asking for help

how do you know if you have PND?

or if it's just sleep deprivation and hormonal chnages?

How did you ask for help and how did you know if you needed it.

TIA

Milo1 wrote: how do you know if you have PND? or if it's just sleep deprivation and hormonal chnages? How did you ask for help and how did you know if you needed it. TIA

I just knew because i wasnt getting pleasure out of simple things and everything was becoming a chore.. and i was just 'sad' a lot ... so i went and talked to the GP ( i see some got rated on a scale mine never did that:( ) we talked and to my horror I cried:( and we went from there.. i think hormones and sleep issues made things worse but i just went to my doc who i trust a lot and told him how i was feeling to see what he thought..i just made an appt.. was really hard but I'm so glad i did it..

thanks for that..i just did it.. 19 for answers before the doc visit and meds and 8 now..

Most maternal mental health teams will only see mums with babys under 1 yr of age, but I guess there has to be a cut off point for funding purposes.
The treatment would be the same anyway for depression or pnd, especially with the starting point being talking to a health professional you trust, like GP who can refer u to counselling or other appropriate services.

ellabellame wrote: is it possible to have PND if your baby is older? or would that be classed as just normal depression? is there a difference? ETA: sorry to threadjack

this is what i asked my doc too.. i think in my case i had it for a lot longer than i thought i did..but yeah they are treated the same basically..

saw the gp at he 6 week check, all ok. She said if i'm eating and sleeping fine(when i can) can it's o.k
Feeling good now too DS2 is sleeping better therfore i am so feel heaps better!
that website is great though, heaps of helpful advice.