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Late postpartum depression,

I’m at 1st time mother, single mother at that and my son is 10 months. Is there a thing such as “ late postpartum depression “ for the past several weeks now I’ve noticed my mood has been all over the place, I’m easily irritated, more emotional, extremely anxious all the time , I’ve started having crazy OCD and then freak out when I see my place a mess after I just cleaned it. I feel completely unorganized and I’m not use to this, I feel like I’m loosing my mind and today I felt like I was having an anxiety attack. It’s just been really crazy for the past month and I’m curious if this is late postpartum depression since I never had it when my son was first born??? Any thoughts, or advice? ( plz be kind with your responses)

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There is no such thing as late ppd! And you are not losing it. Mine hit me with anxiety first, and then depression came months later, too, before my child turned 1y. I would suggest finding a specialist in mental health to talk about your feelings, talk treatment, and comfort. 🤗

@Rue thank you. Yes I have a consultation next week to see a therapist. I guess PPD can really come at any time I just didn’t realize this late 😩

First, just know you’re not alone! I’m 10 months pp as well and it gets overwhelming. I’ve had some family drama and that definitely intensified my anxiety. My biggest issue is overthinking and something that helped was starting some kind of hobby. One week was sewing, then drawing, coloring, knitting, reading, etc lol have I finished one of them? No, but it gave me a piece of mind for a little bit. Or if you wanna talk, my dms are always open. Venting helped a lot too! Hugs 💗

@Val I completely understand what you mean. Family drama is the worst I hope your situation gets better. 🫶🏽But I definitely like that idea finding a new hobby to try … if my baby ever lets me that a break lol. 😅

Yes - many people have it lessen within a year, but it can last for years actually and morph into clinical depression and other things.

Postparturm depression is classed as anytime within the first year of baby's life. My PPD hit me with both my babies at 6 months. They now say it takes 6 months for your uterus to recover, a year for your body to go back to roughly where it was before, two years for your hormones to resettle and 5 years for you to regain your sense of self and identity away from being a mum. Please be kind to yourself, you also already have another child, anytime you add another child it completely changes dynamics that need to be adjusted to.

Yes it can take up to a year for symptoms to develop. I would speak to your GP asap. If you need CBT referrals can take weeks

My son is almost 8 months and I am starting to notice i feel the same way so thinking I may also have ppd. Probably more due to the lack of sleep but it's definitely making me miserable. Hope you get the help you need xx

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