I was very pleased to be able to meet Heather Turgeon, MFT,at the Postpartum Support International annualconference this summer. Heather just wrote a piece on her Science of Kids column at Babble.com on postpartum OCD, an illness for which I have a special place in my heart.
This is a very well-written piece that explores what postpartumobsessive-compulsive disorderis like and how it's different from postpartum psychosis. Go check it out.
P.S. I'm especially excited that one of the people she interviewed for the piece is Dr. Merrill Sparago, awesome psychiatrist and all-around great guy!
I read that article and currently have PP/OCD. the first comment on that article says that PP/OCD and PPP can co exhist together. Well, that got me a bit worried…..as I am experiencing at almost 9 months a resurgence and i'm a bit wary now. is this true?
I have just had my fourth child and Im experiencing a major exacerbation of my OCD symptoms. I have been on Prozac for a few years after trying many other antidepressents. Prior to giving birth I was on 40mg/day and feeling great, so great that sometimes I would forget to take it. Since the baby has gotten here though I have gone downhill. My Prozac was increased to 60mg/day and it seemed to be working and I was feeling normal again but the last four days I can't seem to stop my obsessive thoughts. I have been on the 60mg for 3wks and I'm getting scared that the meds aren't working and they never will and I'll be in a constant state of worry for the rest of my life. I feel very hopeless and was wondering if anyone else has gone through something similar and how much longer is this gonna take or should I give up the Prozac and try something else? I'm also taking xanax .5mg for the anxiety.
i am so scared i have been goin to threapy for ppocdbut she is snooty and rude to me i first realized what it was when i talked to a dr bout it he said it will go away with help so i have been going and i was fine for like 2 weeks but then i had a bad thought and it threw me to a worse depression i just dont no why i cant just shake it off it kills me everyday and i just want to die and be done with it… i was fine until someone told me because i was sexually abused alot as a kid that means im goin to do it so i snapped and now i get thease obbsessive thoughts, worries and stuff that im goin to do it and it makes me so ill i get sick i get so uncomfy i dont want to b around any one not even me i no im not like that never was but oh my gosh i cant shake it and i hate it cuz im so afraid that omg what if i give in and then i get so mad and sick puke idk what to do my thearapist says im improving that your goin to have a few bad thoughts but man i want to die i love my baby so much i dont want to hurt him at all and i feel like the worst sickest momma in the world
Hi there, I don’t think the link is correct anymore in this post. I have tried to click a couple of times to read the article, and i get directed to an article about anxiety during the holidays. thanks!
Jessie, unfortunately Babble changed a bunch of its links. Try this: http://www.babble.com/baby/postpartum-ocd-symptoms-anxiety-depression/