Fed up of being mum normal or is PND back?

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Ds 6, dd 10 months. Ds is a typical 6 year old, lovely but full of cheek, chatter and mischief.

Dd is also lovely but very hard work. CMPI, doesn't sleep well, is into everything and getting frustrated at being held back. She seems to cry a lot

I've just moved house. It was a horrible move and has left me very rung out. I'm trying to get back to work (self employed) but finding the time and money to advertise is becoming very difficult.

I'm fed up. I want to cry everyday. I want a break. I could easily runaway and yesterday was thinking about it.

Dh is trying his best, I just don't feel like he's enough somedays.

I'm ill again with d and v for the 2nd time since we moved.

I can't work out if this is PND which I was on meds for 6 months after dd was born or is it just life?

All I know is I feel worn down, rung out and very fed up but the last few months have been tough. Work and money are worrying me.

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Hello. I don't have answers but I just wanted to tell you you're not alone. I have 6yr old DS and 8mth old DD. DS is boisterous, energetic, always hungry, always bored, bright and lovely but exhausting! DD is a happy baby but doesn't sleep, is teething, gets frustrated, and is full of wriggly energy.

I've just gone back to work part time, DH works ridiculous hours which include weekends and night shifts, and I often feel totally overwhelmed. I love my kids but I do feel like running for the hills sometimes. Very little in my life is about or for me, and that's hard. I'm knackered (dd has never slept through), I feel like the house is always a mess, I'm stressed about work, my love life is non-existent...The list goes on.

The only thing I have control over at the moment is how I treat my body, so I have been focusing on eating well, and I've started gentle jogging when I get 30 minutes to escape. This really helps. I also go to bed by 9pm. I try to have things to look forward to, as well as doing my best to enjoy the little moments of familial loveliness when they happen.

You do sound very run down. Is there anyone who could help you for a day here and there so you could rest?

Have you been to your GP?

Thanks for replying! I'm sorry your having a hard time but its nice to know other find it hard going as well. I also go to bed at 9pm. I have no sex drive at all which is very unlike me. By the time we get to bed were just so shattered.

I crave time with dh where we can have fun together but it never comes.

I'm spending the day in bed. Something I thought would be Devine but I'm not enjoying it when I should be lapping it up.

I haven't been to gp because in not sure what she can do other than give me meds.....again.