Anyone want to discuss symptoms? I don't feel depressed like regular depression but is this different? I have my fu appt Monday so I can ask doctor as well.
Well, there's depression and then there's exhaustion. In my totally unmedically educated opinion, if more sleep helps a lot... you're tired. You don't need drugs for that. You need more help and more sleep.
I had Ppd with my first son. I also have had depression when not post partum. The most noticeable difference for me was the "images". I would see myself doing things and it was so scary! I was also crying all the time for no reason and my moods were up and down for no reason. I got on anti depressants and it changed everything.
Post by dcrunnergirl52 on Feb 18, 2014 10:11:24 GMT -5
My biggest symptom was the desire to run away and never come back because I was so unhappy. I had so many thoughts about how I wanted to get on a bus and leave it all behind. I seriously thought about the Runaway Bride from a few years back and how she just got on a bus. I also had other scary thoughts and "images" as the other poster mentioned, and I felt angry at the world and kept wondering if we'd made a huge mistake having kids at all. That was with my twins.
With my DS2, I got on Zoloft right after delivery, and it has been a wonderful experience. A complete 180 from the first time around. DH made me talk to my dr about it (b/c if I didn't, he was going to), and it was seriously one of the best decisions of my life b/c it made me feel so much better.