[Christa]

I don't know what to do. I dont have interest in my baby. He is so cute and sweet, but I dont want to hold him and I seem very jeaous that my husband likes him much more than me now. Im bipolar with an anxiety disorder and now all I do is cry and feel sorry for myself and get upset. I dont know how normal this can possibly be but I feel like a jerk, but still cant help it. I dont want to not care, yet I just dont care about anything anymore. Nothing makes me happy anymore. And my anxiety has shot through the roof. I dont want to take anymore medicines, Im on so many already. I dont want to be locked up in some hospital knowing my problems will still be there when I return home. I dont know what to do. My husband seems fet up with me too.
Im on medicine for anxiety and bipolar and depression. I cannot possibly take more medicine...

[willy wom bat]

have you try seeking medical help. with the right medication you should be fine.

[jerry]

There is a fairly high probability of an interaction between your medications, so check this possibility out via the interactions check functions at www.drugs.com and http://iguard.org

Postpartum depression, anxiety, and bipolar disorder are addressed at http://your-mental-health.weebly.com/1.html and pages 3, b, c, and i.

Consult a naturopath about postpartum depression, and consider taking NATURAL replacement hormones. I suggest that you adopt the core treatments for depression, and anxiety. It would have helped to know which medications you are using, but my general advice is to maintain antipsychotics, and mood stabilisers, at least, for the present, and consider weaning off others in accordance with http://theroadback.org/workbook.htm but unless you have been using antidepressants without triggering mania/hypomania, avoid St. John's wort. Otherwise, give it, or one of the OTHER supplements a tryout, once nearly weaned off.

There are things you need to know about the wort, though, so check out the websites on it on page b at Weebly, if considering using it. Later, after the postpartum depression has been effectively treated, you may wish to try the alternative treatments for bipolar disorder.

[Chrona]

Hey... Victoria here, maybe my personal story can give you some solace...


a lil about me- about a year after my husband left me and my daughter died about 5 years ago.. I was at a very difficult point in my life, and was ultimately diagnosed with depression, severe anxiety, and panic disorder. I would say that i've always for the most part been a little depressed and had some degree of anxiety, but this just completely tipped the scale. I remember there were days on end I would just lie in bed, and whenever I would be in a social environment my anxiety would go through the roof and I would often have panic attacks. Therapy never seemed to be effective for me, and my psych put me on damn near every med out there. I've been on everything from wellbutrin to paxil, zoloft, prozac, lexapro, celexa, buspar, valium, klonopin, xanax.. etc. Sometimes 2-3 different ones in combo at the same time. Nothing really seemed to work for me. With the exception of some of the benzos (klono./xanax) .. these worked well for a little while, but I grew tolerance quickly, and became highly addicted.

Then one day while researching online i came across this reputable looking website http://www.anxiety.pcti-system.com .. which talked about this program to eliminate your anxiety for good, all naturally. Long story short, I wound up signing up to try it and the program worked amazing.. Not only do I no longer have panic attacks and anxiety gone, but my depression has also seemed to dissipate a little. And I'm currently starting to slowly ween off the meds I'm on. >>>>

I would personally say that possibly the biggest driving factor in all this is OCD. I think obsessing and constantly having your thoughts focused on your own condition and constantly analyzing your own thoughts/actions plays a very significant role in the persistence of our ails. Almost like the condition is a small lit fire, and OCD is the fuel that keeps it consistently burning... Also, I've come to the conclusion that meds are generally a unhealthy short term cure that only semi-treats the symptoms, and never the cause. Hope I was of some help!