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[mummyemmy]

My dd is nearly 8 months old, I've been on anti depressants for 4 months but feel as if I'm geting worse rather than better. I reduced my dose too early and the doc has put me back up to 30mg now for another 3 months. I am constantly tired, want to sleep all day long, can't have a laugh and just don't have any energy. My husband is great with dd, today he has done everything for her, I feel so bad cos all my get up and go has gone and I feel guilty that he's doing it all. Sometimes he understands how I feel but other times he thinks I'm using pnd as an excuse to be lazy. I'm back at work full time and to be honest I feel better off at work than I do at home. How can I get myself right again. I don't want to be on pills all my life.

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Have you tried different ADs? Some can make you more drowsy than others... A healthy diet and plenty of water, and maybe supplements will give you more energy, as will cutting out caffine and junk. There might be an underlying cause to the tiredness, aneamia? (sp?) Maybe request a blood test for these things, and take any required supplements. xXx

Ye sI've discussed changing ADs with my dr but he is very much into doing things by the book and won't chnage me straight away onto a different kind. He says i would have to reduce my dose of what im on now right down to nothing, have no pills for 4 days and then start on new type. If I do this he says I will feel dreadful for a while. SO ive stuck to my current tablets. Thanks for the advice re food, I'm living on Diet Coke and chocolate at present I can eat for England and am piling on the weight which doesn't help how I feel!

Diet coke is bad - if anything get diet caffine free if you must, but obviously water is best. And you know about chocolate