Hi all,
I’m just wondering if anyone has any advice or similar experience.
I’m 2 weeks post c section and I’ve definitely been experiencing baby blues. My trouble has been that because I’ve had depression/anxiety/OCD in the past a few times, I’ve been so worried that I may get PND. Can you give yourself PND by being anxious about it? I’m anxious about being anxious if that makes sense. It’s my second baby and I did feel similar with my first but I just gradually got better. This time is obviously a bit different trying to navigate a toddler and a newborn!
I went to the GP a few days ago because I needed to have some blood tests (wanted to check my iron and thyroid levels) and I was quite teary when speaking to her. She suggested I refer myself to Time To Talk which I have done. When she phoned yesterday with the blood results she said would I maybe want to up my Sertraline dose from 100mg (which I have been on for a number of years) to 150mg. I said yes but I’ve actually been feeling a bit brighter over the past couple of days. I do still have some lingering anxiety and the reappearance of some OCD thoughts that I’ve had previously but I’m wondering whether it’s too soon to up the meds and maybe see if I just continue to feel better? I’m then worried that obviously if I don’t take them and actually they could help, I’m just delaying that. I’m also slightly scared of any side effects of upping my dose-anyone had this?
Sorry for the long post and thank you for reading! Any advice or experiences much appreciated ☺️