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Depression?

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zonat92 · 08/04/2012 10:09

Hi Ladies, I was diagnosed with PND a few days ago! Since having a miscarriage in january ive been back and fourth (weekly) too the doctors telling them i have alsorts wrong with me, Including Poly cystic ovaries, hormone imbalance which is going too make me have an early menopause(despite being nowhere near an age that would happen) and at my worst even thought i had a rare form of ovarian cancer. All beacuse i had a miscarriage & a Simple cyst was found, which has now gone! ( bear in mind, in reality i have nothing wrong with me) which i now no :)
I feel awful and embaressed i told people i thought this, Has anybody else acted this way with depression? would love too hear back, would reassure me that maybe im not as crazy as i feel :) thankyou x

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LucyFarinelli · 08/04/2012 13:25

I was such a hypercondriac, (still am a little). I was convinced that my persistant cough was Lung Cancer, that a uterine infection was womb/ovarian cancer, and was constantly measuring my moles to check for skin cancer.
I made the mistake of, as soon as I thought something was wrong, looking up my symptoms on google (don't do it, makes you so scared)

It's totally normal apparently. So, don't worry. It's not just you.

madmouse · 08/04/2012 13:51

I'm sorry for your miscarriage. I'm glad that your health care professionals recognise that you can still have PND afteer a mc.

I'm uncomfortable with you saying 'all because I had a simple miscarriage and a simple cyst'. A mc is a big thing in its own right and some health anxiety following that is quite normal.

You have nothing to be ashamed and embarrassed about. Any medication you may have been prescribed for PND should also lessen the anxiety.

FWIW whenever I'm really stressed I get anxious about ds having a fever and I start feeling his forehead a lot. I do my best not to of course and after some serious therapy addressing the main reasons for my stress it's a lot less. But sometimes if there's anxiety floating in your system it just looks for the easiest way out.

zonat92 · 08/04/2012 14:32

Thankyou for all the replies, really makes me feel so much better!

& sorry i did word that asthough it was nothing, and obviously it wasnt or i wouldnt be feeling like this!

it was an early miscarriage, although i did see a teeney fetus passed,
I just ment to say i didn't realise that all what's happening/was happening in my head could be caused from that, and actually had the physical symptoms and even odd periods with the stress ( which i thought was because i was unable to carry another child).

Thankyou for all sharing what u have all been through too. its such a scary place too be :(

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