PND - now what?

[3TimesPND]

Totally agree with you on this Tatiana28. I have done the same looking for support groups and baby units.

Alphabet soup don't just wait to see the pshc seek other options too. You can even call PANDA as they are a great help and suggest groups that you can attend around your area. Even if your having a bad day you can call them as they have trained staff that you can talk too.

Good luck and big hugs

[Tatiana28]

Totally agree with you on this Tatiana28. I have done the same looking for support groups and baby units.

Alphabet soup don't just wait to see the pshc seek other options too. You can even call PANDA as they are a great help and suggest groups that you can attend around your area. Even if your having a bad day you can call them as they have trained staff that you can talk too.

Good luck and big hugs

Yes, PANDA are awesome.

[Alphabetsoup]

Have had such a bad day today so I re-read your posts. You ladies are all so so lovely and I can't thank you enough for your kind words.

I have called a couple of psychologists hoping to get in somewhere soon. I need to talk to someone but I get really anxious calling places like the ABA and PANDA. Its stupid I know but I can't get past that feeling long enough to dial. I find it hard enough calling the doctor and psych.

In the meantime I think I will go back to my GP and ask for a script. I don't want to keep taking things out on DP, its not fair of me to do that. And I don't want to let this go on any longer than it needs to. The sooner I get help the sooner I will feel better.

So - new question! Any ads that are safe while breastfeeding? My GP seemed to suggest that I might have to stop bf if I were to take them, I may have misunderstood though.

[Gothel]

Hi its lovely to see you found some support on here, I'm sorry to hear you have been feeling so down. PND sucks

Don't feel bad about taking ads. I read somewhere recently that ads can just give you that breathing space so you can begin to heal. Someone else said to me once, 'the family is a wheel and Mum is the hub. If mum doesn't look after herself, the wheel can't turn' (or something like that, i'm sure they put it much more poetically!)

I have never taken ads when BF but I know several of the ladies on here have. You can time your doses so that you get the least transfer in the milk. I'm sure zoloft was one that was safe to take when BF but there are probably others. I hope you misunderstood your GP, cos if he said that, its not very supportive

Re the anger, I totally get that. The incident that prompted me to get help 18m ago was having an absolute screaming hissy fit one morning because some coat hangers got tangled in the wardrobe. It was just more than I could bear, having to wrestle with those hangers. It was another 10m before I accepted a diagnosis of PND and went on ads but its all been uphill from there (with a few setbacks). I found it really really hard to step over that line, but it was really worth it for me and I'm sure it will be for you too.

Feel free to PM me anytime hun if you ever need to chat

[Happymum2]

I haven't personally had pnd but my sister has it and breastfed both her children until they were 18months while on ad. I'm not sure what she is taking but know there definitely are ones you can take.

All the best.

[Witwicky]

Have had such a bad day today so I re-read your posts. You ladies are all so so lovely and I can't thank you enough for your kind words.I have called a couple of psychologists hoping to get in somewhere soon. I need to talk to someone but I get really anxious calling places like the ABA and PANDA. Its stupid I know but I can't get past that feeling long enough to dial. I find it hard enough calling the doctor and psych. In the meantime I think I will go back to my GP and ask for a script. I don't want to keep taking things out on DP, its not fair of me to do that. And I don't want to let this go on any longer than it needs to. The sooner I get help the sooner I will feel better.So - new question! Any ads that are safe while breastfeeding? My GP seemed to suggest that I might have to stop bf if I were to take them, I may have misunderstood though.

Hi I used to be really anti medication and have experienced depression most of my adult life. I managed to avoid anti-depressants over the years until I developed depression following the birth of DS2 and spoke with a very educated and informed counsellor about the role that AD's can play and the unfortunate negative connotations which people often seem to have with them (me included). I was really reaching melting point and sinking further and further into a big black hole, so she was urging me to at least give them a go. Like Tiggy mentioned above, I too had a kind of "last straw" situation involving a massive meltdown and a lot of anger and feelings of helplessness over an issue which in hindsight was really quite small.At that moment I stopped feeling guilty and hopeless and accepted the fact that AD's were probably going to help me out, and if not, I had nothing to lose really...I'm so glad I did. They really, really did help me. I have been on AD's (Zoloft) since DS2 was about a month old and he is now almost 14 months old. I've been breastfeeding him the whole time. Both my counsellor and GP assured me that it was perfectly safe to take Zoloft while breastfeeding, and I did some research on the side as well, because I was so hesitant to take medication while BF'ing him. Studies have shown that Zoloft has no ill effects on breastfed babies and has a very low (and sometimes zero) transfer rate. The AD's, coupled with counselling and the support of some amazing women from BH has really pulled me through my darkest days If you honestly feel as though AD's is a path which you should venture down, please seek a second medical opinion to that of your current doctor - if he/she did in fact state that it's not safe while breastfeeding, they have their facts wrong. Unfortunately it doesn't seem all that uncommon for doctors to sprout false statements like that, which really concerns me when a persons mental health is at stake! There are a lot of women out there who are taking anti-depressants and breastfeeding at the same time.Hope you are feeling a bit better in the morning