Way through?

After spending several months in denial of having PND I have finally booked myself an appointment with a counsellor.

After spending so long feeling groggy, having clouded judgement, lack of sleep, anxiety attacks, stress levels mounting, lack of enjoyment and motivation, and easily irritable .... and not doing anything about it; I just want to know that the end of this and return to feeling normal again.

Just wondering how long it took for others who have had PND to start to feel an improvement and what their best advice on getting through it is?

I think it is different for everyone. I experienced PND after my second baby and counselling really helped me. I was having issues with controlling my anger/rage and then dealing with the guilt of having to try to hard not to hurt my girls. Had some very dark days.
I finally got help after I had a tearful meltdown at DD's 3mth imms.
Counselling helped me immensely. Even the feeling I got being able to leave the house for an hour and just talk about me. My very own hour. So I guess I started to feel better right from the first appointment.
The counsellor was wonderful, she helped me to see what my triggers were, helped me to see why they triggered the rage and we worked out plans to get through those nasty feelings.
It also helped me to talk to others who have/had PND or any kind of depression. Talking about how I felt and knowing I wasn't the only mother who really struggled at times to get through the day helped.
I had to put in a fair bit of effort to help myself. I get out of the house every single day, even if I just go outside and do some gardening while the baby's sleeping. I do more housework (I used to not bother with it because I was feeling so low but now I do it really fast every morning and it makes me feel good).
I also stopped eating gluten, which some would see as rather extreme, but I think it was causing my excema and now if I do have anything wheaty I can feel the rage bubbling again.

Anyway, I hope some of that helps you. It feels pretty lonely when you're in the thick of PND but you won't be there forever and you're not alone x

I felt strange about it too, like she was going to tell me there are much bigger problems than a mum who feels sad. But she was fantastic, didn't make me feel silly at all. I also think it's good for deciding if you need meds or not. I had a lot of pressure from the GP to take anti-depressants but after seeing the counsellor I realised I didn't need them really, I could make changes to help myself. But there are situations where meds help PND, like when the PND is caused by chemicals/hormones etc and not by unresolved issues etc. That's my understanding of it anyway