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Hi I am new to this site
I am 22 years old my ds is coming up for 9 mths now and I have recently been diagnosed with PND. It took me nearly 8 mths to go to the Doctor and admit I had a problem and doc prescibed Anti depressants. I have been taking them for a few weeks now and I have had a good 2 weeks, until yesterday and today, where I feel like I am going backwards.......is this normal to have a couple of really low days after a good couple of weeks? There is no particular reason to feel low I just do. Also my long suffering dp has been very understanding about my lack of interest in sex, has anybody who had this problem found that their sex drive comes back a bit with anti depressants, as i feel my lack of it is related to m depression iykwim!?
Any advice would be appreciated
Charlie
x

No advice I'm afraid - but welcome to MN - hopefully someone else will see it and reply with something more helpful

hello and welcome
a couple of low days are completely normal - if you've had 2 good weeks after being on the ADs for a few weeks, that's brilliant! I definitely had down days here and there but the overall trend was for them to be less and less often.
as for the sex drive thing - well I think it's fairly common anyway for that to disappear after the birth whether you have PND or not! - but obv the depression doesn't help. Again, that did come back for me but it took time. Not putting pressure on yourself helps, as does an understanding partner. I would hope that as you continue to get better, things will get better there too.
if you look in the feeling depressed section, there's lot on there about PND, you are most definitely not alone! Admitting the problem and taking the ADs is a huge step in the right direction.
hope you continue doing well and keep posting!

Hi Clare, sorry your feeling bad, dont worry anti depressants usually cause you a few 'bad days' in the early stages but you will feel better and a lot more calmer, you will eventually get your sex drive back but these things take time so wait patiently, have plenty of chats with your partner - tell him how you feel, tell him of ways in which he can help, just try your best to enjoy your baby growing up and that in itself will make you feel a whole lot better!!! Atleast you have seen the doctor so the hardest bit is done!! Hope this helped...Connorsmummy x

Hello & welcome to MN,

Sorry your feeling low, i know how your feeling i have been there, i also have PND & am on anti-depressants & i do still have my down days which i spend most of crying this is normal. Just try & take everyday as it comes & try to think positive.
I am not sure if the sex drive thing is replated but it may be i also have no sex drive at all & my do is also very understanding (thank god) but then i had no sex drive after having my ds & it stayed for 2 years then when it arrived back i fell pg again with my daughter, so dp has been quite deprived

I hope you start to feel better soon, how long have you been on your AD's?

hi and welcome...definetly have a few up and down days with pnd/depression. I have been suffering for nearly 3 yrs now and sometimes am fab other times complete nightmare to be around.
Also agree it is common for sex drive to diminish. I have a 2.10yr old and a 7mth old and am pg again so obviously have ermmm good days with sex drive but also find it difficult to be interested.