PND - question

[mumbojumbo]

This is probably a really daft question.

Can PND develop some months after the birth, like say 10 months?

Been feeling really low for some time and just found an interesting article on PND which matches pretty much what I've been experiencing. I didn't think PND would come on this long "after the event" so to speak.

Can anyone enlighten me.....?

High Mumbo Jumbo, sorry you are feeling so low. Yes, even "officially" you can get PND starting up to 12 months after the birth.

Think it can happen a few years after the birth- 10 months I should defo think it can. If you think you're not well do something now- go to see your Gp before it gets any worse. HTH

Definitely. Speak to your gp or hv, they should be able to help.

oops soz about the typo. should hsve been hi not high!

Sorry you're suffering, mj. It's not a daft question, it's actually very common for PND to kick in at around 9 or 10 months. Please see your GP now, this will not go away on its own.

Thanks for all your replies. I've just broken down on the phone to a mate who is on her way over to keep me sane.

Will ring the quack for an appointment.

Managed to get an appointment for Friday pm.

Well done mj. Make sure you tell the GP exactly how you feel. Hope it all goes OK, I'll be thinking of you.

Just wanted to say that I started feeling awful exactly 10 months after dd's birth - had been fine up until then. Turned out it wasn't so much conventional PND but a sort of post-birth trauma thing coming to the surface - but when I went to the docs she said, as everyone here has done, that PND can definitely be delayed. Hope you're feeling okay and glad that your getting some help.

Glad you are able to see the GP soon, mumbojumbo. PND can definitely develop months after the baby's birth. Health Visitors get a hard time on here (often deservedly from the sound of things) but is yours the good sort? They can be very supportive at times like these, and unlike your doctor, will come and see you at home. I don't always agree with my HV's "party line" but she was a complete star when my family urgently needed some extra advice and support. Good luck, let us know how you get on.

Hi Marina

I've just spoken to a lovely HV (not mine tho') who was really sympathetic and supportive. Don't feel quite so "off my head" now. Will talk to my HV later in the week.

Hope she is as supportive as the other one, mumbojumbo. Have you got/filled out the "Edinburgh" PND questionnaire? Our HVs insist on it, then claim darkly they can always spot who is fibbing to put on a good front. Mine put me in touch with a local moderated mother and baby group and that's what turned it around for me. I couldn't even admit to friends I had a problem. Glad you've been able to talk to a friend too. Take care.

If you get on with your HV ask for her to make home visits. Mine was brilliant as a shoulder to cry on and someone to talk things through with, and she came to see me every couple of weeks for over a year. She can't offer you any treatment, but you'd be surprised how much it can help just to have a regular shoulder to cry on. She may also monitor how your PND is going with something like the Edinburgh scale done on a more regular basis.

Just spoken to my HV who is going to come and see me next week. As I said in my last post, not feeling quite so "off my head", and people do seem to be taking me seriously.

There is no reason why people should not take this seriously. It is a problem which is obviously affecting you and the way you feel and as such it is not a trivial matter. I'm glad that your HV is going to come and see you, do lean on her all that you need to. She will have seen it all before and can point you in the right direction to get any further help that you would feel happy about receiving.

Hope you feel better soon.

Crp, crp day today.....feeling awful, thank goodness my docs appointment is tommorrow.

Just want to disappear and hide, alone, under the duvet. Sadly, that isn't an option at the moment.

sorry you have had such a bad day, mj. stuff the washing up/laundry pile and ironing - and curl up under the duvet (baby/other children permitting), and hang on in there till your appointment tomorrow.

best wishes

Oh, sweetheart, hang on in there. Just going to the doctor's tomorrow will make you feel so much better, just for having taken control and done something constructive. Be nice to yourself tonight, if you can get some time for yourself after the little one has gone to bed then try and relax, take some time for a nap or a long bath, something that you know will relax you.

I won't be around tomorrow to see how you got on because we're going away for a few days but I'll be thinking about you.

It's official - I've been diagnosed by my GP as suffering from PND. That's after I cried my eyes out in his room this afternoon.

Gonna start a new thread under feeling low I think as I'm gonna need all the support I can get to work through this.

I've ordered a book on PND from Amazon which hopefully should arrive tomorrow. Just feel like I need to know all there is to know about it now and have a need to explain to dh about it too.

Just feel totally knackered .....