PND will it get better

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my baby is almost 4 months and I’ve struggled with PND throughout so far, I desperately just want to feel better but can’t I just feel In total despair everyday and like there’s a constant black cloud over my head and a worry of everything to come, sleep regressions / will I ever sleep through the night again / weaning .. it’ all just seems so overwhelming and scary to me. My husband is great support but has never been the best with lack of sleep (not that anyone is!) and I feel I worry about this too as if he’s short with me because he’s tired I feel worse, I currently have support of my mum aswell but I constantly worry this will end soon and I just find myself living riddled with anxiety and having panic attacks. I don’t really know what I’m looking for, just some reassurance maybe that someone’s been there and it does get better?! x

Hi! I've been there and it got better. It wasn't easy though. You need to eat well and speak to your GP - are you on medication?

Yes I promise it does - hang in there, get as much support as you can, speak to your health visitor and your GP. Set small goals for each day. You will be Ok OP I know it feels endless but I promise one day you'll look back on this time and you won't recognise yourself.

I’m promise it can get better. I did. For me medication helped get me on an even keel and in time (quite a long time actually) I was able to come off the medication too. Keep talking to medical professionals (and loved ones if they’re helpful - my mum wasn’t always because she didn’t ‘get it’) and ask for more help if you need it.

I hope this gives some hope xx

Hi, I’m sorry you’re going through this. I really struggled with PND and it was horrible, even though like you I had a very supportive DH and wider family. I was miserable.
Mine wasn’t diagnosed until my DS was over a year, and I went straight onto antidepressants. They helped pretty much straightaway. I was in them for about a year I think. The doctors at my surgery were great and said I should take them for as long as I needed, but in the end I gradually weaned myself off them and eventually started to enjoy life again.
It did last quite as while on and off, but life is pretty good now!
Good luck, and hang in in there xx

Thank you for your kind comments. I really am trying to hold on in the hope it gets better - everything just feels so sad and tedious. Glad to hear you are all doing well now having come out the other side x