Anyone been prescribed Zoloft for PPD?
My son is 5 weeks old and I've been feeling really down almost the entire time he has been in this world. It's just him and me all day starting from when he wakes up about 4am unless my mom comes over for an hour until my boyfriend gets off work at 6pm. I've stopped asking my bf to get up a little earlier to help me...
For a while, I was wishing that I hadn't ever had him but those thoughts are gone. Every once in a while I'll start feeling like the selfish 21 year old that I am that misses out on partying or going out whenever I want but I don't regret my baby anymore. We had one really bad day when he was like 2 weeks old and I'm very ashamed of what I said to him. That's when I realized that I probably had a problem.
I always snap at my boyfriend and I've really been treating him like crap. I'll say that he wasn't the best of boyfriends while I was pregnant (talking to other girls inappropriately and cheating on me, just treating me like poo for almost half of my pregnancy) and I still have a lot of anger towards him because of that. He told me the other night that he'd been contemplating wether or not we should stay together because of how I've been acting. We had a really long talk and I thought it was better but I ended up doing the same things again.
I just feel overwhelmed, down, and like living day to day is the world's hardest task.
I finally called my doctor's office and talked to the nurse and she made me feel a lot better. She said my doc would probably call in Zoloft for me. I thought I could shake this feeling without going on medication but I don't think I can. I really hope that after being on this medication will help me feel better.
For a while, I was wishing that I hadn't ever had him but those thoughts are gone. Every once in a while I'll start feeling like the selfish 21 year old that I am that misses out on partying or going out whenever I want but I don't regret my baby anymore. We had one really bad day when he was like 2 weeks old and I'm very ashamed of what I said to him. That's when I realized that I probably had a problem.
I always snap at my boyfriend and I've really been treating him like crap. I'll say that he wasn't the best of boyfriends while I was pregnant (talking to other girls inappropriately and cheating on me, just treating me like poo for almost half of my pregnancy) and I still have a lot of anger towards him because of that. He told me the other night that he'd been contemplating wether or not we should stay together because of how I've been acting. We had a really long talk and I thought it was better but I ended up doing the same things again.
I just feel overwhelmed, down, and like living day to day is the world's hardest task.
I finally called my doctor's office and talked to the nurse and she made me feel a lot better. She said my doc would probably call in Zoloft for me. I thought I could shake this feeling without going on medication but I don't think I can. I really hope that after being on this medication will help me feel better.
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& bump hope you find your answer.
My sister was also prescribed it and she said it helped her. She was going through a bad stage of depression
this happens, generally at no fault of our own. it is very common with csections, which i had, and has grown in numbers of diagnosed cases over the years bc many more women are speaking up, whereas 10 yrs ago people believed if you had ppd, you were an unloving and unstable mother.
good luck keep us posted on your progress and i will do the same!
your ob/gyn can help you or the nearest womens clinic usually help.
I read about it online, males you feel like you have anxiety the first couple weels. So i decided to start taking it before bed. It was ok, i woke uup shskey and sweaty. But not to bad. One night, i took it atvthe ssame time, but wasnt able to go to bed yet. I felt anxiety, it scared me. Sobi stopped taking it
it will also take a week-3 weeks for it to fully be effective and for your body to fully adjust to the meds within the treatment.
again good luck
I take mine at night because one of the side effects is drowsiness and it does, in fact, make me quite sleepy.
I have been on it since 2 weeks pp. Winthin a week I was already starting to feel better. Your story reads as if I wrote it about me. Its been 12 weeks since I was on it and I am soooooooooooo much better and able to enjoy being a mom and have fun with my lo. Sometimes it is hard to see how things can be better when you feel so down, but they can and will get better! Take the meds for the babys sake and your own :-) you're doing awesome already by recognizing the issue. In two weeks you'll be amazed at how far you've come.