Postnatal Depression

[spambolina]

The last two weeks i have experienced a massive drop in energy, humour, everything really. And I ache like nothing, this morning I was feeling dizzy.I don't think I am coming down with anything and even if I was I'm not sure the 'low' I am feeling would be a sign of this.
I have noticed these things as they are out of character. I usually have heaps of energy and creative ideas for me and my little one to play together. However, I can not bring myself to do anything, and just stare and watch her play.

My little girl is 2 (just had her birthday yesterday), is it possible to have postnatal depression after such a long time?

[reallytired]

Yes, it is possible to have depression two years after childbirth. Whether it is postnatal depression or main stream bog standard depression is almost irrelevent.

I think you need a discussion with your GP on best to proceed.

[spambolina]

Thanks reallytired, will go next week if still feeling the same. Is this something you have experienced?

[reallytired]

Yes, I have experienced depression when my son was roughly one years old. After the birth of my son I was fair euphoric, but I developed depression as I could get not get my son take solid food.

I was also very anxious that hideous things would happen to him if I could not get him on to 3 meals a day.

I think that anxiety and depression are very closely linked. During the early years you have a range of parenting challenges and lack of sleep. It is possible at any point to be tipped into depression.

[spambolina]

I'm sorry to hear you have experienced this, and hope that you are recovered now. I have found the last 2 years pretty exhausting, but perhaps this is the way for all of us when you become a parent.
Thank you for your comments.