Is it possible to have a nearly 3 year old and have pnd.

[PNut]

sometimes I think I am going mad and wonder if it is pnd. I had a very traumatic birth with my son which resulted us both being in hospital for nearly 3 weeks. they only let him stay with me becasue I was breastfeeding. I work full time and have 3 other children and sometimes I just have no energy, the children are fed on whats in the fridge, in other words crap food andI feel so bad for not having proper dinners for them. I have a wonderful nanny but by the time I fet home in the evening I have so little energy. Does anyone else feel like this.

I don't think it's PND but it could easily be depression - on the other hand, it could just be feeling exhausted and demoralised, a fairly natural state of affairs when you have 4 young children and work to cope with.

What's your instinct? Do you need some rest and maybe someone to talk to, or are things getting worse than that, do you need some help from a doctor?

I am jsut so tired all the time. As I said I work full time out of necessity and by the time Thursday comes I am so tired and then spend the weekends catching up on all the other stuff I have to do. maybe its jsut me feeling sorry for myself. Thanks for your reply.

I didn't mean to imply you were just feeling sorry for yourself! It sounds very hard indeed. I am just wondering if you are tired and miserable for obvious reasons - ie that you work very hard and that your week takes it out of you, in which case you could maybe look at ways of getting some more help, or more rest, or doing other things to help with your tiredness and feelings of sadness - or whether it has a medical cause, and needs help from a doctor or counsellor.

How long have you felt like this?

It could be post traumatic stress, it could be depression or exhaustion- and yes it COULD be PND rhat was present from birth but never dx'd or treated. Whichever it is you should see the GP, get referred fr counselling and possibly on ati-d's if he feels that they are needed.

Hope it gets better soon

It took over a year for my PND to be spotted.
My Dr at the time said up to 2 years it can be diagnosed.. but I imagine if it goes undetected for so long depression is the category.
It sounds like you are clearly exhausted, if you do a search you can see checklists for depression then get a better idea if this is the case.
It's really important in these times to take care of your own daily nutrition because what you eat will affect your energy levels too (sorry if I sound obvious, I know this too, but it took me a while to get disciplined with looking after myself!)
Take care

Pnut,
i totally know where you are coming from.I work also, have no support from family and have 3 children 13 10 and 3.Today i just feel like i am a useless mother and whinging wife ! I cant think straight for the amount of commitments we have at the moment.I dont spend enough time with my children and spend stupid amounts of money doing healthy living trolley dashes at 11 Pm -in the hope to at least feel like they are all eating well ! Today i have blubbed on the phone to my husband because i just feel like i want someone to tuck me up in bed and read me a bloody story !
You are not alone and lets hope we both feel better soon (((((((( hugs ))))))))))))

I have just been to the doctors because of symptoms just like you are describing, and he felt I had moderate depression, I am now on AD and are feeling much better. My only suggestion is to go to the doctor.