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Post by annag on Feb 2, 2005 13:41:21 GMT
and I thought that was my poor circulation the numbness oh well.
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Post by francoise on Feb 2, 2005 19:03:55 GMT
i did to anna , just goes to show eh , the dizziness must be that aswell think and the not sleeping well would afect alot aswell like our eyesight and emotional state to, yeah its alot of things when you start listing them isnt it fran
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Post by cokey on Feb 4, 2005 13:14:34 GMT
Fran
You are right. I went to docs yesterday about the headaches. I had convinced myself I had something bad but she said it is just the interrupted sleep patterns associated with the depression. She gave me some pills but said they will go when I start sleeping better.
Ho-hum!
Cokey xxx
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Post by AnnaC on Feb 11, 2005 17:37:17 GMT
Hi
Have just found this site and after reading all the physical symptoms you have all felt, I feel slightly relieved. My son is now 9months and I've suffered from PND since he was about 2months. I've had various tests done and my eyes checked out as I thought I was losing my sight! I have been through a phase of feeling much better and had convinced myself it was gone but over the past week I've began to feel lousy again. Is this normal? My baby now has chicken pox and the whole family have been ill every week for the past month or so. Does anybody suffer from overwhelming weakness especially on the left side, which I feel a lot? I've had trouble with my hands and all my neck and back muscles too, is it still PND or hormonal changes? My periods are a lot worse since having the baby too, this is my second child, I had none of this with my first although he is nearly 8. Can anyone offer some advice?
Thanks
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Post by Veritee on Feb 11, 2005 18:46:02 GMT
Dear Anna C I am so glad that what we said about our symptoms helped you - thats what they are there for. Of course we post them to start with to get support for ourselfves and find out if anyone else has felt like this also, but I guess we leave our posts on here in the hope they will be usefull to others. It does seem to be part of PNI to go up and down, ie as you get better to have a few days weeks or even months when you feel 'normal' again, and then plunge backinto the deapths of despair, but while this may seem odd it is often a sign thst you are on your way to recovery - see a thread at veritee.proboards7.com/index.cgi?board=General&action=display&n=1&thread=4163also see: veritee.proboards7.com/index.cgi?board=life&action=display&n=1&thread=2715Please stick around and look at the other threads and posts. The Post natal Illness/depression section often has things said about physical symptoms and you are welcome to start a thread there or hear about your own most worrying symptoms and anything else yu may want to disscuss - or indeed to reply to others. Welcome to the forum All the best Veritee
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Post by rach on Feb 11, 2005 22:19:41 GMT
hi guys
sorry to hear that so many people are suffering i to have suffered the palpatations,bad sweats feer of illness for m and my boy ethan also fear of accidents i felt everywhere i went there was serious hazards from tescos ( thinking shelves might colapse) to cafes (scolds) to even walks (abductions) i would have severe nightmares most very violent, sleep walk crying during sleep and the feeling of be paralised during sleep where my husband would have to physically move me to stop sufocation, however i can now advise that most have gone i still have the occasional day but life is on the up,i too suffered terible guilt at having pnd as my husband tony and i were trying for a baby for 4 years before ethan we were finally advised that it was unlikely to happen natrally and that we should consider ivf we were put on the nhs waiting list and had been advised that in the durham area the waiting list is approx 5 years, we moved house but a new car and cream carpets and then 2 days later in the infertility clinic whilst having a scan for a ovarion cyst they discovered i was 2 weeks approx preg, i spent so long telling myself that having been through this we should be greatful not depressed and it took me even longer to realise that being depressed did not mean that i was not a bad mother and person
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Post by francoise on Feb 17, 2005 1:19:06 GMT
hi rach
i had the one where the shelves would come down at the shops and one of my worst i get all the time is when i take the bab out and a dog attacks him n i kick th dog but i cant gret him off the baby , i hate it and i dread it and where a car or lorry comes off the road onto the path and runs the pushchair over
u know rach we were trying for eight years for leon and he was one of twins to altho it was early on the one went but it was my desperation that saw it through to the end , i feel like i should be realy happy and not a miserable mixed up cow and the gult i bear to is huge but then we have an ilness , its not that we dont want what we have but its like we just have an illness that makes us feel scared of losing what we have , its not us that did it , if anything its right that we all seem to have made major deals out of having children as when i had my first two i wasnt trying and i wasnt happy or unhappy at being pregnant , it was different with leon , like i said i was desperate
anyway hun i got teh sweats terrible and the heart missing beats or doing to many beats , its crap but hey they say we recover so lets hope its true eh , it seems the case anyway
take care sweetheart love fran x
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Post by rach on Feb 18, 2005 21:59:23 GMT
hi fran your right sorry to hear of your grief.
Reading through all of the boards you have seem to be a very helpful and thoughtful person,it means so much to know that your not alone, and i am soooooo pleased to have the opp to chat to you. i hope your well and that your family and friends apprieate you!!! luv rachel
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Post by francoise on Feb 19, 2005 13:56:48 GMT
thanks rach /sorry i missed this post as i must admit i go straight to the main page usually ,,thanks , im glad u have been reading threads , i do have good mates on here , all of them i think i count as mates without a doubt , im glad you have found us to , you seem to share my sense of humour
love fran x
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Post by Monica on Feb 27, 2005 22:23:36 GMT
I've found this section about physical symptoms so useful and reassuring. so useful. I have two boys aged 5 and 8 months and have had PND for about 4 months. I think I was exhausted and found it frustrating not being able to do what I wanted to do. AFter one particularly exhausting week, I devloped this sensation of pressure behind my right eye and a blood vessel burst, which quicklly cleared up. However, I still have this pressure sensation on and off and double vision, sometimes blurred vision.
I started getting headaches at the back of my head. The vision thing got worse, to the point that I felt I couldn't drive, but everytime my eyes were examined I was told they were fine. Then I started feel spaced out all the time as if I was really deep inside my body. Other symptoms incl numb patches on my arms and legs and face which would change overnight. Feeling that my blood pressure had suddenly dropped and I'd feel weak, sick dizzy. Constant crying, feeling weird, agrophobia. Obsessed with my health and that of my family. To me, I had physical probs before feeling really down and tearful and convinced myself that I had a brain tumour. I even paid £200 to see a neurologist privately who said I was ok. I still think quite a lot that I have some brain problem as I have this pressure sensation round by eye and the double vision. I have been on anti depressants (citalopram) for about 6 weeks and feel much better. My health visitor has been good. But no one I've seen so far said anything about the physical stuff. Initially I thought I'd become depressed because of the physical probs, but probably they're all linked. so thanks again for this info. My family and friends have been great, but my partner crap. He's just not interested in helping me, reassuring me or supporting me. Has anyone else had this prob with the eyes?
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Post by wendabell on Feb 27, 2005 22:43:49 GMT
hi there monica and welcome to this site.I do hope you find us a friendly and useful bunch who can share the bad and good times in this illness. Yep i too had an enormus presure build up in my left eye felt like someone was trying to push it out fron the inside.Also the headaches were unbareable,no tablets would take them away and they would be ther constantly for days at a time and only going away for a few hours before it all started back again. All the other symptoms you describe are common to pni as you will find out once you start reading some of the threads. The main thing is that you have started on your road of recovery.You took the first step and seen a gp/hv and started medications.Dont feel bad about it,they do work slowly and you will get back to being you again.You just need a little patience with this illness. You say you have back up and support from family thats good.you partner,does he understand this illness or is he having a bad time adjusting to all this do you think. Would he be interseted in posting on here or just reading what some of the other women are going through.there is a mens section too.You could always print off some of the posts for him to read if he prefers. Its hard on our partners.My husband is a member of this site,he is still stuggling with my illness and ive had this through all three of my children so a fair while now. Feel free to post on our main board when you are ready.and hope this helps. love wendy x.x.x
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Post by monica on Feb 28, 2005 11:49:06 GMT
Thanks wendabell. I cannot describe how good it is to feel it's not just me (although I wouldn't wish this on anyone, if you see what I mean). I'm off to doctors tmorrow to get referred to the eye clinic (again), cos the double vision is annoying me. On weds I have a psychiatric nurse who specialises in PND coming over, so I'll pass on any useful info. Bye for now!
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Post by wendabell on Feb 28, 2005 17:48:37 GMT
monica, i too had blured vision and finf it hard to concerntrate.It made reading a no go area for a while but i still drove.Dont ask how though it scared me stupid. At one point i couldnt even read a basic story to my eldest to help her with her homework. Some days i still get blured vision,but mainly now its when im really tired or having a very bad day.It does get better,i couldnt believe it a few months ago but now
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Post by francoise on Feb 28, 2005 19:07:15 GMT
u know wendy i never wore glasses before in my life until i had tleon seven months ago , my eyesight was fine before that , they were checked to , goes to show eh love fran
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Post by hanna on Jun 7, 2005 16:03:17 GMT
hi im so glad ive just red these ive been so worried about having a brain tumour ,i have a pain in my head like something pusshing down on the top of my head and also my eyes feel like there going to pop out ,and i get really dizzie to does or has anybody else exprerianced these feeliks please let me no
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