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Question about PND and Edinburgh scale

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Guitargirl · 21/04/2011 00:38

Those of you who have been diagnosed with PND via the Edinburgh scale test, would you mind sharing what your score was when you completed the test? I did it myself online today and got what I thought was a worrying score and wondered what was typical?

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Metalhead · 23/04/2011 12:57

I think I scored about 15 or 16.

Albrecht · 23/04/2011 13:05

madmouse · 23/04/2011 13:29

there is no 'typical' - if your score is over 10 get some medical help/advice

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Guitargirl · 23/04/2011 14:54

Thanks for the replies. My score was 27.

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reallytired · 23/04/2011 15:44

I don't think that the Edinburgh scale or any other questionaire can diagnose depression or anxiety. You need a properly train professional. What these questionaires are designed to do is faciliate a difficult conversation.

Guitargirl you need to have discussion with your GP or health visitor. Its not as simple, you score over X here's the anti depressants. I do think 27 is pretty high and you need some real life advice.

madmouse · 23/04/2011 15:57

to be honest at 27 I would bypass the hv and go straight to the GP

Albrecht · 23/04/2011 16:00

I agree, it would be good to talk to your hv or gp about how you feel. How old is your baby - are you still seeing hv regularly? If not is there a drop in clinic you can go to?

Do you want to chat about it? I'm guessing the fact that you did an online pnd test shows you feel things aren't going great?

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Guitargirl · 23/04/2011 21:25

My baby is not really a baby anymore. I have a 4.3 DD and 2.3 DS. I was having a particularly bad day when I did the test which is one of the reasons why I scored so high I think. Maybe if I did the same test today it wouldn't be so bad.

I don't know, I do get the number out for the GP from time to time and think about going but then I talk myself out of it. It's really something I have to learn to manage I think.

Thank you for listening!

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Albrecht · 24/04/2011 11:28

Everyone has bad days, I can identify with that. I find mine are getting less frequent and less bad since I've had some help (talking therapy, not ads). We've moved house so I've seen a few different doctors and hvs and they have ALL been really nice, calm and understanding. No-one was shocked at anything I had to say, they just wanted to help - sounds trite and cliched I know but I just wanted to reassure you in case you felt they might be judging you.

Have you felt like this since your ds was born or just more recently? Are you at home with them?

I'm good at talking myself out of things too! What helped me was to do it for my ds's sake. I want the best for him and I wasn't at my best. You can be completely honest with a gp, which isn't so easy with friends and family.

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