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Action on Postpartum Psychosis

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Introduction

Hello, I am new to the forum. Our son James was 1 lb when he was stillborn last summer. I shortly thereafter developed PPP with mania, hallucinations, no...

Hello, I am new to the forum. Our son James was 1 lb when he was stillborn last ...

•1 year ago

Not realising um a mother

8 mnths but dnt realise um his mother. Mind saying you dnt deserve him maybe? Or its the condition. Things seem not real. But i dont feel recentment or pain in...

8 mnths but dnt realise um his mother. Mind saying you dnt deserve him maybe? Or...

•1 year ago

Struggling so much - are these symptoms normal?

Hi all I’m so sorry to post so soon after my other post, but I’m really struggling with feeling vacant, passive /like a spectator with no access to my...

Hi all I’m so sorry to post so soon after my other post, but I’m really struggl...

•1 year ago

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Olanzapine indefinitely

Hello ladies, I hope you are all doing well. I am pregnant with my second child and I’m on 5mg of Olanzapine. I have been on it for 2.5 years now. I am...

Hello ladies, I hope you are all doing well. I am pregnant with my second child ...

•1 year ago

Panic

I also panicky like whrn mu baby was chocking from flue medicine i panicedWith so mich fear and anxiety

I also panicky like whrn mu baby was chocking from flue medicine i panicedWith s...

•1 year ago

Feeling like you are dreaming

Do you sometimes feel loke all is a dream. And feel detouched with baby. Do you at times fddl like he or she is not yours like you havnt hiven birth yet? And...

Do you sometimes feel loke all is a dream. And feel detouched with baby. Do you ...

•1 year ago

Starting to consider a number 2

Hi lovely ladies in this community, i suffered PP after my first born in January 2021, with admission to an MBU 10 days postpartum and a second time 2.5...

Hi lovely ladies in this community, i suffered PP after my first born in Januar...

•1 year ago

Breastfeeding and Lamotragine

I’m still breastfeeding as my baby is refusing to take milk any other way. Does anyone have experience of taking Lamotragine whilst breastfeeding? I keep...

I’m still breastfeeding as my baby is refusing to take milk any other way. Does ...

•1 year ago

Re-Admitted to MBU

I was posting earlier this month about how I was getting these deep depressive lows that felt unbearable. I had postnatal psychosis/a manic episode in the...

I was posting earlier this month about how I was getting these deep depressive l...

•1 year ago

Guess who’s back

I have had a rough ride. PP three days after giving birth to my daughter in 2016. Did all the right things when me and my husband wanted another baby:...

I have had a rough ride. PP three days after giving birth to my daughter in 201...

•1 year ago

Seeking help to review translated versions of APP’s Insider Guides

Hello all, We are seeking people to help us to review some translated versions of APP's Insider Guides (https://www.app-network.org/what-is-pp/app-guides/),...

Hello all, We are seeking people to help us to review some translated versions ...

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Hallucination and delusion

My name is Naima, a first time Mom, I developed postpartum psychosis since my 5th month of pregnancy then after birth it got worse and started having serious...

My name is Naima, a first time Mom, I developed postpartum psychosis since my 5t...

•1 year ago

Mood swings

I am experiencing mood swings since i stopped respiradone. One minute i. Have so. Many thoughts of blaming my doc on. Why he did not put me to sleep in my...

I am experiencing mood swings since i stopped respiradone. One minute i. Have so...

•1 year ago

9 months post partum and struggling

Hi all, What a great place this is - everyone seems so helpful and supportive :) i was in a MBU for about 8 weeks. I didn’t feel 100% when I was discharged...

Hi all, What a great place this is - everyone seems so helpful and supportive :...

•1 year ago

Book Recommendations

hello, Can anyone recommend any books on postpartum psychosis? I’m finding reading through similar journeys really helpful. Thanks

hello, Can anyone recommend any books on postpartum psychosis? I’m finding read...

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•1 year ago

Thoughts around “missing out”

Hi All, I’ve just joined. Triplet birth in 2021 diagnosed with PP 5 excruciating and frightening weeks later, spent 2 weeks in a general psychiatric hospital.....

Hi All, I’ve just joined. Triplet birth in 2021 diagnosed with PP 5 excruciating...

•1 year ago

struggling with depression

I hope it’s ok to post here again. I’m still in a deep depressive low patch. Most days start with me crying for hours. I often have this desperate feeling of,...

I hope it’s ok to post here again. I’m still in a deep depressive low patch. Mos...

•1 year ago

Gender Disappointment

Up until the time we went for a private scan, the pregnancy was going fine. It was when we found out the gender, things changed. My wife reacted to having a...

Up until the time we went for a private scan, the pregnancy was going fine. It ...

•1 year ago

Depression after postpartum psychosis

Hi, I'm currently in a mbu. I am really struggling and this sounds awful but I don't want to look after my son with me or my daughter. Everyone keeps telling...

Hi, I'm currently in a mbu. I am really struggling and this sounds awful but I ...

•1 year ago

Can anyone give any advice on their own recovery and feelings during post natal depression

My sister’s mental health started to deteriorate as soon as she bought her baby home back in August. She has suffered with her mental health in the past but...

My sister’s mental health started to deteriorate as soon as she bought her baby ...

•1 year ago

Happy new year

hi all, it’s been a while since I posted. If I’m entirely honest I stopped posting because my recovery was going so well I was just constantly posting about my...

hi all, it’s been a while since I posted. If I’m entirely honest I stopped posti...

•1 year ago

depressive symptoms, struggling to cope

Thanks to everyone who has posted on my other threads. After a good couple of weeks, I’m back down in a real low. Small things feel so hard and I can’t stop...

Thanks to everyone who has posted on my other threads. After a good couple of...

•1 year ago

How long is normal for medication?

Hi All,I have been going through a long journey with my wife since our daughter was born. She is 4 and a half now and my wife is still on all the same...

Hi All,I have been going through a long journey with my wife since our daughter ...

•1 year ago