I cannot believe I’m writing this. I have never had mental health problems before, I’ve always been positively strong minded but I have so many circumstantial things happening right now.
I have a 4 month old baby, she is just an absolute dream and sleeps well thank God.
My older child is a toddler and I have had some developmental concerns about them, recently things have become a lot more prevalent with her delays and issues. She doesn’t have behaviour issues but there is about a 2 year delay in her communication so she doesn’t understand much. I am worried sick about her and have been for a while but I suppose that it’s all really dawning on me just how big it is. I have her referred to the relevant people so now I’m just waiting on appointments.
I’m moving house, we are moving from a house we have been in for 10 years and I completely overwhelmed with the amount of stuff we have. I’ve been moving it out bit by bit before the big move but it seems never ending. Plus trying to do this all with 2 small children in tow.
I do have good family support, our parents help out a lot with childcare. I’m on maternity and my husband is working a lot at the minute. He know how I feel and is supportive. I am completely bogged down in my daughter’s future I don’t know what it looks like I don’t know what the future of our family looks like. I currently can’t even see a time when I will have the mental strength to go back to work.
I have spoken to my GP, she discussed the issues with me and felt that I had a good support network in place and that when the house move etc is complete things should get a little better (which I agree with). She told me to ring back if I wanted to talk again.
I currently don’t know what to do, I have lost some weight because I have no appetite as I am worrying 24/7. I don’t think counselling will help right now as I know what my triggers are but I may visit again. Would medication help me to get back onto the straight and narrow?
Any advice is welcome, thank you.