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dereckfishboy
10-18-2006, 12:05 PM
My girlfriend is apparently bipolar, which surfaced as a result of Post-Partum depression. I've been doing research on it, but most of what I'm finding is more the medical facts behind it. I'm just not finding much on people's actual experiences and how they deal with it. I'm not sure how many people have gone through this or had a spouse go through it, but if anyone had anything they could share on it, I'd appreciate it so much. <br />
Tall_James
10-18-2006, 12:41 PM
<p>We didn't realize it at the time but my wife went through it after the birth of our first child. Talk about having to walk on eggshells all the time - nothing I did was right. According to her, I never helped with the baby, never did anything to help her around the house, never did anything right. After a while she had me believing it too but in retrospect, I was a heavily involved in caring for the baby in the first few months. It was the Post-partum causing her to lash out at me. </p><p>It was a bad time. Please please please, convince your lady to see her OB/Gyn about this. Meds help. I wish my wife had taken them.</p>
dereckfishboy
10-18-2006, 12:53 PM
<p>Yeah, that sounds pretty damn close to what my girl is going through. She's angry all the time and doesn't know why, and since she's so confused as to why, she seems to blame it on me, the kids, anything she can to make sense of why she feels this way.<br /><br /> </p>
Tall_James
10-18-2006, 01:01 PM
<p>I feel for you pal. Its hell on the woman and hell on the people around her.</p><p>Scientologists would steer you away from drugs but fuck Scientologists. Convince her to get meds. There is no shame in it. </p>
dereckfishboy
10-18-2006, 02:27 PM
<p> </p><strong>Tall_James</strong> wrote:<br /><p>I feel for you pal. Its hell on the woman and hell on the people around her.</p><p>Scientologists would steer you away from drugs but fuck Scientologists. Convince her to get meds. There is no shame in it. </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Yeah, everything I've read online says meds are the only real way to treat it. </p>
TheMojoPin
10-18-2006, 02:36 PM
<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_Yates" target="_blank">It was a very, VERY extreme case enhanced by other mental problems, but remember Andrea Yates?</a></p><p>Post-partum depression is very real and can be VERY serious, especially with women who have pre-existing psychological/emotional disorders/conditions. If she's bi-polar, odds are she needs to be medicated to help her through this. I'd reccomend getting multiple doctors' opinions, too.</p>
<p>Dereck, I agree completely with Tall James. Get your chick to a doctor pronto, and help her realize medication is not a "cop out" or a sign of weakness. If she's really bi-polar, it's the only way to keep it in check. </p><p>I had a girlfriend who suffered from bi-polar disorder and she put me through hell on earth. She never told me, but when I did some investigating of her symptoms and irrational behavior it was easy to make the diagnosis. When I told her what I had read, she confessed that she had been diagnosed with the illness by several doctors but she felt taking medication was the easy way out and was convinced she could work her way out of the illness. It just doesn't work that way, unfortunately. </p><p>A book that helped me understand her a lot more was called, appropriately enough, "Loving Someone With Bipolar Disorder." If she's not willing to get help, though, nothing is going to make your situation any better. </p><p> </p><p><img border="0" src="http://ec3.images-amazon.com/images/P/1572243422.01._AA240_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" /></p><p> </p><p> </p>
dereckfishboy
10-18-2006, 02:45 PM
<p> </p><strong>TheMojoPin</strong> wrote:<br /><p><a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_Yates">It was a very, VERY extreme case enhanced by other mental problems, but remember Andrea Yates?</a></p><p>Post-partum depression is very real and can be VERY serious, especially with women who have pre-existing psychological/emotional disorders/conditions. If she's bi-polar, odds are she needs to be medicated to help her through this. I'd reccomend getting multiple doctors' opinions, too.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Yeah, I think I'm safe there.</p><p><br />I was asking her a bunch of questions and the best way that I could get her to describe it to me, she feels emotionally numb. Like all the emotions are still there, but they're buried underneath a mountain of white noise.<br /></p>
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Bulldogcakes
10-18-2006, 05:29 PM
<p>Ditto to what everyone here said, I'll just add this. </p><p>Is she getting enough sleep? Newborns are known to keep you up nights, and people with tendencies toward mental illness find symptoms get worse if they're not sleeping well. </p><p>When people are admitted into a mental institution, they get interviewed. The first question they get asked is "Are you sleeping well?" </p>
Bulldogcakes
10-18-2006, 05:32 PM
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