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Action on Postpartum Psychosis

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Need advise

Hi, I had ppp 2 years ago when I had my first child. It took a little more than 2 weeks to diagnose and started with getting no sleep. I remember going to the...

Hi, I had ppp 2 years ago when I had my first child. It took a little more than...

•20 hours ago

Support

Hi, Reaching out on here as I'm in recovery from pp. I was in a mother and baby unit over Christmas. Things have got much better thankfully but I still feel...

Hi, Reaching out on here as I'm in recovery from pp. I was in a mother and baby...

•5 days ago

wanting diagnosis, need answers please!

Hello everyone, I had ppp 3 years ago, I also suffered with extreme OCD, anxiety, mania, anger issues when younger, an eating disorder, then deep depression,...

Hello everyone, I had ppp 3 years ago, I also suffered with extreme OCD, anxiet...

•6 days ago

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4 years recovered

Hello, It's been a few years since I last posted on here. I had post natal psychosis in 2017 after the birth of my now 6 year old son. I then had repeat...

Hello, It's been a few years since I last posted on here. I had post natal psych...

•11 days ago

Feel so uncomfortable

Just wondering if anyone can relate I’m at work and sitting in the office feeling so unbelievably uncomfortable. All of my work colleagues who were such good...

Just wondering if anyone can relate I’m at work and sitting in the office feeli...

•14 days ago

New APP UK wide peer support social / cafe group on Zoom

APP’s first UK-wide café group meeting will be held on Wednesday 5th July, 12-1.30pm. This friendly, informal meet-up on Zoom is for anyone who has...

APP’s first UK-wide café group meeting will be held on Wednesday 5th July, 12-1....

Partner•14 days ago

Online meet up for Muslim women who have experienced psychosis in the perinatal period

On Saturday 22nd July, 10am - 11.30am, we’ll be holding our first online meet-up for Muslim women who have experienced psychosis in the perinatal period. The...

On Saturday 22nd July, 10am - 11.30am, we’ll be holding our first online meet-up...

Partner•14 days ago

pregnancy and depression

hello all. It’s been a minute. Glad to be back. I am 7 weeks pregnant after our loss last year so I’m navigating pregnancy after loss (PAL) as well...

hello all. It’s been a minute. Glad to be back. I am 7 weeks pregnant after o...

•14 days ago

Convinced the new medication won’t work

After PPP last summer, and crushing depressive episodes for the past 7 or 8 months. My psychiatrist has switched my antidepressant from sertraline to...

After PPP last summer, and crushing depressive episodes for the past 7 or 8 mont...

•16 days ago

My experience, can some help me figure it out what it was?

I gave a 14 hour traumatic birth, after few hours the nurse comes in the room he needs to be fed , I panicked again. Am hyperventaliting like a stone on my...

I gave a 14 hour traumatic birth, after few hours the nurse comes in the room he...

•16 days ago

Bipolar UK webinar 'Bipolar and Hypersexual Behaviour' - Wednesday 24th May, 1pm

A Bipolar UK webinar 'Bipolar and Hypersexual Behaviour' is taking place on Wednesday 24th May 2023, 1-2pm. Anyone affected by bipolar is welcome to join -...

A Bipolar UK webinar 'Bipolar and Hypersexual Behaviour' is taking place on Wedn...

Partner•17 days ago

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Feelings of loss

I had my son in October 2021 and was in an MBU for several months following that. It started with a manic episode, but then I went into a deep depression. At...

I had my son in October 2021 and was in an MBU for several months following that...

•23 days ago

Trouble with concentrating and extreme fatigue

Hi ladies - thank you very much for this forum - I’ve found it really helpful to read about other people’s’ experiences. I’m almost a year on from my episode...

Hi ladies - thank you very much for this forum - I’ve found it really helpful to...

•24 days ago

Please help

hello all I’m so sorry to ask but please can you share your positive stories of recovering from this condition :( I’m feeling so helpless and keep worrying...

hello all I’m so sorry to ask but please can you share your positive stories of...

•25 days ago

Postpartum pregnancy

I need a quick support regarding my wife from the healed personnel if you can please. I am an NRI, me and my wife had a first baby on 9th of April 2023. My...

I need a quick support regarding my wife from the healed personnel if you can pl...

•1 month ago

Advice needed please 2nd pregnancy

Hi I would really appreciate any advice of info that anybody could give me please. I am in Northern Ireland where there is really poor help for perimental...

Hi I would really appreciate any advice of info that anybody could give me pleas...

•1 month ago

Getting off Zyprexa

Hello everybody! Hope things are well for you all. Thank you for being here and sharing your stories! It is really a precious place to be after surviving PPP....

Hello everybody! Hope things are well for you all. Thank you for being here and ...

•1 month ago

Social and professional life on/after treatement

Hello everybody! I am so happy to find this community of people who understand what Postpartum Psychosis is, and how difficult it is to have experienced it....

Hello everybody! I am so happy to find this community of people who understan...

•1 month ago

PP Awareness Day virtual gathering THIS FRIDAY 5th May

Hello all, APP are involved in the PP Awareness Day gathering on Zoom this Friday 5th May, with the American organisation Cherished Mom. Please see below for...

Hello all, APP are involved in the PP Awareness Day gathering on Zoom this Frid...

Partner•1 month ago

Feeling a bit rubbish after creative writing workshop

Just want to vent a bit please. I just did the APP online creative writing workshop, which was really good, can't fault it, but now I'm sat here crying, which...

Just want to vent a bit please. I just did the APP online creative writing works...

Volunteer•1 month ago

help after a year on

i had pps after giving birth to my daughter in 2021, my birth was normal and didn’t suffer anything however when i got home i struggling and got pps got...

i had pps after giving birth to my daughter in 2021, my birth was normal and did...

•1 month ago

PPP and menopause

My sister experienced PPP after her first pregnancy. It took around 6 months to establish a medication routine that worked for her, and she has managed her...

My sister experienced PPP after her first pregnancy. It took around 6 months to ...

•1 month ago

feel so disconnected

hi all I hope ur all doing okay. I am really struggling with feeling disconnected still. It’s like I can’t engage my brain and it’s making me feel so low. I...

hi all I hope ur all doing okay. I am really struggling with feeling disconnec...

•2 months ago

Pregnant and just had 2nd pyschosis

Dear All, Firstly I want to say how sorry I am for some of my posts a few weeks ago, I had another psychotic episode in which I found out I was pregnant and...

Dear All, Firstly I want to say how sorry I am for some of my posts a few weeks...

•2 months ago

Returning to work

My wife has recently been discharged from the MBU and we've had our first few 'proper' days together with baby at home. Feels a bit like what would have been...

My wife has recently been discharged from the MBU and we've had our first few 'p...

•2 months ago

Here I go, back down yet again

I have been posting here over the last few months. I’m up to quite a high dose of my mood stabilisers and still getting these crushing lows. My partner thinks...

I have been posting here over the last few months. I’m up to quite a high dose o...

•2 months ago

Feeling Guilty

Hello, Thank you for this forum and for reading my post! In brief, I am realizing 23 years after having my Son that I had post party psychosis! I can't...

Hello, Thank you for this forum and for reading my post! In brief, I am reali...

•2 months ago

NHS vs. Private

hello - I’m currently experiencing PP or maybe another form of mental illness. My baby is just over 2 months and symptoms started right at 2 weeks. I have been...

hello - I’m currently experiencing PP or maybe another form of mental illness. M...

•2 months ago

Postpartum psychosis

My daughter gave birth to her baby boy in march (our 1st grandchild) I was at the birth and almost immediately saw a change in her. She was begging for help...

My daughter gave birth to her baby boy in march (our 1st grandchild) I was at th...

•2 months ago

Postpartum and Cognitive Dysfunction

Hi everyone, I experienced post partum psychosis and had to be hospitalized for one month. Since then I have experienced post partum depression and am slowly...

Hi everyone, I experienced post partum psychosis and had to be hospitalized for...

•2 months ago

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