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Action on Postpartum Psychosis

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Lingering delusions and paranoia

Hi, 3 months since my episode I am still feeling paranoid that people are monitoring me when I go out. Did anyone struggle with this? Is the answer to just...

Hi, 3 months since my episode I am still feeling paranoid that people are monito...

•2 months ago

Reflecting

With my daughter’s first birthday just over a month away I am looking at photos and memories to create a big photo album. But I’m having to look at pictures...

With my daughter’s first birthday just over a month away I am looking at photos ...

•2 months ago

Helping a partner return to some normality

My wife has finally been given medication for her post partum psychosis, her behaviour was getting quite strange at times and it gradually got worse over time....

My wife has finally been given medication for her post partum psychosis, her beh...

•2 months ago

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Pregabalin

Hi everyone I have been prescribed Pregabalin for anxiety. Online it says it affects the brain in a similar way to benzos, which always really helped me...

Hi everyone I have been prescribed Pregabalin for anxiety. Online it says it af...

•2 months ago

NEW APP LGBTQ+ peer support group

Hello everyone I wanted to let you all know that we are starting a new peer support group for people from the LGBTQ+ community who have experienced psychosis...

Hello everyone I wanted to let you all know that we are starting a new peer su...

Partner•2 months ago

TW - Suicidal ideation

I am feeling very vulnerable at the moment due to feeling like I'm being used as part of an experiment. I feel so different in my body since having psychosis,...

I am feeling very vulnerable at the moment due to feeling like I'm being used as...

•2 months ago

nightmares

Hi Does anyone suffer with really bad nightmares post postpartum psychosis/coming off anti-psychotics? I was also diagnosed with PTSD after my psychosis....

Hi Does anyone suffer with really bad nightmares post postpartum psychosis/co...

•2 months ago

Partner unconscious in ICU

2 days ago in Friday my partner started becoming very confused. She went for a nap and when i woke her she could barely walk and could only say a few words,...

2 days ago in Friday my partner started becoming very confused. She went for a n...

•2 months ago

Relapse

Hi I’m 16 months PP and doing much better and feeling more myself. Taking 1/2 a milogram of lorazepam some days to help with anxiety as some days I do struggle...

Hi I’m 16 months PP and doing much better and feeling more myself. Taking 1/2 a ...

•2 months ago

Feeling watched, please help!

I have a lingering feeling of being watched by by 'someone or an organisation'. I feel like I'm being tracked and what I'm doing is being broadcast somewhere...

I have a lingering feeling of being watched by by 'someone or an organisation'. ...

•2 months ago

Paranoia after psychosis

Me again. Has anyone else experienced severe paranoia after psychosis? I'm afraid to go out on my own in case someone is out to get me. Has anyone felt this...

Me again. Has anyone else experienced severe paranoia after psychosis? I'm afr...

•2 months ago

Protracted withdrawal and difficulties coming off antipsychotics.

Hi there ladies, I know that I ask this question once every few months but is anyone else currently struggling to come off their meds?I've managed to go down...

Hi there ladies, I know that I ask this question once every few months but is an...

•2 months ago

hormones and mental health

Hello everyone xx I am wondering if those of you that had postpartum psychosis and Bipolar, also have got PME/PMDD and also had HG (severe severe sickness)...

Hello everyone xx I am wondering if those of you that had postpartum psychosis...

•2 months ago

When does it get better?

I'm still struggling to stop thinking about some of my delusions. I want to recognise 100% that they are just delusions, but I am finding it hard to let go...

I'm still struggling to stop thinking about some of my delusions. I want to rec...

•3 months ago

Feeling rubbish withdrawing from Diazepam/Valium

Hi Has anyone else experienced coming off of Diazepam or similar benzodiazepines? I’ve been on Diazepam for over 10 months (so a LOT longer than the...

Hi Has anyone else experienced coming off of Diazepam or similar benzodiazepine...

•3 months ago

Olanzapine and bodily sensations

Since I've had psychosis I have noticed that I can't feel my muscles when I work out and no longer get any soreness or aches, whereas previously I would get a...

Since I've had psychosis I have noticed that I can't feel my muscles when I work...

•3 months ago