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Action on Postpartum Psychosis

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Zopiclone side effects

Hello, I find 7.5mg of Zopiclone good for getting to sleep - but it gives me huge food cravings (salty, sweet and fatty) for up to 48 hours afterwards. I've...

Hello, I find 7.5mg of Zopiclone good for getting to sleep - but it gives me hug...

•6 years ago

Quietiapine

down to 100mgs and weaning going good.

down to 100mgs and weaning going good.

•6 years ago

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Thank you APP

Dear members of the APP forum, it has been a while since I've uploaded a painting for you. This one is called "Seclusion". I have been with the forum since...

Dear members of the APP forum, it has been a while since I've uploaded a paintin...

•6 years ago

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Stressed Out

I’m really stressed out, feeling unwell (ear ache and sore throat from eustachian tube dysfunction after having a horrible virus) and pregnant at risk of PP....

I’m really stressed out, feeling unwell (ear ache and sore throat from eustachia...

•6 years ago

Daughter still in mental health unit..

Hi, My daughter has been refused help in any of our "local" M&BU's..local meaning within 100 miles..so she is still in the mental health unit..but it seems to...

Hi, My daughter has been refused help in any of our "local" M&BU's..local meani...

•6 years ago

Fundraising

Hi everyone. Feeling quite deflated after my fundraising in January. I managed to raise £560 for the charity but have had nothing back since the end of...

Hi everyone. Feeling quite deflated after my fundraising in January. I managed t...

•6 years ago

Olanzapine/zyprexa side effects

Does anyone have any experience with stepping down on olanzapine/zyprexa and side effects? I was at 5 MG for 3 months now I’m at 2.5. They are small dosages...

Does anyone have any experience with stepping down on olanzapine/zyprexa and sid...

•6 years ago

Care Plan for Second Pregnancy

What do you think we should include in my care plan for birth of baby #2? These are our thoughts so far: - Key contact details: GP, Midwife, Perinatal...

What do you think we should include in my care plan for birth of baby #2? These...

•6 years ago

Perinatal Psychiatrits

What were they like? where they against the pregnancy?

What were they like? where they against the pregnancy?

•6 years ago

Quietapine before due date as precaution

Hi all I am due with my second on the 8th of March and my psychiatrist has just prescribed 50mg of quietapine for the next 2 weeks, increasing to 100mg after...

Hi all I am due with my second on the 8th of March and my psychiatrist has just ...

•6 years ago

continuity

Did anyone struggle with a sense of continuity while recovering.. like feeling that your life before and after PP are the same life? Also, did anyone have...

Did anyone struggle with a sense of continuity while recovering.. like feeling t...

•6 years ago

Daughter still waiting to hear...

My daughter was told she would hear today if she was accepted for the M&BU only to then be told the decision wouldn't be made till Wednesday...then she had a...

My daughter was told she would hear today if she was accepted for the M&BU only ...

•6 years ago

Mother and baby unit....still waiting to hear...

My daughter has been in the mental health unit now for a week...and we are still waiting to hear if she can go to a M&BU..she has used thankfully blunt glass...

My daughter has been in the mental health unit now for a week...and we are still...

•6 years ago

Colours

Did anyone else see colours really vividly, or think they had significance, during psychosis? Does anyone know why it happens?

Did anyone else see colours really vividly, or think they had significance, duri...

•6 years ago

Financial Impact of PP

I appreciate money is a taboo topic, but I’d really like to know how other families cope financially when PP strikes. The last time I had PP, I had to leave...

I appreciate money is a taboo topic, but I’d really like to know how other famil...

•6 years ago

Mom blogs

Does anyone know of any good Mom blogs or YouTube moms that are helpful to follow? Thanks!

Does anyone know of any good Mom blogs or YouTube moms that are helpful to follo...

•6 years ago

Postnatal depression

On the 3rd of July 2017 was when my son Oscar was born and it was supposed to be the best day off my life.... However I got induced early as they said he was...

On the 3rd of July 2017 was when my son Oscar was born and it was supposed to be...

•6 years ago

Daughter cutting herself..

I Worte last week about my daughter and that she was getting help..turns out she is basically in a sue for help, so nothing really forthcoming this past...

I Worte last week about my daughter and that she was getting help..turns out she...

•6 years ago

Weaning off Olanzapine

Hi everyone so I have been taking Olanzapine after I had a miscarriage and difficulties sleeping afterwards. It’s been over a year now and am trying to come...

Hi everyone so I have been taking Olanzapine after I had a miscarriage and diffi...

•6 years ago