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Post by nat1 guest on Sept 5, 2004 21:20:10 GMT
Anyone else sufferd with Puerperal Psychosis and want to chat! Please send me a message to let me know I am not the only one!!!
Take care all - Nat
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Post by yorkslass on Sept 5, 2004 21:38:49 GMT
hi nat1
I would just like to say hello and welcome and to let you know that you will not be the only woman suffering from this, there will be other women who do.
I wish i could help you more
But i am sure that if Veritee comes on she maybe able to talk a little more as she runs this site and may be able to help in some small way.
Melx
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Post by Catherine on Sept 6, 2004 9:11:56 GMT
Hi Nat, I haven't had peurperal psychosis, but I had very,very severe PND. You are not the only one Nat, I've read many women stories about PP and I have a friend who suffered from it, years ago and she has since returned to normal life, working in a top job and carrying on with as before. I was on the phone to her alot when I was ill, and she was very supportive and a great inspiration to me. I met a women at the local park who I got chatting to and it turned out she had suffered from PP also, so you are certainly not alone. Love Catherine
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Post by Annie on Sept 6, 2004 16:59:03 GMT
Can I just ask what makes PP different from severe PNI I am just interesred (and checking!)
Annie xx
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Post by Catherine on Sept 6, 2004 18:37:45 GMT
Hi Annie, When I was ill I was so low I was in what seemed like a semi dream state and was utterly exhausted most of the time and could not function normally. I was told by my family that I just wanted to sleep all the time and that was how I felt. I was having the most bizarre thoughts and fears and my vision was disturbed, my memory was totally wiped out (I forgot how to play the piano, after learning from childhood) I did not know the day of the week and my sense of self had evaporated. I have never felt like this in my life before. After reading about the 3 forms of PND, I was convinced I had puerperal psychosis, as I felt this was the worst I could ever withstand mentally. I told my psychiatrist everything that was happening to me,but he ruled PP out completely, but I kept on asking him, to make sure he knew what he was talking about!! He then told me that I had an obsessive element to the illness ( very common in PND), which explained why I was going over and over my diagnosis. I was not prescribed anti-psychotics or mood stablizers, and I was not ill until 6+ months after the birth. Also I was aware that I was ill, throughout. I was diagnosed with PND but it was not by any means a mild case. 94% of cases of PP start within the first 4 weeks. PP is the worst form of postnatal illness and I humble myself to those who have suffered this, as any women who have had to go through worse than me, are, in my eyes heroines. With PP you don't realise you are ill and lose touch with reality. It has a rapid onset and also, I believe, clears up pretty rapidly too. Check out the Royal College of Psychiatrists and the APNI for further info. Love Catherine
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Post by lindy on Apr 23, 2008 19:34:25 GMT
Hi Nat not sure if u still come on to this site but yes i to suffered with puerperal psychosis having had my second child in jan 2006. I then six months later had a relapse and ended up in phyciatric hospital so no your not the only one and if u ever wanna chat feel free!! This message also applies to any one else that wants to chat to x
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Post by winegirl on Apr 23, 2008 20:37:54 GMT
Hi Lindy
Welcome to the site x
Please feel free to post your story here and use the site in any way you wish. Thank you for you offer to talk to the ladies on here.
I am so sorry for what you have been through and please feel free to talk about it here is you ever wish to. xx
Take Care
WG xx
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Post by cheshire on Apr 24, 2008 7:51:26 GMT
Hi Lindy
Welcome to PNI ORG UK
So sorry to hear of what you have been through - I hope you feel you can use the site in any way that helps.
Hopefulx
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Post by vicky on Apr 24, 2008 18:42:56 GMT
Hi ,
I suffered puerperal psychosis followin the birth of my daughter with they symptoms starting when she was only 2 days old. I suffered hallucinations that she was a monster, heard voices and generally did everything a truly mad person would do ie trying to fly, pacing, self harm etc.
I was treated with anti psychotics, anti depressants and lithium. Once the anti psychotic medication is workign the mad bit can go quite fast but the depression can and was for me still crippling to cope with. We all moved in with my mum and dad for six months and I spent one of those months in a psychiatric unit.
My daughter is nearly two now and I am fully recovered. I still take lithium and anti depressants and have weekly psychotherapy but I am back at work and happy again.
I never imagined you could get as bad as I did and come out smiling but you can and eventually will.
Best Wishes
Vicky x
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Post by lindy on Apr 24, 2008 20:51:26 GMT
Hi vicky
good to know that although it happens to what is it i was told one in a thousand women i am not alone!! Do u ever question why it happened i do all the time!! I look back and think god why but i know i can't dewel on this. Well my story is it all ran smoothly with my son four years ago but had my daughter two years ago and wham the day after there were signs all was not well. The next day apparently (as i have not much memory of wot went on) i was taken to the doctor and diagnosed with pp. I was supported at home by the catt team etc as my husband didn't want me taken away from my son or daughter but yeah did loads of freaky things which included me thinking there was hidden camarea's in the house. I had to be sedated as didn't sleep for four days and was put on sooo many tablets i rattled!!! I gradually remember things after a week of having my daughter. I at first couldn't go out of the house unless with someone and even then for only about five minutes . anyway cutting a long story short was on the road to recovery when wham 6 months later it happened again, no warning or any thing any way this time round i ended up in epsom phyciatric (not sectioned but had to b moinitored!!) I was in four 2 weeks and then felt well enough to go home. Again it took me a long while to recover!! Possible am still not fully recovered know and not sure if i'll ever be the same person again!! I have had cbt ,councelling and still see a psyciatrist!! But belive it or not am off medication know and am leading a normal lovely life!! So for any one out there you can get through this it is a long and sometimes hugely lonely illness and i wouldn't wish it on anybody but there is hope but i know i still fear it and hope and pray it never happens to me again. It 's all to easy to say u will feel better i know i never belived i would feel happy again there was just no light at all. I sat there one day with my kids and just thought if this is my life u can have it!! However i can honestly say know if someone said would you give it all up know i say NOT IN A MILLION YEARS I love my kids and husband and life to much!!
I wish u all well and am here to chat hope i haven't bored u
Just want to help Love Lindyx
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Post by cheshire on Apr 25, 2008 7:06:40 GMT
Hi Lindy I just wanted to thank you so much for sharing your story here Hopefulx
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Post by winegirl on Apr 25, 2008 19:00:48 GMT
Hi Lindy
Thank you for shsring that with us, it really is full of hope for us all. I am so pleased it is all going ok for you now and hope things continue to get better and better for you xx
Take Care
WG xx
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Post by vicky on Apr 26, 2008 19:20:53 GMT
Hi Lindy,
Wel done for coming of the meds and being well on the way to recovery/recovered. I know what you mean about things not being the same again after I do feel I have changed a lot and I will never take my mental health for granted so in that respect I am probably not fully recovered! I do feel though that it has opened my eyes to mental illness and made me a much more sympathetic person to depression and anxiety illness than I was before.
Yes I do often think why me? but at the end of the day we have come through it and I was lucky that I had such a supportive husband and family and me and my daughter are still here today. So it doesn't do to dwell too much.
Take care
Vicky
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Post by lindy on Apr 27, 2008 12:58:37 GMT
hey all!!
Not sure about well done for being off meds as had such a crap week last week!! I thought i may have to revert back !! I'm loads better but still have such low times does this happen to any one else?? I know i'm not in the same place i was when phycotic and i'm not in that lonely dark place any more but i can sometimes feel like i'm such a shit mum etc. I also worry alot that this illness has changed me so much my husband a friends don't like / love me anymore. I also really struggle to make new friends as my convidence isn't what it was. Does any one else feel this or am i just being stupid?? I do try not to worry about all this silly stuff as i know it's not worth it.... But sometimes i can't help it and this is probably the best way for me to do it as when i talk to family, husband or friends i think they will worry i'm going backwards.
Sorrry to off load
Lindy x
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Post by winegirl on Apr 27, 2008 13:37:01 GMT
Hi Lindy
Offload all you like hun! That is what we are here for x
Yes I still feel like I will never be me again, and my husband doesnt like the me that PNI has made me. My confidence has also dropped dramatically too. But there have been some good changes too.
I am more tolerant of people now, and more sensitive towards others too. I know to look after myself more and not push myself unneccessarily.
You are not alone hun, I guess getting there just takes longer than we all thought!
W G x
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