re: pnd??
posted a topic a 2 weeks ish ago, asking whether or not any1 had got the same symptoms as i did. well, i went to the doctors this morning and they confirmed that i have pnd. feel reaaly strange at the moment as i dont really believe it. i know i feel awful all the time, and the doctors do know what they are talking about but i still feel like it couldnt happen to me. any one else felt like that?? been prescribed citalopram so hopefully things are looking up. deep down, i know i do have pnd, but i just feel like i shouldnt. so confused!!
love grace and baby erica xxx
love grace and baby erica xxx
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I think you just have to remember just like diabetes or illnesses like that don't discriminate neither does PND - and it's treatable and recoverable from!!
And keep talking to people - on here, family, friends......a support network works wonders
have been making jokes about me being on happy pills and stuff tonite, kinda makes me feel better just looking at it in a funny way! i suppose its one way of kinda saying how ur feeling without it being too serious or depressing (oh the irony!)
thanks girls
love grace xxxx
Oh told his mum about it and I felt really ashamed of it and it took awhile till I could face her again
Glad ur oh is being supportive though hun and I hope you start to feel a bit better soon x
also, im still living at home until i get stuff sorted, so when my HV comes to see me and asks about it, im worried my mum wll be there. but ive been trying not to worry about it, as that makes me worse.
im worried people will not be able to notice the difference from normal me, to depressed me, and not believe me. does that sound really stupid???! xxx
I was also at home at the time but hv didn't come to see me as she went on maternity leave about 2 weeks after i gave birth.
When my mum found out though she really helped me and would take Rhys just so I could go and sob in the bath away from everyone.
I can completely understand everything you talk about, i had PND with my 1st 6 yrs ago, I have just found out im pregnant with my 2nd in jan and i'm really worried i will get it again.
I was in denial, i bluffed off the health visitor with her forms and it wasnt till a lot later on that i admitted there was something wrong.
I often thought about just veering my car off the side of the road with us all in it and was so hysterial one day i sat at the kitchen table ready to take all my pills in one go. It really was horific!!!
but it took a while, and i managed to start to get myself out of it, i still have really black days, when i get down, but i know when theyre coming and as i have got older, im better able to deal with it.
I am worried i'll get it again, but i know ill see the signs better and not bury my head in the sand.
Good luck to you all, it will get better X