Is this postnatal depression

[Mmolly2013]

Baby is 4 months old but the past few weeks I have been feeling really down, lack of concentration, couldnt be bothered going anywere or doing anything. I feel hopeless and as if i am starting to not cope anymore. I feel so alone. I keep snapping at dp. He keeps asking whats wrong and I just say everything.

I love my baby my baby more than anything but Im just so tired and fedup.

I dont want to go to see a doctor im going try and pull myself out of it, can this be done.

It can but it might not hurt to see your GP. I know it is a scary prospect but you might find the offer of counselling or tablets would help it go more quickly.

This is a very helpful site

www.getselfhelp.co.uk

I didn't get help and my PND just lingered and made everything much harder.

It sounds like you have some of the signs to me (I've tested myself on a few occasions). Google PND test (can't remember the name) and go through the questions to see how you fare.

I wouldn't try to work this out on your own - there are so many places you can get support. As MrsPepper has had PND I would especially take her advice.

Best wishes

Its the Edinburgh Scale that EugenesAxe is mentioning. I hadn't thought of that!

www.fresno.ucsf.edu/pediatrics/downloads/edinburghscale.pdf

It is helpful indeed.

I always think if I was getting 8 hours sleep a night and an hour to myself a day would I still feel like this? If the answer is yes for me it is worth seeing a HV or gp.

It might also be worth asking your gp for a thyroid blood test. Under active thyroid postpartum hits around this time. Hope you feel better soon

i scored 18 on the edinburgh scale. Anything between 10-30 is depression. I do feel so low but Im also so drained.

could you contact your health visitor? they might be slightly more gentle than a GP, won't be rushed for time and they get this sort of stuff everyday.

i went through a phase of being massively down like this, and just made a pack with myself that i would always leave the house once a day, whether a walk round the park, a trip to the shops etc. helped me see other human faces and feel normal again xx

My daughter fought on for 10 months before going to the doctor. She wasn't desperate, but once she started on anti depressants she immediately felt like a weight had lifted. She wishes she had gone months before.

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I gave birth to a gorgeous boy 8 months ago. The last couple of months my mood has been up and down. I get so angry and short tempered. It wasn't my plan to have another child as I have a 15 year old already but my new husband talked me into it!??. The last month has been the worst and I honestly feel at times like running away and never coming back. I hate the thought of taking AD's but following various traumatic life events I decided I needed help. I've been on 15mg of mirtazapine for two weeks and interestingly my blood test shows underactive thyroid a tsh of 6.95 which is borderline but apparently enough to give similar symptoms to pnd. I am now taking meds for that too so with the two I hope to feel a million dollars soon!! I think anyone feeling low and struggling should have their thyroid checked. I am hoping that it is more the thyroid that is affecting me than it being pnd but it's too early to know.

Does anyone else have similar experience?