To be silently sobbing in bed so as not to wake DS

[queenbiy]

I've just posted a thread RE postnatal depression and around 6 minutes later received no replies, totally normal as it's half ten on a Sunday but for some reason this has just set me right off and it's like a switch that can't be turned off. I'm sobbing. The tiniest thing sets me off and I feel weak. I'm trying not to wake DS but the thought of getting up in the morning and parenting is making the sob fest ten times worse. I honestly feel like I cannot even function, let alone take care of a whole other life. All over a bloody mumsnet thread. I know IABU but please, talk some sense into me...

Sorry no read the whole thread.. I had pnd after both my kids. Sertraline turned my life around in a week. Please see a different gp. You won't get this time back and with help you can enjoy it..feel free to message me. Best wishes

One other idea. First time I went to gp I had completed a questionnaire for diagnosing depression. I think it has a name like Glasgow scale. I wanted her to take.me seriously. In any case she really did without it, she asked me to complete one too.

Edinburgh scale.. wrong city

Here is a link. It might get your family to take you seriously too.
psychology-tools.com/epds/

Keep pushing for help. GPs are so pushed that they don't always hear you..... phone reception and say you need a double appointment so they do have some time to listen to you. And see if your DP will go along with you as an additional voice. It will get better .