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I need your help lovelies. I’m in a right pickle. I have been struggling with mood changes since I was 16/17 year old but I seem to get worse randomly. I suddenly snap from happy to sad, happy to angry then happy to suicidal. I have very high periods of being happy, where nothing can [...]
As a child I grew up in a very unhappy home my stepfather was abusive some physical but mainly verbal. By the time I was a teen I was anorexic, cutting myself and obsessed with death. When I was 13 I made my first suicide attempt taking over the counter meds, all that happened was [...]
Hi, I have been advised by my health visitor to go to the doctors but I am scared of antidepressants as I have been on them before and they never helped. Also I don’t want Social Services involved with my kids. I am at a really low point in my life and my low moods and I constantly [...]
Postnatal depression affects so many new mothers and the reason many fear postnatal depression treatment is that it means they firstly have to accept that they are struggling and secondly they fear the outcome. What happens if they speak out? Is asking for postnatal depression treatment a sign of failure? Of course it is not, [...]
Sex helps depression we are now being told, semen as we know is full of wonderful substances. OK it really is good for you, I am not joking. Semen contains mood changing chemicals, so we are being advised to have sex. Sex Is Good For Depression – Semen Is An Antidepressant Now don’t get me [...]
Postnatal depression didn’t exist as far as my partner was concerned, I am so thankful that I never listened to him and I took the antidepressants that were prescribed to me, as they not only made me a happier person, they made me a better mother to my baby. My Postnatal Depression Story [...]
Since 15 as well as the occasional panic attack, I had mild depression, no idea what the trigger was. But as I later learnt in A-level psychology, there isn’t always a trigger, it can be down to a chemical imbalance in your brain. Just before I turned 18 I was doing my A-levels, working and [...]
I finally showed (PND)Postnatal Depression that this lady wont take things lying down. I had horrendous PND after the birth of my son , coupled with depression over the loss of my daughter, amongst other things. I’ve had a hell of a struggle especially over the past 8 months since PND took over my [...]
(PND) Post-natal depression its something we all hear about or know about even before we are pregnant and embarking on motherhood. You see it on TV, you see it with friends, family, you see it on leaflets at the doctors BUT you never really understand it until its you that its affecting. After the birth [...]
This report came as no surprise to me. I personally have many times refused to admit to depression and many times refused to go to the GP. I also speak daily with many who continue to feel this way too. If we have a headache or toothache we will reach for the pill box, [...]
Mental illness as many will know by now is a matter very much close to my own heart. I am proud to have mental health problems and I hope to break some of the stigma surrounding it. Today we have a guest post from Prozac Withdrawal. I personally have been prescribed Prozac three times that I can [...]
My 14yr old sister moved in with me, my partner and 2 kids in December 2010, as she was having problems with my mum. Things were going great till the 9th June when she accused my partner of raping her. Social services and the police got involved and my partner was only allowed to [...]
Sharing a very touching private message of thanks from one of my mums Emma thank you so much for everything you do. I would be totally lost with out this group and I really appreciate the advice I have got latley about me being on anti depressants. I felt quiet ashamed and felt like a [...]
I have depression, I have had depression since my baby was born, I could not attach to him like other mums do. I felt like he was better of without me. It took me 5 months to go doctors and speak to them about my depression. They put me on antidepressants and said they wanted [...]
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