Post pueral psychosis

[cheekypickle]

Anyone else out there suffered from this scary condition? I still have depression from it but after nearly a year I'm so much better than what I was

Ghost, what is the point of your messages? Are you saying she's lying? Because to me, she comes across as a very ill lady who needs help. Just try to remember there's a real person behind all her messages.

I feel like she thinks I'm lying ! Why would I start the topic? It's not a topic to take lightly, it's bloody scary to experience

I suffered with psychosis following child birth as well as depression but both were part of my bipolar which, if you're bipolar, is probably the case with you too.

Life's tough living with bipolar.

And it's a thread that should be in Mental Health not AIBU. For your sake if nothing else, get it moved.

It is tough, I still don't know how to manage it.

The op has posted here because there is more traffic. She always posts here. Why the hell do the thread police come out when someone has posted in a chosen topic?

As above, I have bipolar. I became manic and psychotic following the birth of my child.

How long did it take you to recover??

i think the risk of puerperal psychosis if you are bipolar is 1:4, so the two are very closely connected.

I didn't know that

Just that the op has 'laid herself bare' in previouos posts about having bipolar, got a lot of sympathy and advice (which has been ignored) and now, all of a sudden come on and mentioned a new diagnosis. That's all.

With the OPs explanation, I can actually get it. The puerperal psychosis being diagnosed then the bipolar, the bipolar is the more long term and therefore more devastating of the two, so more likely to be the focus initially. Once that is under control then the puerperal psychosis takes over as the focus.

They do present as very similar, just that the diagnosis of bipolar has been so sure and so prevelant until a few days ago (if that).

What advice have I ignored?

Um, if your job is too much with your mental health problems and a young baby, maybe not do it.

More recently, if you hate your job and looking after children so much, some responders would prefer you were not teaching their child. I had given up by that point, so was not one of the people who said that.

Give it a rest Ghostofmama

You don't ever "recover" from bipolar. It's a life long condition and incredibly variable. Mines fairly unstable a lot of the time but I mostly manage to work part time albeit in a fairly menial job which is a lot less stressful than before I first became ill. It's about the best I can hope for (I was diagnosed 12 years ago). Some people though recover from their first episode and remain fairly well. There is no one size fits all.

Why so mean Ghost!

Damn auto correct.

I don't think it's mean at all to point out that a poster has a history with a particular issue.

GO AWAY GHOST YOU ARE NOT BLOODY HELPING, SO JUST STOP.

Having read cheekypickle's other threads (I know it's 'bad form' to mention other threads or posting history but still), Ghost does have a point.

I don't read her posts as being vicious at all - lots of us are worried about the OP here but she doesn't ever take the advice that is given :(

I don't think it's bad form to mention a posters history - especially if it gives added information to vulnerable posters who may be planning to respond with their own stories. Sure the internet comes with a health warning but this is a very cosy site and people get very comfortable sharing a lot here. It's no bad thing to be on your guard.