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prenatal depression

iheartnjdevilsiheartnjdevils member
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Has anyone heard of being able to take early leave due to prenatal depression?  I have a long history of depression and anxiety and it's been getting worse the further along I get. I get nothing done at work or home, sleep 10+ hours a day and sometimes feel like just giving up. I don't know what to do...
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Re: prenatal depression

  • bethmontbethmont

    Are you currently seeing a psychiatrist? During my last pregnancy, I saw someone who specializes in reproductive psychiatry & she monitored my meds throughout my pregnancy. As I got bigger & my blood volume increased, my meds had to be increased.

    I am sure you could go on early leave, but what are you going to do home all day? If you currently are not in treatment, I would definitely seek a therapist or MD who specializes in depression/anxiety & pregnancy. There's no reason to suffer.

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  • OrangeBirdOrangeBird member
    You might be able to get leave under short-term disability for prenatal depression.  That's what I did.
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    I know that this thread is not new, but I was googling prenatal depression and stress and came across this and hope that you can give me some more information bc I am not really finding too much online. I am in the same situation. I have had depression and anxiety in the past but it has gotten much better and haven?t felt like I needed help in well over 2 years. My work situation has been really bad and stressful for about a year now (my boss is a very mean and insensitive person who just does not seem to care for me) and it has gotten worse since I announced my pregnancy to her. It has gotten to the point where even if I psyche myself up all morning that I wont let anything get me down? she manages to crush that. I go home and sit in my room in the dark and either sleep or just lay there crying. It scares me bc I am thrilled to be having a child but I feel like this may harm my child. How did you go about getting STD for prenatal depression?

     

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