PND Support Thread

[MiissMuffet]

Sorry its minnie who is on citalopram, i got confuzzled. yeh the fluoxitine only took about a week to start taking effect with me hun.

 

[xpinkness87x]

Oh thats good to hear!
hopefully i start to feel a bit better soon

 

[Claire788]

Hiya girls, not sure if I can ask here or whether to start a new thread. I've been feeling some (most) of the symptoms in the first post, but not all together all the time.
Do you have to have them all, 24/7 to have pnd? I was thinking about seeing a GP but don't want her to think I'm wasting her time, if really I'm just having "off" days...

ofcourse u can post here hun

You don't have to have every symptom, 24/7 to have pnd. Even some symptoms that come and go over a period of time can indicate you are suffering from pnd. ofcourse there are more severe cases of it, and more mild cases, everyone is different, but u don't need to wait to feel miserable 24/7 to seek help. If you have some symptoms then go and see your gp otherwise if you wait till it gets worse you will just end up feeling even worse. I would advice seeing your gp now huni. If you ever need to talk you know where i am xx

Thanks, just made myself a GP appt, and sat down with a sheet of paper and done a brainstorm of why i feel sad, quite upset to see I've filled a whole page! still something to show GP I guess, rather than bottling it and going in then saying I'm fine (which I've done before)

Thanks for the replys

 

[xpinkness87x]

I woke up this morning paranoid! It seems im going backwards! I went to tescos at 7am to buy a pregnancy test even tho I know I'm not pregnant!! But my mind was playing tricks on me!! :doh:

I hope these tablets start to work soon

 

[AP]

my fluxotine has ran out and the doc wont represcribe me more til they see me, which i dont hae the bloody time for.

Here goes the downfall!

 

[MiissMuffet]

my fluxotine has ran out and the doc wont represcribe me more til they see me, which i dont hae the bloody time for.

Here goes the downfall!

what!? That's so not good! They should prescribe you some more thats not healthy for them to let u stop it then start it again when they see you! But hun go in asap if thats the case coz its really not good to stop and start them xxx

 

[MiissMuffet]

Hiya girls, not sure if I can ask here or whether to start a new thread. I've been feeling some (most) of the symptoms in the first post, but not all together all the time.
Do you have to have them all, 24/7 to have pnd? I was thinking about seeing a GP but don't want her to think I'm wasting her time, if really I'm just having "off" days...

ofcourse u can post here hun

You don't have to have every symptom, 24/7 to have pnd. Even some symptoms that come and go over a period of time can indicate you are suffering from pnd. ofcourse there are more severe cases of it, and more mild cases, everyone is different, but u don't need to wait to feel miserable 24/7 to seek help. If you have some symptoms then go and see your gp otherwise if you wait till it gets worse you will just end up feeling even worse. I would advice seeing your gp now huni. If you ever need to talk you know where i am xx

Thanks, just made myself a GP appt, and sat down with a sheet of paper and done a brainstorm of why i feel sad, quite upset to see I've filled a whole page! still something to show GP I guess, rather than bottling it and going in then saying I'm fine (which I've done before)

Thanks for the replys

That's a good idea coz sometimes i find i can go to an appointment on a good day so then i dont like to talk about how i'm feeling or my problems i kinda brush them aside when i talk to doctors, i get nervous and clam up so its hard. if you jot things down then u won't miss anything and you can get things better faster. when is your appointment? x

 

[MiissMuffet]

I woke up this morning paranoid! It seems im going backwards! I went to tescos at 7am to buy a pregnancy test even tho I know I'm not pregnant!! But my mind was playing tricks on me!! :doh:

I hope these tablets start to work soon

Oh my, that must've been scary! I don't know what i'd do if i got pregnant again right now! Well, i do know but i would like atleast a year or so gap lol. (not that i've been able to go there yet )
i take it the result was the one u wanted? x

 

[xpinkness87x]

I woke up this morning paranoid! It seems im going backwards! I went to tescos at 7am to buy a pregnancy test even tho I know I'm not pregnant!! But my mind was playing tricks on me!! :doh:

I hope these tablets start to work soon

Oh my, that must've been scary! I don't know what i'd do if i got pregnant again right now! Well, i do know but i would like atleast a year or so gap lol. (not that i've been able to go there yet )
i take it the result was the one u wanted? x

Yeah it was. I knew i wasnt pregnant. But i just had it in my mind that i was... weird! I dont think i could cope with another baby just now!!

 

[xpinkness87x]

my fluxotine has ran out and the doc wont represcribe me more til they see me, which i dont hae the bloody time for.

Here goes the downfall!

Thats stupid!! How long have you been on them now?

My doctor has made me an appointment on the 24th which will be 2 weeks after i started the pack and she said if she thinks they are going ok she will give me a repeat... but then i heard that they arent allowed to give you a repeat of anti depression tablets.

But its not good for you to stop and start them. My friend was on them before and she ran out and she got really upset and angry really quickly!

Hope you get it sorted

Oh i just thought does you doctor do phone appointments? Ours does if you ask they might be able to get the doctor to phone you xx

 

[MiissMuffet]

my fluxotine has ran out and the doc wont represcribe me more til they see me, which i dont hae the bloody time for.

Here goes the downfall!

Thats stupid!! How long have you been on them now?

My doctor has made me an appointment on the 24th which will be 2 weeks after i started the pack and she said if she thinks they are going ok she will give me a repeat... but then i heard that they arent allowed to give you a repeat of anti depression tablets.

But its not good for you to stop and start them. My friend was on them before and she ran out and she got really upset and angry really quickly!

Hope you get it sorted

Oh i just thought does you doctor do phone appointments? Ours does if you ask they might be able to get the doctor to phone you xx

agreed- that's whaqt happened to me- i would run out and would delay going to the doctors so i would keep stopping and starting and my moods went haywire and i just nutted out each time really quickly including my arm needing to be stitched up from punching a window

They can give you repeats hun. It all depends on the person though, sometimes they wont if there is any thought of the patient abusing the meds etc, but normally they will give repeates. Not sure about where u are but here they do. My gp did want to see me 2 weeks after i started them though before she gave me anymore to see if i had gotten any side effects (which i hadnt) and she increased them and gave me another prescription with 3 repeats, same as the quetiapine, which I take a few of those ones daily.

 

[minnie83]

Does citalopram make you tired? I'm constantly tired and yawning, and it's only since I started taking them.

 

[MiissMuffet]

i'm not sure hun coz i take quetiapine aswell which makes u really tired so i'm not sure how it would make me feel on its own x

 

[xpinkness87x]

Do i need to tell my HV or will my doctor do it? My doctor said she was going to phone her but i havent heard anything... I dont know what to say if i email her

 

[MrsGlitz]

Hi ladies

I think I have PND.

I have spent a lot of the last few days in tears, doubting myself, am scared I am doing things wrong, thinking I am not doing a good job. In my head, when I am not upset, I can tell myself I AM doing a good job with Harry, he's exclusively BF, only lost a tiny bit of weight and is already above his birth weight.

I have suffered with depression and anxiety in the past and was on citalopram before stopping once I got my BFP. Pregnancy suited me and I didn't suffer at all when pregnant.

 

[xpinkness87x]

Hi ladies

I think I have PND.

I have spent a lot of the last few days in tears, doubting myself, am scared I am doing things wrong, thinking I am not doing a good job. In my head, when I am not upset, I can tell myself I AM doing a good job with Harry, he's exclusively BF, only lost a tiny bit of weight and is already above his birth weight.

I have suffered with depression and anxiety in the past and was on citalopram before stopping once I got my BFP. Pregnancy suited me and I didn't suffer at all when pregnant.

It could be the baby blues but if you think its PND then i would suggest letting your MW/HV know.

But i was the same always thinking that i wasnt doing a good job. And i felt like i couldnt cope without my OH there.

if you need to talk we are all here

 

[MrsGlitz]

I feel sick at the thought of DH going back to work next week too. He's been popping in and out whilst on leave anyway but when he goes back on Wednesday, he will be out of the house (and therefore, me alone with baby) for 12 hours.

 

[Hattie80]

Hi ladies. I really need sum advice / help. I've been suffering anxiety (particularly when trying to sleep at nite) since having my baby 6 wks ago. It improved a little so i thought it was going. But this w/e has sent me and OH ova the edge. Yesterday I had full blown panic attacks and keep getting waves of anxiety / nausea and can't catch my breath. I was hysterically crying 4 most of yesterday and can't sleep as my brain won't stop and my heart pounds constantly. I feel so on edge. Does this sound like pnd? Even now while typing this my chest feels tight and stomach is nauseous. Does any1 else have this. I'm going to go to doc tmrw as at my wit's end. Does any1 have a hopeful success story of their anxiety going? And wot med should i take?
Thanks

 

[MiissMuffet]

Hi ladies. I really need sum advice / help. I've been suffering anxiety (particularly when trying to sleep at nite) since having my baby 6 wks ago. It improved a little so i thought it was going. But this w/e has sent me and OH ova the edge. Yesterday I had full blown panic attacks and keep getting waves of anxiety / nausea and can't catch my breath. I was hysterically crying 4 most of yesterday and can't sleep as my brain won't stop and my heart pounds constantly. I feel so on edge. Does this sound like pnd? Even now while typing this my chest feels tight and stomach is nauseous. Does any1 else have this. I'm going to go to doc tmrw as at my wit's end. Does any1 have a hopeful success story of their anxiety going? And wot med should i take?
Thanks

could be hun, but then again it sounds like some major anxiety.
As for what meds should u take- u will need to see your GP hun. I'm on citalopram and quetiapine for pnd and anxiety, but still it hasn't helped as much aS i'd like it to, i have an appointment today with the sychiatrist to reassess. Always here to talk if u need hun
x

 

[MiissMuffet]

Hi ladies

I think I have PND.

I have spent a lot of the last few days in tears, doubting myself, am scared I am doing things wrong, thinking I am not doing a good job. In my head, when I am not upset, I can tell myself I AM doing a good job with Harry, he's exclusively BF, only lost a tiny bit of weight and is already above his birth weight.

I have suffered with depression and anxiety in the past and was on citalopram before stopping once I got my BFP. Pregnancy suited me and I didn't suffer at all when pregnant.

I'm sure u are doing a GREAT job huni. But i know what it is like to think these thoughts It sounds like u may have pnd, but as already mentioned it could be the baby blues though- ALTHOUGH normally the bb's come at about day 3 and shouldn't last too long. For me they never went away though, and it was more extreme so it ended up being pnd. Seeing you have had depression and anxiety in the past then you r more likelt to get pnd than others, so I have been told.
That's awesome about Harry's weight! Go boobie juice!
Go and see your GP hun. xoxo