Comments for Postpartum Progress http://postpartumprogress.com postpartum depression help and hope Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:27:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Antidepressants vs. The Placebo Effect: Whether SSRIs Really Work by Eileen Z. Wolter http://postpartumprogress.com/antidepressants-vs-the-placebo-effect-whether-ssris-really-work#comment-9608 Eileen Z. Wolter Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:27:47 +0000 http://postpartumprogress.com/?p=9654#comment-9608 If its only a placebo affect, someone sure is making a lot of money off them...and what about the side effects? And in case, I'm glad whatever I'm taking is available to me as no doubt are my sons and husband. If its only a placebo affect, someone sure is making a lot of money off them…and what about the side effects? And in case, I’m glad whatever I’m taking is available to me as no doubt are my sons and husband.

]]> Comment on Antidepressants vs. The Placebo Effect: Whether SSRIs Really Work by Katherine Stone http://postpartumprogress.com/antidepressants-vs-the-placebo-effect-whether-ssris-really-work#comment-9607 Katherine Stone Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:47:13 +0000 http://postpartumprogress.com/?p=9654#comment-9607 Lucy, You're right. It would be better if we had more pro-parent policies in the US. It wouldn't solve all of our problems, or prevent postpartum depression outright, but it could certainly help. - K Lucy,
You’re right. It would be better if we had more pro-parent policies in the US. It wouldn’t solve all of our problems, or prevent postpartum depression outright, but it could certainly help.
- K

]]> Comment on Antidepressants vs. The Placebo Effect: Whether SSRIs Really Work by Katherine Stone http://postpartumprogress.com/antidepressants-vs-the-placebo-effect-whether-ssris-really-work#comment-9606 Katherine Stone Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:45:36 +0000 http://postpartumprogress.com/?p=9654#comment-9606 Maura, I'm with you. Wouldn't it be nice if more attention and support was the standard of care? I think this says something about the docs who whip out a prescription with little to no patient education and no followup and monitoring. That's not okay. -- Katherine Maura,
I’m with you. Wouldn’t it be nice if more attention and support was the standard of care?

I think this says something about the docs who whip out a prescription with little to no patient education and no followup and monitoring. That’s not okay.

– Katherine

]]> Comment on Antidepressants vs. The Placebo Effect: Whether SSRIs Really Work by Katherine Stone http://postpartumprogress.com/antidepressants-vs-the-placebo-effect-whether-ssris-really-work#comment-9605 Katherine Stone Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:43:49 +0000 http://postpartumprogress.com/?p=9654#comment-9605 Kris, I hope you and ALL of my readers know that if something like that happens -- you see or read something about postpartum depression or anxiety and its causes or symptoms or treatments that upsets or confuses you -- you can always send me an email and asked me to look into it and write about it for you. That's why I'm here! - Katherine Kris, I hope you and ALL of my readers know that if something like that happens — you see or read something about postpartum depression or anxiety and its causes or symptoms or treatments that upsets or confuses you — you can always send me an email and asked me to look into it and write about it for you. That’s why I’m here!
- Katherine

]]> Comment on Postpartum Depression Survivor Series, Day 5: Coming Together Around A New Baby by Alicia http://postpartumprogress.com/postpartum-depression-survivor-series-day-5-coming-together-around-a-new-baby#comment-9604 Alicia Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:32:34 +0000 http://postpartumprogress.com/?p=9628#comment-9604 We are thinking about having another child (#4!) after having antenatal and PPD and anxiety. Partially because I want one more baby and also to help finish off my healing. I don't want that fear of what ifs to haunt me. I am trying to figure out my plan and to prepare as best I can for the possibility that PPD/A will come back. I'm curious about the medication part. I had never taken anti-depressants previous to my 3rd pregnancy and I was terrified to do so... it took me 8 months post partum to finally take them after my last pregnancy. I'm still terrified to take meds during pregnancy but not as much after pregnancy. It seems as if all you moms took medication, even as a precautionary measure?? Did any of you end up not having to take it with the last pregnancy? I would like to avoid it if possible but I also want to do everything I can to avoid PPD/A. Also, how do we join the PPD chat army? I think that would so wonderful to have that support. Thank you so much for this series! It has been wonderful to see that you can survive subsequent pregnancies. It has been very informative and helpful. We are thinking about having another child (#4!) after having antenatal and PPD and anxiety. Partially because I want one more baby and also to help finish off my healing. I don’t want that fear of what ifs to haunt me. I am trying to figure out my plan and to prepare as best I can for the possibility that PPD/A will come back.
I’m curious about the medication part. I had never taken anti-depressants previous to my 3rd pregnancy and I was terrified to do so… it took me 8 months post partum to finally take them after my last pregnancy. I’m still terrified to take meds during pregnancy but not as much after pregnancy. It seems as if all you moms took medication, even as a precautionary measure?? Did any of you end up not having to take it with the last pregnancy? I would like to avoid it if possible but I also want to do everything I can to avoid PPD/A.

Also, how do we join the PPD chat army? I think that would so wonderful to have that support.

Thank you so much for this series! It has been wonderful to see that you can survive subsequent pregnancies. It has been very informative and helpful.

]]> Comment on Antidepressants vs. The Placebo Effect: Whether SSRIs Really Work by Lucy http://postpartumprogress.com/antidepressants-vs-the-placebo-effect-whether-ssris-really-work#comment-9603 Lucy Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:58:35 +0000 http://postpartumprogress.com/?p=9654#comment-9603 But doesn't that say something so sad about the state of community. I would have still needed an antidepressant to get through want I went through, but I know I would have felt better if I'd a community of people who cared around me after my son was born. Instead I'm in a foreign country half a world away from my family and my best friends with a husband who was unable to cope and where most women return to work 6-12 weeks after having their babies. This, plus the latest parenting book hubub over 'Bringing Up Bebe' got me thinking; what would it be like if the United States had 12 months of paid maternity leave? What if women had options to work part time without losing their health insurance or their place on the ladder? What would it be like if, when I went to the playground there was another mother there? Community doesn't solve everything, just as antidepressants don't solve every aspect of depression, but working in combination motherhood might just be a little easier. But doesn’t that say something so sad about the state of community. I would have still needed an antidepressant to get through want I went through, but I know I would have felt better if I’d a community of people who cared around me after my son was born. Instead I’m in a foreign country half a world away from my family and my best friends with a husband who was unable to cope and where most women return to work 6-12 weeks after having their babies.

This, plus the latest parenting book hubub over ‘Bringing Up Bebe’ got me thinking; what would it be like if the United States had 12 months of paid maternity leave? What if women had options to work part time without losing their health insurance or their place on the ladder? What would it be like if, when I went to the playground there was another mother there?

Community doesn’t solve everything, just as antidepressants don’t solve every aspect of depression, but working in combination motherhood might just be a little easier.

]]> Comment on Antidepressants vs. The Placebo Effect: Whether SSRIs Really Work by Maura http://postpartumprogress.com/antidepressants-vs-the-placebo-effect-whether-ssris-really-work#comment-9602 Maura Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:46:12 +0000 http://postpartumprogress.com/?p=9654#comment-9602 Reading this makes me wish I was in a trial study while I was spending months and months in the depths of dispair trying to find the right med that worked for me. I wish I had ppl checking up on me everyday, b/c if I did, then maybe it wouldn't have taken so long to find the right fit. But I know without a shadow of a doubt, that the SSRI saved my life, and if I was given a placebo, then I may not be here anymore! Reading this makes me wish I was in a trial study while I was spending months and months in the depths of dispair trying to find the right med that worked for me. I wish I had ppl checking up on me everyday, b/c if I did, then maybe it wouldn’t have taken so long to find the right fit.
But I know without a shadow of a doubt, that the SSRI saved my life, and if I was given a placebo, then I may not be here anymore!

]]> Comment on Antidepressants vs. The Placebo Effect: Whether SSRIs Really Work by Kris http://postpartumprogress.com/antidepressants-vs-the-placebo-effect-whether-ssris-really-work#comment-9601 Kris Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:35:59 +0000 http://postpartumprogress.com/?p=9654#comment-9601 Katherine, I feel like you have the gift of reading a postpartum woman's mind.... I too watched 60minutes and was in tears after the segment. I wanted to throw my pills away and start over- it's been on my mind all week- My poor husband was totally confused and had no idea what to tell me......THANK YOU for this piece, I am now more informed and feel better continuing my treatment with medication. I feel like every time I'm on your site I get the answer to one of the many questions that swirl in my mind about PPD! What a wonderful site you've created:-) Kris Katherine,
I feel like you have the gift of reading a postpartum woman’s mind…. I too watched 60minutes and was in tears after the segment. I wanted to throw my pills away and start over- it’s been on my mind all week- My poor husband was totally confused and had no idea what to tell me……THANK YOU for this piece, I am now more informed and feel better continuing my treatment with medication. I feel like every time I’m on your site I get the answer to one of the many questions that swirl in my mind about PPD!
What a wonderful site you’ve created:-)
Kris

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