I am so confused????!


Question: I am so confused????
I have a 7 week old baby. My doctor has just diagnosed me with PPD. She has prescribed me Celexa for my moods. I have started to worry about everything. My biggest worry is finding a job to take care of my baby. I have a considerable amount saved up until I can find a good job . I am also dealing with the stress of dealing with his father. I have filed child support against him because has hasn't done anything at all. I am worried about just about everything. I feel so limited. I cant go anywhere like I used to or do much of anything anymore. I don't have thoughts of suicide at all. I just feel down in the dumps. My mother is helping me a lot but it seems I will be happier on my own. I am moving back out in March. I feel I have no space here.

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I love my baby Naveah. He's three months old and the love of my life. He's all I have because my husband of 17 years left me two months ago.



I have a baby too, though he is 9 months old and life is too hard for me to handle and I am not coping at all..it may be a side effect to the pills you were given. If it's not like you, go back to your doctor and say the pills are changing you in a way that's not helping

I was on depression pills once in my life and I took myself off them because they did the same thing



The concerns that you have are valid, but perhaps you are worrying too much. I didn't have PPD, but I certainly remember the restrictions that having a baby made in my life. It was like packing for a trip everytime I went out, sometimes I would just stay home. Remember that taking care of a newborn baby, first time mom is challenging for most of us. After awhile, you start to find ways to be a mother, but getting time for yourself will be a challenge. My sister called me when her son a newborn, crying because she didn't have time to take a shower and shave her legs. The baby never stopped crying. We laugh about this now. She got his infant carrier and put him next to the shower. He cried the whole time.

Since your mother is helping you a lot, see if you can have her babysit for even an hour while you go out. Write down a list of all the things you are worrying about so you see them on paper. Next to each worry put down a solution or what you are doing to make things better. There are some worries that will have no solution, and that's how everyone's life is. At times we just have to accept we are doing the best we can with the situation. When you let worries roll around in your head, they seem overwhelming. When you can see them on paper, it helps.

The celexa may take awhile to kick in, not sure how long this antidepressant takes. Do things to make yourself feel more attractive. Get a new hair style, buy yourself a new outfit. Put on some make up. Wear some perfume. Do things like napping when your infant is sleeping, or do a few chores, talk on the phone, ask a friend to stop by.

Just know that being a single parent is a hard task for anyone, and it's not just you. Worrying about money is really hard. Taking little steps and validating these little steps will help you feel like you are moving forward. Having money saved up is awesome in this time of recession, so congrats to you. That's an accomplishment. Budget wisely.

Things will sort out, but never as fast as we would want. Having a child is a big responsibility and you are doing the best you can.




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