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post #1 of 15
3/30/06 at 11:51pm
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Did you have postpartum depression? What did you do to help deal with it? How long did you struggle with it?
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post #2 of 15
3/31/06 at 12:14am
I had it pretty bad with Zachary but of course I didn't realize that I did until I was having it again only worse after my second son, Bailey, was born. I had it extremely bad but I don't think that in either case it lasted very long. Maybe 6mo or so? What is weird is that I only had PPD with my boys, didn't have it with either of my girls. I am thinking that it had something to do with my hormones that I only had it after the boys. I didn't get any medication or anything for it but I am not against medication at all..my husband has been on medication for depression for over 5yrs. Just for myself I do not like to take ANY drugs what-so-ever, not even Motrin but I will if I am in extreme pain. I just don't like the side effects of meds on myself or maybe I have a phobia of side effects from meds. Who knows. Look, now it REALLY looks like I need some kind of medication doesn't it?
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post #3 of 15
3/31/06 at 12:59am
Yes, I did. I suffered with it greatly until I got on medication.
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post #4 of 15
3/31/06 at 1:04am
I have it this time around. I think it started when Andrew was about a month old and still have it 10 months later. I tried prescription meds without too much help..... they did help a bit, but I can't afford them. I actually belong to a company that makes a herbal natural anti-depressant that I've heard great things about and it's inexpensive but since I'm still nursing, I'm waiting to take it. I need to do something soon though. I find the days hard... I had to go back to work a little early and cut maternity leave short just to get out of the house and that helps a bit to keep my mind busy on work.
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post #5 of 15
3/31/06 at 2:46am
That's awful, Kim. I know that Zoloft is expensive and it's the big one that's safe for breastfeeding mothers. At least the VA complained that it was.
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post #6 of 15
3/31/06 at 12:53pm
Kim, I couldn't afford mine either so I quit taking them, then I got a new doctor and he prescriped me a generic and it's only $10 a month!!! I am sooooooo happy now.

I had PPD after I had rhyne, I think I was dipping into depression before I had her and then afterwards it just went that way. I didn't get help for it until she was almost 2 years old. I am on Celexa (well, the generic for it, but I don't know that name) right now and I am feeling pretty good. It took a long while for the meds to kick in.
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post #7 of 15
3/31/06 at 1:13pm
I wouldn't go as far as to say that I had PPD after having Zach (It was an extremely happy time of my life) but I was misserable with myself. I gained so much weight while I was pregnant and it was really discouraging to not lose anything after he was born. I just got in a slump and put on more weight and had very little self confidence. My new role as a SAHM wasn't helping either. I suddenly had no adult interaction and no reason to even get out of bed in the morning.
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post #8 of 15
3/31/06 at 2:07pm
I definetly had baby blues with Ryan - not PPD, but I had alot of issues- I had a bad delivery and was hooked up to a cathetar when I came home and laid in my bed for almost 2 weeks, I didn't take care of Ryan at all... I feel so guilty about it now. But my MIL and dh did it all. If I heard him crying it didn't phase me, I was almost MAD a tt the time that he DID this to me, then one day - SNAP it was gone. Luckily, only about 10 -11 days maybe ... Thank goodness it wasnt worse.

With Aidan I barely had a mood swing! Just emotional about Ryan with his brother!
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post #9 of 15
3/31/06 at 11:51pm
I was fortunate enough not to have it.
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post #10 of 15
4/1/06 at 11:29am
I had the Baby Blues for two weeks after delivery. Strangely even though I've dealt with depression all of my life I wasn't effected by it. Just the Baby Blues hit me hard. I was about to leave DH and divorce him and leave my son. We were always fighting. It was really hard. I was always crying and emotional.
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post #11 of 15
4/2/06 at 1:36am
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I guess I never realized how many people suffer from ppd. I never had ppd with ds. I hope I don't with dd either.
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post #12 of 15
4/5/06 at 12:59am
I ended up with PPD after having Nick....although Ididn't realize it until it got bad, and nick was around 10 months old. I am taking Citalopram, and am still on it now...although I don't think that they are working so much, so now I am thinking about trying St John's Wort, unless anyone has any other options for the natural stuff (I think that St John's Wort aggrivated my migraines before, but i know it did help too with mynormal depression--if there is such a thing)
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post #13 of 15
4/5/06 at 1:16am
Yep. I had it BAD with Lauren. It really set in after I had to go back into the hospital after delivery. Medications are a GOOD thing!
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post #14 of 15
4/12/06 at 1:52am
I had it bad with Emily. It started out as the baby blues and went from there. Like Elaine, making the transition to being a SAHM was hard on me. I felt isolated, alone, and incompetent. It lasted for about ten months. I didn't get on medication. I just pray that I don't have it again.
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post #15 of 15
4/12/06 at 10:31am
I had the baby blues with Jacob.... I don't think of it as PPD although there were a few days that were worse when Jacob was between 2 weeks and 2 months.
I didn't have anything with Nathan.
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