Comments on: Post Partum-getting better and then getting angry http://queenofspainblog.com/2006/04/27/post-partum-getting-better-and-then-getting-angry/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:25:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: mommy on the verge http://queenofspainblog.com/2006/04/27/post-partum-getting-better-and-then-getting-angry/comment-page-1/#comment-2894 mommy on the verge Mon, 01 May 2006 01:07:00 +0000 http://queenofspainblog.com/2006/04/27/post-partum-getting-better-and-then-getting-angry/#comment-2894 thank you for writing so honestly about your PPD! thank you for writing so honestly about your PPD!

]]> By: shay v. http://queenofspainblog.com/2006/04/27/post-partum-getting-better-and-then-getting-angry/comment-page-1/#comment-2893 shay v. Fri, 28 Apr 2006 09:47:00 +0000 http://queenofspainblog.com/2006/04/27/post-partum-getting-better-and-then-getting-angry/#comment-2893 oh... you can count ME in! oh… you can count ME in!

]]> By: Meg http://queenofspainblog.com/2006/04/27/post-partum-getting-better-and-then-getting-angry/comment-page-1/#comment-2892 Meg Thu, 27 Apr 2006 19:24:00 +0000 http://queenofspainblog.com/2006/04/27/post-partum-getting-better-and-then-getting-angry/#comment-2892 Oh I'm in. It's the hardest thing I've ever had to deal with in my life, and it's not even over. I'm getting better every day. I would even venture to say that I'm "healed", but I am also afraid of a relapse of sorts. I just know how much it helps to have a support group. I am willing to help any new mother who needs it! Oh I’m in. It’s the hardest thing I’ve ever had to deal with in my life, and it’s not even over. I’m getting better every day. I would even venture to say that I’m “healed”, but I am also afraid of a relapse of sorts.

I just know how much it helps to have a support group. I am willing to help any new mother who needs it!

]]> By: Jen http://queenofspainblog.com/2006/04/27/post-partum-getting-better-and-then-getting-angry/comment-page-1/#comment-2891 Jen Thu, 27 Apr 2006 18:04:00 +0000 http://queenofspainblog.com/2006/04/27/post-partum-getting-better-and-then-getting-angry/#comment-2891 I'm right there with ya!! I developed it after I had my son who is now over 2. It wasn't until my daughter was born in September that anyone noticed. Well EVERYONE noticed, but not the doc or me! My husband just thought I had "changed" since having a baby. So..now i'm on the meds I need to be on and am getting to where I need to be. I just am worried what comes next? Drugs forever?? I dont know. I’m right there with ya!! I developed it after I had my son who is now over 2. It wasn’t until my daughter was born in September that anyone noticed. Well EVERYONE noticed, but not the doc or me! My husband just thought I had “changed” since having a baby. So..now i’m on the meds I need to be on and am getting to where I need to be. I just am worried what comes next? Drugs forever?? I dont know.

]]> By: Dread Pirate Robert http://queenofspainblog.com/2006/04/27/post-partum-getting-better-and-then-getting-angry/comment-page-1/#comment-2890 Dread Pirate Robert Thu, 27 Apr 2006 16:11:00 +0000 http://queenofspainblog.com/2006/04/27/post-partum-getting-better-and-then-getting-angry/#comment-2890 One of my dear friends suffered for several years before finally doing something about it. She's smart, well-read, and knew all about PPD but just didn't connect it to her. THAT seems to be the biggest problem with this thing. On a side note, she's a Red Wings fan too. Not normally a cause of depression (unlike our Canucks) but these days (I'm heavy on Detroit in my playoff pool too) I wonder... One of my dear friends suffered for several years before finally doing something about it. She’s smart, well-read, and knew all about PPD but just didn’t connect it to her. THAT seems to be the biggest problem with this thing.

On a side note, she’s a Red Wings fan too. Not normally a cause of depression (unlike our Canucks) but these days (I’m heavy on Detroit in my playoff pool too) I wonder…

]]> By: Christine http://queenofspainblog.com/2006/04/27/post-partum-getting-better-and-then-getting-angry/comment-page-1/#comment-2889 Christine Thu, 27 Apr 2006 16:03:00 +0000 http://queenofspainblog.com/2006/04/27/post-partum-getting-better-and-then-getting-angry/#comment-2889 I am right where you are. Then I worry, "Am I worrying because I'm having another bout, or am I just regular worried????" Mine always crept up suddenly, and my chances are good that it will come back in the future. Will my husband or my kids have to notice it first and say, "It might be time to see Dr. Murdock again!"? Oh, and to kill two comments with one stone ... my youngest walked in the other day with her baby bottle and little baby (bought by grandma). She was saying, "Here mommy, hold my baby and feed her." So, I said, "Okay, but I don't need that silly thing! Mommy's make their own milk!", pulled up my shirt and stuck that little plastic doll on my boob! I am proud to say that my three year old black child has been walking around since then nursing a plastic white baby doll!!! I am right where you are. Then I worry, “Am I worrying because I’m having another bout, or am I just regular worried????”

Mine always crept up suddenly, and my chances are good that it will come back in the future. Will my husband or my kids have to notice it first and say, “It might be time to see Dr. Murdock again!”?

Oh, and to kill two comments with one stone … my youngest walked in the other day with her baby bottle and little baby (bought by grandma). She was saying, “Here mommy, hold my baby and feed her.” So, I said, “Okay, but I don’t need that silly thing! Mommy’s make their own milk!”, pulled up my shirt and stuck that little plastic doll on my boob!

I am proud to say that my three year old black child has been walking around since then nursing a plastic white baby doll!!!

]]> By: Laurie http://queenofspainblog.com/2006/04/27/post-partum-getting-better-and-then-getting-angry/comment-page-1/#comment-2888 Laurie Thu, 27 Apr 2006 15:45:00 +0000 http://queenofspainblog.com/2006/04/27/post-partum-getting-better-and-then-getting-angry/#comment-2888 You go, girl! I give you a world of credit for sharing what you've gone thru, and what you are going thru in order to help other women. You should stand proud. :-) Losing it on the kids is normal. Trust me. You go, girl!

I give you a world of credit for sharing what you’ve gone thru, and what you are going thru in order to help other women.

You should stand proud. :-)

Losing it on the kids is normal. Trust me.

]]> By: Violet the Verbose http://queenofspainblog.com/2006/04/27/post-partum-getting-better-and-then-getting-angry/comment-page-1/#comment-2887 Violet the Verbose Thu, 27 Apr 2006 13:51:00 +0000 http://queenofspainblog.com/2006/04/27/post-partum-getting-better-and-then-getting-angry/#comment-2887 Gotcha. Now that I think about it, the first time I had that kind of migraine I was 12 and the doctor didn't know what it was and sent me to the eye doctor for a checkup. When they knew what it was, I was already out of college and married and living here - so that was in the last 8 years. I also live near a research center that focuses on migraines, and I imagine the findings might come out locally a little sooner than elsewhere. Gotcha. Now that I think about it, the first time I had that kind of migraine I was 12 and the doctor didn’t know what it was and sent me to the eye doctor for a checkup. When they knew what it was, I was already out of college and married and living here – so that was in the last 8 years. I also live near a research center that focuses on migraines, and I imagine the findings might come out locally a little sooner than elsewhere.

]]> By: Kristi http://queenofspainblog.com/2006/04/27/post-partum-getting-better-and-then-getting-angry/comment-page-1/#comment-2886 Kristi Thu, 27 Apr 2006 13:29:00 +0000 http://queenofspainblog.com/2006/04/27/post-partum-getting-better-and-then-getting-angry/#comment-2886 I am with you! My little bit is to share with others that I have dealt with depression and anxiety and take meds for it. It always surprises people that someone as "together" as I am (ha! if only they knew what a facade that is most days!) has a mental illness (oh! the shame of it! - sarcasm!). I still get nervous if it is coming up in a conversation because of the stigma - but I think the more we talk about it the more likely it is to be accepted as a true illness and not just batty women. It is like breast cancer - no one use to say that out loud, now no one even thinks about it. Colonoscopy used to be a secret word, now not a thought is glimmered when it is mentioned. So yes, I ma with you - keep talking. And I am so happy you are happy and truly recovering!! I am with you! My little bit is to share with others that I have dealt with depression and anxiety and take meds for it. It always surprises people that someone as “together” as I am (ha! if only they knew what a facade that is most days!) has a mental illness (oh! the shame of it! – sarcasm!).

I still get nervous if it is coming up in a conversation because of the stigma – but I think the more we talk about it the more likely it is to be accepted as a true illness and not just batty women. It is like breast cancer – no one use to say that out loud, now no one even thinks about it. Colonoscopy used to be a secret word, now not a thought is glimmered when it is mentioned.

So yes, I ma with you – keep talking. And I am so happy you are happy and truly recovering!!

]]> By: Joyce http://queenofspainblog.com/2006/04/27/post-partum-getting-better-and-then-getting-angry/comment-page-1/#comment-2885 Joyce Thu, 27 Apr 2006 12:49:00 +0000 http://queenofspainblog.com/2006/04/27/post-partum-getting-better-and-then-getting-angry/#comment-2885 If you ever find resolution to the question of shame with regard to mental health issues, please let me know. When I'm doing ok, I can get on a soapbox about how its just like a diabetic treating her illness, but when I'm struggling, I can't be bold at all, I just want to curl up and cry and ask for permission and affirmation for being on meds. If you ever find resolution to the question of shame with regard to mental health issues, please let me know. When I’m doing ok, I can get on a soapbox about how its just like a diabetic treating her illness, but when I’m struggling, I can’t be bold at all, I just want to curl up and cry and ask for permission and affirmation for being on meds.

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