What do you as a mother yourself think about others who suffer from PPD? If you did not suffer from PDD do you know a friend who has, and have you tried to understand or support them? Do you feel they are crazy? What do you think PPD is??
Quoting MamaSince2005:
Oh that's scary. I've been that way before but it wasn't because of ppd.
Quoting shortyali:
I would say that's normal. I would be driving to work and think to myself that everything would be better if I just wrapped my car around a tree, I didn't care if I showered or got dressed for that day. When my DS would cry I wanted to chuck him across the room or shake the crap out of him. It wasn't pretty.
Quoting MamaSince2005:
Idk if I have ever suffered from ppd. But I do know after having my babies, I'm very emotional and cry a lot for like 3 days afterwards. I'm guessing that's due to the sudden hormone change. Is that ppd or normal for every body?
Both my sister and SIL have had PPD. Sister handled it through medication, and let everyone help her, she is doing fine now. SIL was a brute, threatened to drop her baby off the balcony; but she was a lunatic before pregnancy, and she is still horrible.
I think this statement is a little judgmental. While meds are not always the answer, some of these cases being discussed are severe. So, a woman wanting to "chuck" her kiddo across the room should do deep breathing techniques? Sometimes people need more help than that.
Quoting mrs_smiph:I think it can and should be cured/treated holistically but some people are too lazy to do that. Most would rather take their chances on a pill then wonder why they have so many horrible side-effects.
I don't htink anything baout it. I have had it. I wouldn't wish that on anyone. It was horrible.
Holistic medicine is not "breathing techniques," Love. It's medicines derived from nature (plants) -- as opposed to synthetic chemicals which tend to make things worse. The average American lives in such a state of malnutrition that it's no wonder we have the issues we have.
Quoting trilliandent42:I think this statement is a little judgmental. While meds are not always the answer, some of these cases being discussed are severe. So, a woman wanting to "chuck" her kiddo across the room should do deep breathing techniques? Sometimes people need more help than that.
Quoting mrs_smiph:I think it can and should be cured/treated holistically but some people are too lazy to do that. Most would rather take their chances on a pill then wonder why they have so many horrible side-effects.
I had PPD after baby #2 .. for that reason I am getting on something right away after I have this one. It was never a feeling of wanting to hurt my child, it was more of a lack of control and feeling very desperate. I knew that when I had taken a few trips (like to the grocery store) and that even just being away didn't help me relax that I needed some kind of help until my hormones evened back out.. Usually if I'm having a bad day with the kiddos once I get in the car I feel a weight lifted off.. when I never felt the weight lift off I knew something was wrong..
Quoting mrs_smiph:I think it can and should be cured/treated holistically but some people are too lazy to do that. Most would rather take their chances on a pill then wonder why they have so many horrible side-effects.
I feel very sorry for anyone that has it. I had it with my first and second. With my second it was the worst.
So sick and nausea right now....my cousin and best friend are in Moore Oklahoma and no one can get a hold of them...
- staciepi
on Sep. 6, 2012 at 12:11 AM