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Suicidal when sleep deprived

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Eatalot · 04/03/2018 13:05

Im 8wk pp and had some baby blues but much better. My DS sleeps well and wakes once at night but I get about 4hrs before he wakes and he goes back down well after feed for another few hours. So I feel I am getting decent sleep. I would often wake after 4hrs before kids for a pee or drink of water so it feels like he is sleeping through or hes sleeping to my natural cycle.

However on occasion this doesn't happen and I wake up knackered or get little to no sleep, which is fully expected with a baby. But I find myself feeling so depressed to the point of suicidal thoughts if this happens. I know tiredness causes grumpyness and before I had DS if I had 1 bad nights sleep I would hardly be grumpy. In fact I have always been a morning person who springs out of bed.
I expect to feel bad when tired but this is insane. I am snappy, unreasonable, cry and feel like running away or doing something much worse. I am so scared now of having a bad night as how it makes me feel and don't understand why I am handling tiredness SO badly? Is this a major imbalance hormone dip?

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Bellamuerte · 06/03/2018 00:06

Happens to me too, but I've always been grumpy if I'm tired or need sleep. Just realise it's the tiredness making you have unpleasant thoughts and it is temporary. Not sleeping can do weird things to your brain!

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