The Blues?

yes its called postpartum and its very common. You need to contact you dr so they can put you on some sort of medicine. I also recommend reading Down Came the rain, by Brooke sheilds, it talks about her battle of postpartum Dont be afraid to speak up and ask for help! I think meds and therapy would be to your best interest.

Hi Lisa This is my first day on mylot so my response to your discussion is a bit late! I've read other responses and it seems you've already had some really good advice. Aswell as suffering from depression in the past I still suffer with horrendous PMT. I found that alternative therapies, specifically reflexology and reiki healing helped me enormously. I know that it worked for me because when I stopped having the treatment my PMT came back with avengance ! Maybe something like this could help you also. However badly you feel, you have a beautiful daughter, loving husband and a caring family so you will get through this Hope your feeling much better

Hey, i Have a very good blog for depressed poeple which has helped me a lot, why dont y0u have a look at it and i would say its worth looking at http://trainyourmind.blogspot.com

Hi Lisa, I know your question was posted a while ago but hope I can help a bit. It's a common misconception that depression is just feeling low and postnatal depression is that you just aren't bonding with your baby. DEPRESSION OF ANY KIND IS DOWN TO A CHEMICAL IMBALANCE WITHIN THE BRAIN. TO MAKE IT EASY TO UNDERSTAND - SERETONIN IS YOUR COPING CHEMICAL, IT IS THE THING THAT KEEPS YOU CALM THROUGH STRESSFUL TIMES AND LITERALLY LETS YOU COPE WITH STRESS. IT NORMALLY REPLENISHES ITSELF WITHIN YOUR BRAIN BUT SOME PEOPLE CAN'T PRODUCE IT AS QUICK AS WHAT IS BEING USED AND IT JUST RUNS OUT. ONCE ITS RUN OUT IT CAN'T REPLENISH ITSELF AND AS A RESULT YOU FEEL LOW, TIRED, FATIGUED, UPSET, ANXIOUS, STRESSED, ANGRY...ETC. THIS IS DEPRESSION. Postnatal Depression is caused by your hormones, sometimes the body can't deal with the surges of hormones when you have a baby and the result is that it again affects the seretonin in your brain. If you've had depression in the past you may already have been more susceptable to have it after having a baby and i'm surprised your midwife or doctor didn't spot this and explain it to you as they would normally have a support network in place just in case. Anti-depressants aren't as big and scary as they sound. They're often known as seretonin re-uptake inhibitors - they contain a seretonin substitute and help you brain to reproduce its own. Hope this helps x