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Please please please help me :(

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Notmyselfatall · 29/04/2012 15:20

Hi, don't know where to start, please bear with me, I have 2dc and I am
Pregnant with dc3, also single. One of my dc is severely disabled also. Have a lot on my plate. I have history of severe OCD and severe depression. My OCD is very very distressing, shows many sides, but the one that I am bothered with the most is horrific thoughts about my kids and the fear I will do these thoughts very upsetting. I have been feeling very low, but the last few days I have bn once again plagued by these horrific thoughts, when I'm well I can shake these thoughts off, when I am ill, getting ill etc, I cannot think of anything else and it seriously is debilitating even housework overwhelms me. I am on setraline, 100mg which I put up myself from 50mg last week in desperation as I felt so low, not as bad as I feel now though....my dr would not alter or change my meds even though I told her they were doing nothing. I am waiting on an
Appointment for the antenatal mental health team and she wouldn't change anything until I see them, but I still don't have an appointment and am desperate now I have tried pretty much every anti depressant. Citalopram works but after years of being on it I got immune to it. I was on diazepam too before I fell pregnant, as I get very anxious, panic attacks pains in
MY chest etc, I have diazepam 5mg here and really wanna take it as I know it would help me but I'm scared to because I'm pregnant. I only have my best friend, sister and parents in RL, but hardly ever see my sister, she never visits, my parents, I don't want to tell as I already feel a failure in their eyes. Never been able to live up to their expectations etc, they know about my mental health and looked after me when I was first diagnosed with severe OCD after birth of my dc2 and was nearly hospitalised. I have struggled on and off with it since just before the birth of dc1 11 years ago nearly. Was only diagnosed 5 years ago. I sometimes wonder if I'm actually bi polar but, right now, every time I see or speak to my parents I get it thrown in my face that I got preg this time too quick and never knew my exdp etc etc, I know all this, but it doesn't help to be told every other day, and how I will have 3dc to 2 different dads etc.... I feel like a total failure. To my kids, my parents, everyone. Was walking across the road last night to the shop and thought how easy it would be to just stand in the middle of the road and wait to be hit by a car I cannot go on like this. I'm very ill

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Smurfy1 · 01/05/2012 22:57

hi Just read and would am in Edinburgh if you need som1 to talk to or help xxx

Hope your ok xxx message me if you want x

HorribleDay · 02/05/2012 06:43

I personally wouldn't without a cons agreeing it - there are safer sedating meds like promethazine - get thee back to GP and insist on Crisis referral. Much love xx

Notmyselfatall · 06/05/2012 18:40

Hi all, just want to say a massive massive ty to all of you for yr kind messages and support, you have really helped me get through things. I got my appointment for antenatal mental health team....the 20th of frickin July! I am soo angry, they know how bad I've been feeling. Dr was useless as you know....and today have had to take a 5mg diazepam again, bn a whole weeks once I've had to take one. I really feel guilty about it, as I'm 16 weeks pregnant. As most of u know, but I am scared now that I have taken a second one in my pregnancy, I honestly had no choice. Was climbing
The walls before it Sad

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HorribleDay · 06/05/2012 18:57

Oh you poor thing. As per messages above, there ARE ways of accessing them more quickly, particularly if you're feeling so desperate x

Notmyselfatall · 08/05/2012 09:11

Hey horribleday. Feeling ok ish just now. Got GP app
On Thursday, hoping to god they do something with my meds and let me take diazepam .....

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HorribleDay · 08/05/2012 19:05

Glad you're seeing them, and hope it goes well. Promethazine much safer in pregnancy than diazepam - may be worth asking about? And asking them to speed up referral too x

Notmyselfatall · 11/05/2012 13:05

Hi, really need someone to talk to, couldn't get to my dr app yesterday as dd was off school ill from wed, she is back at school today, but when I phoned the surgery there was no appointments. . Not even anyone to talk to over the phone. I couldn't have went to my app yesterday as dd would have had to come and as you can imagine she couldn't obv sit and listen to her mummy telling the dr all about her OCD and depression. . Sad so I don't have an app til wed morning now and I have just had to take another 5mg diazepam....the guilt of taking it is overwhelming as i am nearly 17 weeks pregnant, but I don't see what else I'm to do.... :-/ it's awful. Have kept ds off nursery today as well cos i am so useless I feel so crap that I can't take him Sad and to make matters worse I have spent the entire morning scrubbing ds's room and bed as he had burst thru a dirty nappy and had bn playing with it. U thought he was still asleep :( those of you who have kept up to date with my posts know ds is 5 and has severe special needs. So, today I am at the end of my tether and feel tremendous guilt that ds was smearing a dirty nappy everywhere when I thought he was asleep :( aww, could just scream :( really need someone to talk to

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boredandrestless · 11/05/2012 13:18

You poor thing!

Some thoughts - apologies if they have already been considered/thought about.

  • Do you have a HV? If you can you call here, tell her you feel you are in crisis and plead for some support and a speedier appointment with antenatal MH team. Tell her GP being unsupportive/ not understanding how seriously bad you are feeling.
  • Or your midwife? (as above)
  • Do you have homestart in your area? Worth checking as they are very supportive. My town's homestart actually has a specialised team dealing with depression in parents. They are a very supportive and understanding charity.
  • If you have school aged children your school nurse may be helpful. Perhaps call them and sound them out?
  • Finally, do you have a number you can call for the mental health team? If you do then call it! I know how hard it is to pick up the phone but give yourself an hour slot to call everyone you can think of, then after an hour rewards yourself for getting through it, and hopefully having rang someone useful who will help.
Notmyselfatall · 11/05/2012 14:59

Hey bored. Ty so much for replying. I have just called the antenatal mental health team who are gonna call back
With a sooner appointment, I have since took another diazepam! Feel awful, but had to :( so am
Pretty much very spaced out just now. Phoned two of my friends and my mum and dad which made me feel better. My mum and dad are gonna babysit for a few hours tonight so that me and my best friend can go
To the cinema. Just need to get out

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