My wife suffered with perinatal depression during almost the entire pregnancy of our second child. For prolonged periods she was self-harming and suicidal. This was incredibly traumatic and scary for me, not knowing if I was going to return from work to a dead body.
After the birth, the depression continued. Within the first few weeks she was admitted into a mother and baby unit, because she was deemed to be a risk to herself. She made good improvements and left, but several months on is now back in there. It has been over a month, and she has reached the maximum dosage she can safely be given of anti-depressants. But still, she is at rock-bottom with no sign of any improvement.
The doctors are saying that they want her to go back home, because there is nothing more they can do for her and they fear she risks becoming dependent on the unit. But she is still self-harming and suicidal. And I am terrified I won't be able to cope.
Does anyone have similar experiences of Post-natal depression? Can anyone reassure me that things will improve? At the moment I don't see the light at the end of the tunnel, and I'm scared I'm heading towards a breakdown.
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Postnatal depression- will it ever go?
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iamworriedsick · 14/11/2012 11:44
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