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Just want to feel like me again!!

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mummyjade · 21/11/2008 11:21

After having ds2 I suffered with PND. I dealt with it through seeing my lovely health visitor. Since feeling slightly normal again we have moved into a different area and health visitors here are not so lovely. When I started to feel down again I spoke to the doctor, he just told me it was probably PMT. He was very unsympathetic.
Over the last couple of month I have started feeling very anxious so I went to see a different doc who said Im suffering from anxiety and gave me aload of stuff to read but once again I just felt like I was wasting her time. She spent most of the appointment typing away on her computer instead of listening to what I had to say. So I left feeling worse.
I have this irrational fear of my kids being sick. Its so bad that the second DS1 even mentions someone at his school has been sick I get butterflies immediately and I cant eat or sleep...is this normal?!?!? I will just lie awake all night listening out for them, waiting for them to be ill. I sometimes feel so down and desperate that I have self harmed and I am really ashamed and feel I cant tell the docs this cos they will think Im mental and take my boys off me!!! Any advice would be really welcome x x

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PussinJimmyWhoooos · 21/11/2008 13:38

Oh sweetheart, you are not mental. Its very normal with depression to be anxious about 1 certain thing - in your case, its your children being ill and you are feeling desperate so you self harm to relieve the stress.

I've just gone back on ADs for PND as I felt my anxiety and worries all coming back about 3 months after coming off them, its not a nice feeling but the first step is recognising that yes, you think its back and you MUST speak to the doctor and ask for some medication and counselling to deal with the self harm issues. You don't need to tell him you are self harming if you are worried- you can save that for the counselling sessions.

Please though, go to the Drs asap and ask for some medication - then you will start to feel better and see there is light at the end of the tunnel.

Sending love and positive vibes

Puss
xxxx

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