Hi, Well where to start.
I was recently diagnosed in February with PND and an anxiety disorder. My son is three so the last thing I thought it could be was PND.
I had a very hard time when my son was born. My then defacto now husband was abusing alcohol, and not supportive at all. In fact I would find him coma in the driveway. He has since sought help and I have attended the councilling with him, and he is doing really well.
During that time I felt really alone and would cery for long periods of time but thought it was just the "baby blues".
I went back to work and had felt guitly at working, felt like I was a failure as a parent. Also my son has an autoimmune disease that requires alot of medical attention and time off work with that.
Well I thought I was losing my mind in February this year. I had noticed it slowly creeping up but was always able to put my low moods down to one thing or another. Then I started to have panic attacks. And developed this strange things with knifes. I can't touch them or be near sharp knifes. I thought I had gone crazy i couldn't understand it. So I finally went to the doctor and she diagnosed me PND with the anxiety disorder. Put me on citalapram which lasted 7 weeks as I started to have severe side effects. So she decided medication wasn't the way to go. I have a referral for councilling but won't get into the system for 6 months.
I have just spent four days away from home as my grandmother is passing away with cancer. So I know it probably is normal for everything to come crashing down, but I just feel like there is something broken inside of me.
Any one have any ideas?
I was recently diagnosed in February with PND and an anxiety disorder. My son is three so the last thing I thought it could be was PND.
I had a very hard time when my son was born. My then defacto now husband was abusing alcohol, and not supportive at all. In fact I would find him coma in the driveway. He has since sought help and I have attended the councilling with him, and he is doing really well.
During that time I felt really alone and would cery for long periods of time but thought it was just the "baby blues".
I went back to work and had felt guitly at working, felt like I was a failure as a parent. Also my son has an autoimmune disease that requires alot of medical attention and time off work with that.
Well I thought I was losing my mind in February this year. I had noticed it slowly creeping up but was always able to put my low moods down to one thing or another. Then I started to have panic attacks. And developed this strange things with knifes. I can't touch them or be near sharp knifes. I thought I had gone crazy i couldn't understand it. So I finally went to the doctor and she diagnosed me PND with the anxiety disorder. Put me on citalapram which lasted 7 weeks as I started to have severe side effects. So she decided medication wasn't the way to go. I have a referral for councilling but won't get into the system for 6 months.
I have just spent four days away from home as my grandmother is passing away with cancer. So I know it probably is normal for everything to come crashing down, but I just feel like there is something broken inside of me.
Any one have any ideas?
Prue, NZ, 3 yr old and trying for #2
