Psychosis During Pregnancy and What It Taught Me
My postpartum psychosis episode in 2008 after the birth of my first child provided me with a deep understanding of the importance of medication in my long-term recovery plan. But it was the severe psychosis I experienced during the early weeks of pregnancy with my...Postpartum Psychosis Doesn’t Equal Failing as a Mom
A few days ago, I walked into the grocery store holding hands with my three and five-year-olds. The delicate scent of baby powder overwhelmed my nostrils the second we stepped into the diaper-filled walkway of the baby aisle for pull-ups. Immediately and without...Pregnancy Registry Evaluates Impact of Antipsychotics On Infants
The MGH Center for Women’s Mental Health has a special registry for women who take atypical antipsychotic medications during pregnancy. This is a very important registry given the lack of information that exists about certain types of medications and their...Jennifer Marshall: On Coming Out Stronger After Postpartum Psychosis
Dear Mama-to-Be, I was diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder type 1 in 2006, and after two separate hospitalizations for mania, spent the entire year in the darkest depression I have ever faced. Each and every day of that year I cried. I cried for the person I thought I...
Is It Postpartum Depression or Bipolar Disorder? An Expert Weighs In
[Editor’s Note: A small segment of my readers who were initially diagnosed with postpartum depression have learned down the road that they have bipolar disorder. Other readers who have been treated for a year or more for postpartum depression but feel the...
Meet Katherine
Katherine Stone is the creator of Postpartum Progress. She is a survivor of postpartum anxiety & OCD. Follow her on Twitter at @postpartumprog or on Instagram at @katherine_stone.
Meet Katherine
Katherine Stone is the creator of Postpartum Progress. She is a survivor of postpartum anxiety & OCD. Follow her on Twitter at @postpartumprog or on Instagram at @katherine_stone.