Post-Natal Depression

After 7 months of being in denial after the birth of my daughter, i finally went to see the doctor who diagnosed me as having post natal depression. I probably like many other people did'nt really believe in depression as an illness and just thought that it was people feeling sorry for themselves and that they ought to pull themselves together and get on with it. How wrong was I? Prior to my daughter I had always been a very positive person and liked to have a laugh and try to look on the bright side of things even when they were going wrong. After she was born I put my irritability, tiredness and lack of enthusiasm down to having next to no ...  Read the complete review

I had heard of post natal depression but didn't think much of it as it didn't really affect me but now my views have really changed. I am proud to stand up and say that I currently have post natal depression. Its nothing to be ashamed of and if you have a problem with me saying that then you should be ashamed at yourself for being so narrow minded. I really wanted to highlight the importance of speaking out about your feelings and telling your loved ones how you are feeling, its only after doing this that I realised that the feelings I was having were not normal and although I am not back to my 100% happy wee self I know that I am on a road to ...  Read the complete review

I have suffered from depression for the last 6 years and i am only 23 years old. I often wonder to myself if it is my fault i am like this and also if my life will ever be normal again. I really hate when people say that depression is nothing. They obviously have never exprienced anything like it. I have heard people saying that its all in the mind and that its nothing. How wrong are they? I first got told i was post-natally depressed after i had my son. I was told if i took my medication, i would be fine within 6-8 weeks. I did take my medication and nothing got better, just worse. A year after my son was born, i had to go see a ...  Read the complete review

Post Natal Depression, or otherwise known as PND for short is a terrible thing for anybody to suffer. All people suffer this in different ways there is no common symptom to look for, as with depression everybody suffers it differently. Post Natal Depression is a depression women can suffer after having a baby. I think the majority of mothers have the 'baby blues' after having their baby anyway. But there is so many emotions to comprehend when having a child it is quite overwhelming and can be hard to cope with. As with any sort of depression there are different levels you can suffer it at, but there is no need to think you are on your own with it or ...  Read the complete review

Hmmm this is a bit of a hard subject for me. I have had post natal depression with all three of my children. The worse thing is you want to snap out of it so you can enjoy your little baby but you cant. You cry for no reason or cry at anything. Everything becomes scary and the world becomes dangerous. I was terrified and still am of anything happening to my children. You become almost obsessive. Then because of all the crying and the panic and looking after a baby you are absolutely shattered. Tired because you are too tired to eat properly and dont get the chance between feeding the baby and whatever else needs doing. Even harder if your breastfeeding as the baby is ...  Read the complete review