Will I ever recover?? 😢

[Whycantgiraffesdance]

Everything just feels so hopeless and I can’t see any light at the end of the tunnel 😔

diagnosed with PND after my second child, she’s 19 months now but this probably began when she was about 10 months. I wake up every day filled with despair and panic and end up sobbing because I just can’t take feeling so low and anxious all the time.

been on antidepressants for many years following some trauma but they seemed to ‘stop working’ so I’ve been on a new anti depressant for 2 weeks now but no sign of them making me feel any better yet.

im being seen by the mental health home treatment team most days after reaching crisis point a few weeks ago and I feel like everything is being done to help me but I just can’t see a way out.

Anyone that can relate to this please tell me it will get better?? 🙏🙏 it feels like a living hell right now and I don’t know how much longer I can put up with this mental torture 😔 I have to carry on for my children’s sake but it is just too hard.

Hi @Whycantgiraffesdance

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Yes I am. I was on medication for MH prior to pregnancy but very stable / fine.

Since birth I have changed meds - from sertraline to duloxetine . It has genuinely got a bit better since that switch (which was about 6 months ago). And, some days are awful but some days are 'ok' or at least I can turn down the radio in my head which feels like it's On a constant loop of failures and anxieties that I cant stop.

Please do feel free to DM if you want (not that I have any wisdom other than, I really hear you and bear witness to how you're feeling x)

This is so hard for you @Whycantgiraffesdance
You WILL get better, even if it doesn’t feel like it now. My DD is emerging from an episode of mental ill health that sounds very similar to yours however, she is now getting better and will recover. She couldn’t imagine going on and couldn’t see the point or joy in anything but is starting to now. She’s on mitrapazine, which my sister is also on and for both it’s been a game changer.
Keep moving forward OP as you’re getting closer to getting better every hour that passes. Take care.

@Houseplantmad @seasaltwater thank you both so much for your comments ❤️ it gives me hope that things will improve 🙏

how are u today @hk1993x ? Sending hugs x

Hi I was okay yesterday but woke up and the horrid anxiety is there 🥹 sick of this! How are you? X

Awful! 😭 had a complete panic attack this morning, I just can’t see an end to this misery! Thinking the AD’s might be heightening the anxiety at the moment 🤯 this sucks x