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Could I have postnatal depression?

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bellerina17 · 17/12/2017 19:12

I had a baby 10 months ago...I had the baby blues like most people but I felt really distant for about a few weeks, like I wasn't really there, I just put it down to having a traumatic birth, it was three days long and I was breastfeeding so only ever sleeping for an hour at a time so I assumed that was the cause for me feeling distant and crying, that soon went away and I was fine for a while...then about 2 months ago I started to really worry about my health (I always have done, I have a fear of dying) which resulted in me having panic attacks for about 2 weeks, I've had them before so I know what to do to control it and make it go, so they stopped and now I feel better, I just can't shake this feeling of always wanting my fiancé here, when he's at work I just always wish he was here, I still have fun with my daughter and love her to pieces, I just find myself waiting around for his days off...or when he will finish early, he works late nights till 11 so I hardly see him, could it just be that because he's not home often so I'm missing him or do you think it's something to do with my anxiety? I still have lots of fun without him but even when he is here, I don't feel overly happy, I just wait for his days off so I can feel the same/worse, our relationship ended for a month back in June and he slept with someone else Xmas Sadthis has kind of stemmed from that

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outputgap · 18/12/2017 00:55

Gosh, that's a very hard set up.

But, yes, post natal depression can hit many months after giving birth.

Would you be able to chat with your GP or HV about how you've felt?

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