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Just want to rant

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honeypotbaby · 10/02/2022 17:08

I have no real reason for posting this I just want to rant to someone, anyone. My anxiety meds have ran out so I've been off them for days and my docs sent the prescription to the pharmacy late so I've been having awful withdrawals and I just feel crap.

I have no energy to look after my daughter this week. She's 7 months and I've had norovirus this week, plus withdrawals from meds and I just feel like crying. Hubby works from home but it's relentless looking after her day in day out, she's as chilled as a baby can be but that doesn't make it easy.

Im always so tired and my body has changed so much postpartum that it just fuels my health anxiety. I keep forgetting to take my vit D and iron and I don't even know if im deficient, my eye inners look fine but I barely even go outside. I can't be bothered to exercise either cos im tired from looking after my little girl. Putting my phone away helps my tiredness but sometimes I feel like I just want some me time in bed staring at a screen after looking after her all day.

My baby does not sleep through the night and my sleep is broken too. I am so sick of never getting a full night of sleep. The odd occasion I do I'm like YAY and then it's back to normal again.

My med withdrawal(SSRIs) is making all these feelings worse but I just needed to write it out somewhere, even if no one reads or responds.

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honeypotbaby · 10/02/2022 17:13

Not only that but we are looking to relocate to another city and my DH can't make his mind up about whether to move there or stay where we are even though we have viewings booked this weekend.

And I cba to pack I just want to be in bed. I slept from 1am-5am last night, and then had a nap from 9.30am-10.30am during which I had the most terrifying vivid nightmare thanks to the medicine withdrawal, but we need to leave and it's always up to me to pack everything for DD and I just don't have the energy so might just have to stay at home with her while he goes despite really wanting to go and see these houses.

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Canaloha · 10/02/2022 17:14

Get an emergency supply of your meds from the pharmacy if your one isn't ready yet.

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honeypotbaby · 10/02/2022 17:17

I've never known you can do that? When I called the docs yesterday they said they're not able to speed my prescription up and that was that 😭

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BuritoCat · 10/02/2022 17:21

@honeypotbaby

I've never known you can do that? When I called the docs yesterday they said they're not able to speed my prescription up and that was that 😭
Ring 111 they will sort you a prescription that you can take to any chemist.

Change doctors they sound shit!

And Thanks your DH needs to step up with the baby and give you a night off.

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honeypotbaby · 10/02/2022 17:23

He does also help with nights, he makes the milk and I feed her but she's next to me and she always randomly cries in the night, then goes back to sleep, I'm a light sleeper and it just wakes me up 😣

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Soundwave · 10/02/2022 17:23

It's shit having a new born. But keep up with the iron and vitamin D. That won't he helping with tiredness.

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honeypotbaby · 10/02/2022 17:25

I would actually feel so much better and more justified if she was newborn but she's 7 months old 😩😩

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Sausagesausagesausage · 10/02/2022 20:12

I remember hitting a wall with DC1 - he didn't sleep, he was a nightmare to get to nap, I was regularly on my own due to DHs work, I was eating crap just to power through the day. It's so hard, especially when you've not slept well for months.

Does she have her own room? If so I'd be thinking about moving her there - you might all sleep a bit better. I've been much more focused second time round (DS2 is 1) on prioritising myself - exercise regularly, have a couple of early nights a week, putting my phone in another room rather than next to me, getting out for a good walk every day. However, i completely get that it's an effort and if you're not in the right head space it feels nearly impossible.

PandaDander · 10/02/2022 20:34

For next time, put a reminder in on your phone to cash in your prescription a few days earlier xx

Spannerkist · 10/02/2022 22:38

I find that's around the most taxing time.
They want constant contact, they want and need all the eye contact. They get bored but can't do anything. The baby chat can make you feel mental. They're now a bit of a lump to haul around and you cannot put them dow anywhere. You lie them on the floor and somehow tbey will still fall and hurt themselves!!!
Fuckin hell give yourself a break. Get your bloke to watch baby a good hour (if you're bottle feeding, that's easier so no excuses from him) have a nice bath or just put a bra and jeans on (I'm constantly in my pjs with my tits swinging about - little daughter is 4 mnths) and walk somewhere. Do something, breathe, remember you are a distinct individual and this is a mad time for anyone.
And definitely that's awful about your meds. A sympathetic dr or chemist would sort you out - try and find these.
You're doing better than you realise x

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