Hi everyone,
I have a gorgeous 6mo son. About 6 weeks ago I started to feel “funny”, like I was losing control/no idea what to do. Then i started to feel very anxious and 12 days ago ended up in A&E. Genuinely, I had no idea that I had PND. Luckily I’ve been under the care of a perinatal MH team (I have Bipolar Disorder, so was monitored carefully through pregnancy and every month since). I just wanted to see if anyone had experience with depression at this stage? I really only thought it happened in the newborn stage - how wrong I was. Now I look back, perhaps I was too wedded to routine/getting through the day, but when you are depressed you can’t really trust your brain!
I am already on a mood stabiliser but I’ve added 10mg escitalopram and my psych has prescribed 100mg quetiapine too.
Any help and support would be amazing.
I’ve moved into my mum’s house for help (basically have no appetite, can’t really look after myself let alone my baby!)
Thank you so much,
G