psychosis??

[booboo]

hi,
about a week after the birth i had these thoughts that my baby was possesed, i mustnt have really believed it because i didnt tell anyone or avoid the baby or anything, but i kept thinking he was stood behind me n i thought that he could walk. I got scared when he made strange noises, i think this only lasted for about a week, i didnt know what it was until i was recently reading about post natal psychosis, and thought that might have been what it was?? when i think back to it it seems like a big blur. i have had pni since about 2weeks after the birth...

[HintOfSunshine]

Hi Boohoo,

Sorry, not going to be much help here but here’re my thoughts. It does sound familiar but in my experience, PP was very dramatic and pretty instant. It was a total mental meltdown within 4 days of the birth and was unmissable and unmistakeable so I’m not sure if sounds like PP, I’m certainly no expert though!!

Take care, all the best,
Love Axx

[winegirl]

Hi Booboo

The beain is so complex and can play such nasty tricks on us. As part of my PNI, at the beginning, there were times at night I would wake my husband to tell him there was a man standing over the bed with a gun. Obviously there wasnt and my husband really thought I had lost it. But it didnt last long and has never been a problem since. I do not believe that I suffered any form of psychosis, but that i was having some sort of breakdown and this was just one symptom of it.

But like I said it did not last long at all. HOWEVER, had it continued I would have sought help for it.

I always say that if you have any doubts to talk to the proffessionals about this. 90% of the time they put your mind at ease.

WG x