?
How did you know?
What did you do?
Medication? Talk therapy? Both?
Anybody solve it without meds? How? And in what kind of timeframe?
TIA!!!
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Re: How did you feel/know you had PPD?
I had PPOCD/PPA that turned into PPA/PPD. I was diagnosed at 15 months PP after severe insomnia that made me feel suicidal.
It started really when I was pregnant, I became a little obsessed with all the possible horrible things that could happen to the baby in the womb. I thought the umbilical cord was wrapped around his neck, on and on, Then, postpartum the anxiety was mostly over his sleeping and eating. He didn't STTB unit he was 15 months old.
When I had insomnia and panic attacks, I called my DR, and made an appointment with a therapist, however, it took over 10 weeks to get an appointment. While I waited, everything got worse.
After going to the ER, I was seen the next day, crappy system. Then, I started Medication because I just wanted to end the suffering. SOmething I've learned is that living is required, suffering is optional. I had a hard time rationalizing taking the medication, but if I had a broken arm, I would have gotten the help I needed, so . .
I took the meds for 4 months, and then weaned off. I still have anxiety so I enrolled in a Mindfullness Based Stress Reduction Class and it's starting to have some pretty awesome impacts on my life. I would recommend the MBSR!!
Try to get an appointment now, even if it's not PPD and something is just off, it's better to get it in line now before it gets worse.
I felt my panic attacks coming back first. Then dh made a comment about seemingly not enjoying dd1.
I wouldn't have fully noticed unless dh had said something, then a light bulb went off and that's when I talked to the ob.
I just did meds (zoloft) but now looking back I wish I had gone to therapy as well. I was off zoloft by her first birthday (went on them at about 3 months PP.
Not PPD, but I did solve my panic disorder w/o meds and therapy only, but for me it took a few years. I had a pretty bad case though, I was afraid to even leave the house, etc. So I'm not sure just how long it would take for PPD. But it doesn't hurt to try talking to someone first then determining if you need meds! Just don't wait any longer to feel better, you'll be so happy you went for help the sooner you go. Hang in there it will get better.
What were your symptoms?
apathy, anxiety
How did you know?
I didn't, actually. But then I started taking my encapsulated placenta and realized that THIS is my normal state. NOT what I was feeling before.
I had PPD after my son was born. It started immediately. I woke up the following morning after my emergency c-section and was overwhelmed with a feeling of extreme disappointment. Everytime I thought about it, I just cried and cried over my birth experience and wished I could go back in time and make it different. I also missed feeling the baby kicking inside of me and I felt more empty and alone than I ever had before in my life and I couldn't understand why....afterall I just had a baby. I should have been overjoyed.
In addition, I brought DS home and felt like crying all the time. I thought it was just the typical baby blues, but then several weeks went by and I found myself thinking that I ruined my life and wishing I never had him. Sure, I looked at him and thought he was cute and I loved him, but deep inside I was not loving motherhood and how much it had changed my life. It didn't help that he was colic and cried pretty much every waking second of the day and night. My DH worked really long hours and I was alone with a baby that would not stop crying!
Deep inside I knew I had PPD, but I have always been a very pulled together, organized person, so I refused to admit it to anyone. It wasn't until four months later when it was discovered that I had thyroid disease and started taking daily hormone replacement that I began to feel better and the depression went away. Depression is one of the major symptoms of an underactive thyroid.
When I was pg with DD, I told my OB about it and we agreed that if I even felt the slightest twinge of PPD after she was born that I would ask for help right away. Fortunately, I didn't have it at all the second time around. Not even the baby blues.
Francesca Pearl is here! Josephine Hope is almost 3!
What were your symptoms? - I was very angry all of the time. I would get so mad at DH that sometimes I would stomp up to my room like was a 14 year old girl and not come out and just sob. I remember specifically, we were eating dinner I left my plate on the coffee table and he didn't see the dog, eat my entire dinner. For some reason that night we didnt have any left overs. I was so pissed I flung the plate across the room and went upstairs and sobbed. I knew after that I needed help. I would also just cry and cry. I blow every situation way out of proportion.
I don't post here often but I thought my story might help.
I had PPD with each baby but mine does not start until I stop nursing. It makes it really confusing because I wean around a year and then I start to feel awful.
With my first I was not diagnosed and quickly got pregnant with my second. After my second we did exercise but it still took about a year for me to not feel anxious about everything that was going on in the world. Of course he was born in 2001 and so 9-11 was always on my mind.
After my third I did some talk therapy and it helped a little but more just helped me get medical help and I went on meds. I have been on them ever since. I have tried to stop but every time I spiral into a deep hole. I imagine the worst things I worry all the time and I cry constantly. When on my medication I feel much better and can fully function with out worrying about every bad outcome that could happen.
If you feel like you are having issues get help. I enjoy my family so much more when I am healthy.
I hope this all helps.
Erin
I started sobbing on day 3 and continued for 5 weeks before I said a word. Morning, noon and night. I would curl up on the bathroom floor and cry, think about running away or killing myself because I was sure DH and DS were far better off without me. I would often get very angry with DS and I knew THAT was far from "normal". I never hurt him but I did yell at him when he was about a month old. It took me over a week to recover from the guilt. I didn't want to leave my house for any reason....etc etc..after 6 months it evolved into complete apathy. I went through the motions of motherhood and I adored my baby, but there was always a foggy haze around my emotions. I couldn't fully connect.
How did I know? There was no denying it.
What did I do? I talked acknowledged it, faced it, and started talking about it to my husband. I went to minimal counseling because I was afraid of meds. I have an addictive personality and try to stay away from anything potentially dependency forming.
However, I do wish I had gone to my Dr and asked for more help. It started to lift when DS was around 10-11 months, after a few false starts. It's only in the last 8 weeks that I truly feel like I have some control over my life again and that comes with group therapy sessions and a serious workout routine.
For my next pregnancy, I plan on talking proactive steps and also to seek treatment, with meds if needed, at the first sign of ppd. In retrospect it wasn't worth it.
It was an immediate feeling in my case. I was so disappointed from the second he was born. I felt like someone took the baby I was pregnant with and replaced him with someone else's. I had severe anxiety and felt beyond helpless when my son would cry. I cried for several hours a day. I did not have any bond whatsoever with my son and felt very disconnected from him. Basically I just wanted to lay down and die.
I spoke to my OB/GYN around week 8 because the feelings never went away. I was referred to a psychiatrist and placed on medication. I was given generic Zoloft and something else for the anxiety but can't remember the name.
If there is any questioning if you have PPD than I would talk to someone. I feel like I missed out on a lot during my son's first few weeks because I didn't talk to someone sooner!
What I had didn't really match up to most PPD/PPA checklists, but it was completely debilitating.
What were your symptoms? Constant, horrible fear. My DD became seriously ill and was hospitalized from 4-13 days, during the first several she was in the PICU attached to every machine imaginible and could not be held. It was traumatizing. On top of that, she has always been somewhat behind standard milestone charts, and I was scared to death that something was horribly wrong with her as a result of her illness and/or treatment. It extended far, far beyond typical FTM anxiety. I didn't have panic attacks, but I obsessed constantly. I did bond with her and felt mother's love for her, but I was far too fearful to enjoy her. I also cried all the time, slept all the time, and was generally very agitated. I never had suicidal thoughts, but I did want to leave my baby and run away.
How did you know? PPD/PPA was always on my radar because I have a history of anxiety. Figuring out what was the matter was confusing because, like I said, my symptoms never exactly matched up. It was impossible for me or anyone around me to not know that something was very wrong, though.