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PND or something else?

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PodgyOwl · 28/06/2024 11:23

I had really bad depression for 2 weeks after giving birth 14 months ago. Since it subsided, I assumed it was baby blues. I felt low at home, so decided to go back to work in October 2023, 6 months postpartum. I was fine until February this year when I had low thoughts and started Fluoxetine 20mg and noticed a slight improvement until May, when I increased my dose to 40mg. Since I upped it, I have had thoughts of suicide, leaving my husband and baby, and wanting to be alone. I have seen the GP and have weaned back to 20mg and will stop altogether next week. I still feel so numb and suicidal and feel nothing for my husband or baby. I am off work for 2 weeks but feel so lost and empty. Baby remains at childminders every day. Has anyone ever experienced this? Also, I can't eat (very unusual for me as I'm very overweight).

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Sajacas · 28/06/2024 20:46

Hey there , sorry you feel bad. Hope it gets better, Have you considered Nutrient deficiency. To make all the hormones and neurotransmitters it needs to make it needs building blocks.It is not you, its your diet:

Babies are like vampires, they suck you dry. And you are there post birth, all empty, expected to care for them....

Georgia Ede MD - What is nutritional and metabolic psychiatry #PHC2023

Filmed on the 19th & 20th May 2023 at the Public Health Collaboration Annual Conference in Sheffield. World-renowned speakers convened to share their experti...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23_fnung5To

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