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Action on Postpartum Psychosis

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Looking to meet other mums who had psychosis?

Hi everyone, I’m hoping to meet some other mums in London who also experienced psychosis. I don’t know anyone who went through what I’ve been through and it...

Hi everyone, I’m hoping to meet some other mums in London who also experienced p...

•3 years ago

Starting the run up to my daughter's birthday

She will be 3 in April and every year I really find her birthday, and the run up to it so hard. I get an increase in flashbacks to the traumatic birth and...

She will be 3 in April and every year I really find her birthday, and the run up...

•3 years ago

Hello

Hi, I had my little boy in April last year and was admitted to MBU for 7 weeks when he was 4 months old after suffering with PPP silently since he was born. I...

Hi, I had my little boy in April last year and was admitted to MBU for 7 weeks w...

•3 years ago

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How long has recovery taken ?

Hi, Something that has been playing on my mind a lot recently is worry over ending up being diagnosed as bi-polar. I was admitted to hospital in January 2019...

Hi, Something that has been playing on my mind a lot recently is worry over end...

•3 years ago

Intensive home treatment

Hello! I'm a new mum to a 6 week old baby and the perinatal MH team are on the fence about giving me a PPP diagnosis. Around two weeks after my son was born I...

Hello! I'm a new mum to a 6 week old baby and the perinatal MH team are on the f...

•3 years ago

Almost 2 years after PP

Hi, this is the first time I have wrote on this page. So feeling a bite nervous. I had PP in 2019, I then was hit with the depression after. I now feel like I...

Hi, this is the first time I have wrote on this page. So feeling a bite nervous....

•3 years ago

Visiting MABU during Covid restrictions

Hello everyone, I'm new here, my wife was admitted to an MABU a few days ago and I am having some difficulty getting in to visit because of Covid-19 measures...

Hello everyone, I'm new here, my wife was admitted to an MABU a few days ago an...

•3 years ago

Experience with lithium

I had PP 6 years ago and have continued to struggle mentally since. I have just been diagnosed with bipolar 2 and offered lithium. Anyone any experience of...

I had PP 6 years ago and have continued to struggle mentally since. I have just ...

•3 years ago

Any insight/advice please?! 😞

Over the last few months I have been diagnosed with post partum depression with post partum rage being they key things especially towards my partner , however...

Over the last few months I have been diagnosed with post partum depression with...

•3 years ago

Difficult decision. What would you do?

Hi everyone, I have been on a low dose of Olanzapine (5mg) for 6 months. I have tried lowering my dose a couple of times but I always get terrible insomnia...

Hi everyone, I have been on a low dose of Olanzapine (5mg) for 6 months. I have ...

•3 years ago

Being admitted to MBU and scared....

I posted not long ago about having a relapse but now things have got to the point that I need admission. I have agreed to go voluntarily but I'm SO scared...

I posted not long ago about having a relapse but now things have got to the poin...

•3 years ago

Has anyone else lost their child because of their postpartum psychosis?

Has anyone else lost their child because of their postpartum psychosis? If so did you get them back or are you trying to get them back? I'm in this situation...

Has anyone else lost their child because of their postpartum psychosis? If so di...

•3 years ago

Having a relapse 9 weeks post partum....

Hi guys, So I'm 9 weeks post partum and having a relapse. I have gone from 12.5 olanzapine to 20mg in two weeks, and my psychiatrist thinks I may need an...

Hi guys, So I'm 9 weeks post partum and having a relapse. I have gone from 12....

•3 years ago

How long can post partum psychosis last for?

I was diagnosed when I gave birth 19 months ago but recently have another episode of psychosis. How long will this illness last for?

I was diagnosed when I gave birth 19 months ago but recently have another episod...

•3 years ago

Life insurance after PP

Hi - we’ve recently been trying to get personal protection insurance as we’re in the process of buying a house, but all my applications keep coming back saying...

Hi - we’ve recently been trying to get personal protection insurance as we’re in...

Volunteer•3 years ago

How to obtain psychiatric hospital records?

Does anyone know how to go about getting their medical records from a psychiatric hospital, this was 26yrs ago, would they still be somewhere, I am currently...

Does anyone know how to go about getting their medical records from a psychiatri...

•3 years ago

Libido kind of problem

Hello there! So apparently my wife has issues with her libido. She never had issues with these kind of things. She was sexually active (wish she was a bit more...

Hello there! So apparently my wife has issues with her libido. She never had iss...

•3 years ago