can you still have PND 2.5yrs after the birth?

[nailpolish]

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Yes !!

I didn't see the doc about mine until dd was about 3 - and he said it was PND then !!

I wondered if the birth and change of lifestyle just triggered ordinary depression for me really - but he still called it PND !

what did you do scatterbrain?

Took ADs for a while very reluctantly - put dd part-time in a day nursery and started doing some work again !

What I didn't do - and really regret - is tell dh ! He doesn't "believe in depression" and seems to think people are swinging the lead if they say they are dpressed - so I felt I couldn't - and tbh it has left a huge gap between us !

For me - I think going back to work helped a lot as I felt I had got myself back again - and when I was miserable at home I felt I had lost myself !

She's 6 now and I work fulltime and am constantly knacked and stressed - but it is better as I feel I have a value iykwim ! I don't think I was cut out for motherhood really !

How old are your DCs nailpolish ?

glad you are feeling better

ok thanks

4 and 2.5 yrs

Do you think you want to try AD's ? or do you think it's manageable ?

I'd see the GP - they might have some other suggestions too like counselling !

how can you go to counselling if there is no-one to leave dcs with?

if i go to gp will he send me for counselling

No not necessarily - I was just saying that some GPS will suggest it rather than ADs. Mine didn't - he was an ADs kind of guy !

Have you got no-one to have the children for you for a couple of hours ? Do they go to nursery at all ? If not you maybe just need some space away from them ? I felt SO much better when I got some time back to myself.

dd1 goes to school 2hrs a day mon-fri

if i go to drs i ahve to take them with me

i am trying to get back to work buts its proving so difficult
i know it will help

we are also selling the house which isnt helping

ive always felt slightly unable to cope with the dd's but just now its enormous massive unbearable

what are the usual ads and how long do you have to take them for

tia