I have 3 kids and had severe PND after no2 resulting in extreme anxiety and panick attacks, not being able to leave the house etc etc. Anyway, no 3 is now 10 months old and I have just been daignosed with PND again. I should have gone to the drs sooner but I really thought that I knew it all and would get over it myslef. Trouble is I have been prescribed websites?!?! I have been told to use 'livinglife to the full' and mood gym' then go back to drs next week, re do the HADS then see if I need meds. My scores on the HADS were 14 for anxiety and 14 for depression. I know that meds arent always the only answer and other methods do work but I really feel like I need something to get me through before I throttle one of my kids or oh!! I am so cranky and moody and really just unbearable to live with not to mention getting no sleep and these websites which I have been using for 3 days now are good in there own right but I dont see them doing anything for me. Has anyone else had to use these and if so did you find them useful??

((((hugs))))
How are you feeling? Did you go back tot he doctors?

If you haven't been back yet if I were you I'd make an appointment to either see your regular GP or another and just explain that you need something to help you.

I personally have never used the websites, not sure what they are actually.
after I had Jessica i had vey bad PND and was given meds but I couldn't take them as I found out I was pregnant with Katie at the time and had a lady from the mental assesment team who came out to see me, she was fantastic.
I have it again now I know I have and Alex is nearly 8 months, I also know I need to talk to my GP when I get the time it's worse since the weekend
Sorry to ramble, I hope your ok and have been able to get what you need from the doctor.
Take care xx

Hi hun, I have PND, and it really is miserable so big hugs.

My doctor did the test and prescribed meds straight away, I've also been referred for counselling. Bear in mind the medication does take at least 6 weeks to work, I've been on it 4 weeks now and havent seen an effect just yet :\(

The anxiety is what gets me, and like you I have panic attacks, I find them very hard to deal with and sometimes just being able to look after my lo is unbearable as what I panic about is if I accidentally harm him in some way...

I would go back to the docs if the websites arent working for you xx

hi girls i think i have pnd too ive got three kids a 9 year old boy a 5 year old girl and a 6mth baby boy. i had pnd with my eldest was fine after my daughter and now have another boy and think ive got pnd again im VERY anxious and feel "scared" do you ladies also feel like this? i too am having panic attacks i have suffered with these since i was 11 years old on and off and im now 27. this time they feel differant like im just not me and that im some one else?? i doubt that makes any sense!!
ive been to docs last week was given a sheet to fill in and have to go back next tuesday to see my own gp (saw a nurse last time ) xx :cry:

Thanks for the replies ladies. I had severe PND and anxiety with panick attacks after my 2nd and was prescribed meds and counselling with a psychiatric nurse which helped. I went back to the drs on Friday as really wasnt coping (had a really bad incident on Thursday night which hasnt helped - will be posting about it on the Nov forum if you want a read). ANyway, got a different dr and she did the test again and scores were much higher and said I am definately depressed - she gave me a 6 page handout on depression and sent me on my way!!! I have to go back on 3rd Oct to be assessed again. Feel like I am banging my head against a brick wall - not that I really want to be on meds but havingbeen here before I know that they can help. Apparently drs (dont know if it just in my PCT area) have been advised that alot of people get out of it on their own after 6 months so they have to delay prescribing meds!

i know the feeling, i went to my doctors and was also given the six page hand out !!!
ive booked another appointment for tuesday and i will be asking for tablets, spoke to my sister who also has PND and she says the tablets take a few weeks to kickin, im just sooo emotional and feel abit of a failure as im not always on top of things, ie cleaning the house and looking after my bub x my OH will say something that is really nothing and i just blow my gasket!!

i hate feeling like this and just want to be ''normal'' again
fingers crossed things get better for us all.
altho my doc did say '' i you try for another baby the hormones ur boby produces will out way the PND''
i have a 15 week old, not really the best advise!!
want to enjoy anabel first.
sometimes i just feel like a crazy loon!!
well ive moaned too much xx sorry ladies x

Went back on 3rd Oct and was a waste of time just sat blubbing for 20 minutes then left with nothing more than a snotty tissue! Feel like I could crack up. Got another appt on Fri but thinking of cancelling and rebooking with another dr...

Hi,

Not sure if this will be in anayway helpful as I haven't given birth yet but I was diagnosed with Ante-natal depression. I was so down that I decided that after the baby's born I would kill myself as I would be an awful mother and the only reason people wanted me around was to carry this baby and that was it. I hated myself, convinced I was worthless and there was no point to me and I was a waste of space. From my booking in appointment, because I had a history of circumstancial depression, I would be referred to a HV straight away. A few months passed and nothing, my boyfriend and I argued and argued and in my head we split up about 4 or 5 times. Then one day I self harmed - something I had never done before, but it was like a punishment to myself then anything else. I convinced myself that I wanted to die after the baby was born (I wouldn't do it before the birth because I couldn't act like God on my child, who was I to take someone elses life!). The next morning I called the mid-wives at the hospital and adnitted myself, I was now just over 7 months pregnant and the way I acted was the result of a build up of a whole series of events which I just couldn't cope with. I was referred to a mental health team, ante-natal clinics, and finally got a HV to visit and talk to me. But the best thing I think I did was have hypnotherapy. It was recommended to me by my yoga teacher. The person I went to specialises in hypnobirthing but we did a session to change my way of thinking to a more positive one and since doing so I have been doing really well, talking to people and letting it all out has helped as well but I think it's really the hypnotherapy that has done the best work. I feel calmer, more positive about things and more social - not so much in the going out, ladies who lunch type social but I found it hard to just pick up the phone and call my friends, now I might still slightly hesitate but I find it easier to call friends, and maybe even meet up on occassions.

Hypnobirthing has not only helped my confidence but also my relationship, I'm not saying it's going to work for everyone but it's worth looking into alternative therapies rather then whats 'perscribed' to you.

GP x