I have OCD, anxiety, and depression – I’ve had it since I was 14 and I’m 21 now. I’ve been treated for it since 14 years old too. When I found out I was pregnant, I came off my behavioral meds for the baby’s benefit. Now, I’m 15 weeks pregnant and can hardly get up in the morning. I don’t want to do anything. I don’t care about my house being dirty, I don’t care about the fights I’m having with my SO, I don’t care about anything that I should care about anymore. I don’t have the energy to do the simplest tasks. Sometimes I want to swallow a huge dose of pills and just check out – I’d never do that because I love my unborn baby, but I’m seriously suffering. How am I going to get through the rest of my pregnancy like this?

I am almost 26 weeks and find myself crying a lot. My husband is constantly having to comfort me. How do I know if it’s just my hormones or if I should talk to my doctor??

Thanks.

I’m 21 weeks with my third child. The past couple of months have been pure hell. I cry for no reason, feel worthless, and don’t wanna do anything anymore. I am basically scared of everything. I am even scared to drive now. I went to the dr. Thursday with a major Anxiety attack and the doctor just told me I would have to wait until my pregnancy is over to treat it. I hate feeling this way. Lastnight I cried for over an hour. I want to do things with my kids but I can’t bc of the Depression / Anxiety. There are only a few things in life that I can remember that actually made me happy. My kids births, getting married to the love of my life, and finding out that I was pregnant with all. I can’t go 4 months with this. I will be put in a mental hospital.

What makes things worse is that my 11 yr old son talks back to me and doesn’t respect me. He plays his step-father and I against one another and I usually give in, making my husband mad at me. I just give in so that I will not have to listen to the complaining. He doesn’t like his stepfather and he has been there since he was 2. He doesn’t like him discipleining him. I just wish everything would get back to normal. All this stress is wearing me out and taking a toll on me. I just want some help. I have cried out to everyone for help and no one seems to listen. They just think its hormones and that I am crazy. I am so scared that I will lose this baby bc of the tremendous stress, depression, and anxiety. How can I get help and get my family to understand that I really need the help?

My wife and I found out a couple weeks ago that she is pregnant with our 2nd child. Even before we took the test I knew something was going on, she was acting very unusual. During the last pregnancy she had some mood swings early on, but nothing like this. Obvious depression, short windows of happiness followed by long periods of sadness, confusion, unpredictable behavior… even she says she doesn’t feel like herself.

From the beginning she has had bad morning sickness, except it lasted most of the day. I recently read about ginger and started giving her capsules of that, which seemed to help the nausea. The mental issues, however, don’t seem to get better for long.

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Can anyone recommend a good book/movie, website or remedy to help alleviate this? Someone who experienced this themselves would be preferrable. She is also having suicidal thoughts– which is not like her at all. I know this is something that cant be “fixed”, but I am looking for something to help.

I know that you can get depressed AFTER a baby comes, but is it possible before?

I dont know much about depression, but I am starting to worry myself sometimes, and my husband is noticing something is wrong with me.

I’m tired all the time, which I know is normal during pregnancy. But at the same time, I have no desire to do anything. I dont want to see people, I dont want to go out. I feel horrible, and I look horrible. I feel like I’ve lost my purpose. Like I dont make anyone happy, and I dont do anything to help anyone. I cant cope with stress as well I should be able to. My husband even says he cant remember the last time anything positive came out of my mouth.

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Is it related to Post-Partum Depression?

Help!! Can anyone provide me with a credible website that discusses pregnancy depression.

I am at 34 weeks and in my third trimester. I have felt pretty good and now all of a sudden I am moody, anxious,depressed, tearful and have angry outbursts at my husband. I feel awful about that and he is great and supportive. I have been so excited about the baby because we tried for 10 years and then I woke up one day and am scared about the delivery, and scared about adapting to motherhood etc and this seems as intense as the excitement over the past 7 months. Is this common at this stage in pregnancy?

My sister who is 20 is 6 months preg with first child, she is not in a good situation (with a guy who thinks hes too good to work, they are living with his mom who really doesnt want them there, he does not treat her well) she is extremly depressed and over emotional to the point shes had to go to the hospital, she is not normally like this at all. Does this mean that things may get worse after this baby is born? Is postpardem depression more likely with her?