How long to feel better with meds for PND

[Hungryhipp0]

This might sound like a silly question but how do you know if your antidepressants are working? Been on citalopram for 3 weeks now for postpartum anxiety and depression and I'm definitely not crying as much but I still have no get up and go especially in the morning and still feel really irritable.

Up to 6 weeks to be fully effective, OP. But it’s encouraging that you are beginning to see some benefit already.

I started feeling a bit better by three to four weeks, and by six weeks I was more or less feeling like my old self.

Hang in there, it'll get better