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pnd
Apr 5, 2003 9:52:03 GMT
Post by Jenny on Apr 5, 2003 9:52:03 GMT
Hi Verity
I hope you can offer me some advice.I had b/g twins five months ago i started having bad thoughts and feeling down.My doctor put me on lustral.I had a lapse of forgetting to take them and the thoughts have come back.I,m disgusted with myself as i find my head saying i hope something hjappens to my babies.Of course i don,t i love them so much.How can i stop these awful thoughts?
Jenny
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pnd
Apr 7, 2003 12:41:39 GMT
Post by Julianne on Apr 7, 2003 12:41:39 GMT
Hi Jenny
I too have b/g twins and it is very hard work. I was diagnosed with pnd when they were 6 weeks old (they're now 7mths) I was like you having bad thoughts . I know what it's like to have thoughts you can't control. It's the worst feeling in the world. I felt and still sometimes do feel like a monster. It's only the constant reassurance of my husband that I'm not keeps me going. It still happens daily but not as much as it did. At first it was constant which was very frighetning. I've taken up a new hobby so that I have something else to think about, it has really helped me. I also find that it's worse if I'm just sitting round the house, so I try to get out, even if it's just for a walk.
Good luck
Julianne
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pnd
Apr 8, 2003 13:31:41 GMT
Post by jenny on Apr 8, 2003 13:31:41 GMT
Thank,s for your reply Julianne,i,m glad i,m not alone it is awful.I will have to try and find a hobbie.Thank,s for the advice.
Love Jenny
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pnd
Apr 9, 2003 7:03:23 GMT
Post by Elaine on Apr 9, 2003 7:03:23 GMT
Dear Jenny
I was diagnosed with PMD when my little girls was 6 weeks old. I too got those awful thoughts (still do sometimes) and I agree with you it is very frightening. You have this beautiful child (in your case two) and you feel so dreadful. I just keep telling myself that it nothing to do with me but is down to the illness and it will go. I am much better than when I was first diagnosed so I know I am getting there. PND does take quite a while to go and I think you go through different stages as it progesses. The good days do start to out number the bad ones and you do start to see a light at the end of the tunnel - I promise. You are doing really well and I think talking to people is very helpful as it makes you realise you are not a monster but just a poorly scrap!! and remember you have two so you are doing a great job!
Take care and hope you are feeling okay today.
Elaine
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