u/slanderson8

Please no horror stories!! Only positive :) but I started this last night for severe PPA and while I do feel a little better already, I am SO groggy and tired/my brain feels fuzzy. Does this eventually go away? I’m taking half of a 7.5 to start (I’m very sensitive to meds) and will up to 7.5 in a few days. I am scared to be alone with my baby right now because I’m scared I’ll fall asleep or do something weird with how off I feel. Thanks!

I promised myself if I made it past HG, I would post in here, because I spent hours every day looking for a glimmer of hope when I was down bad. I had lost 16lbs in weeks. Multiple ER visits. Multiple iv fluids administered at home. Blood vessels in my eyes were popped from heaving. My husband had to take off work to take care of me for 3 weeks at my worst, during that time, my dad also got diagnosed with cancer out of nowhere and was sick in the hospital. We spent the last months of his life together in and out of hospitals together. It was horrible. All that to say, when I hit about 20 weeks, I never threw up again. I was able to eat real food again. Water tasted good again. I used zofran maybe a handful of times after 20 weeks. I know I’m one of the lucky ones not having it full term, but please know you aren’t alone and when people suggest ginger and you want to punch them in the face, someone in the world DOES understand how sick you are ❤️

I have tried lexapro and Zoloft for PPA and had HORRIBLE side effects to them, so am trying Remeron tonight. A little concerned I’ll be too groggy to hear my baby if this is something that works and I stay on for a while. Any success stories? Also please no horror stories - I cannot handle those right now :) thanks!

Has anyone had xanex prescribed with their Zoloft as they started the meds and gotten through the initial phase that is sucking ass right now for me?

My anxiety SKYROCKETED after taking my first dose of Zoloft last night and I am beyond nauseous. Scared I’m gonna be LIT taking the xanex with it but my physical anxiety side effects are unbearable.

I have been sleep deprived + everything in between BUT depressed and anxious. It hit me exactly at 3 months recently. Is there some mega hormone shift that happens at 3 months I’m unaware of? I asked my OB and she recommended a psychiatrist…but he doesn’t take insurance and is thirty minutes away 😐 can PPA smack you in the face one day out of the blue? I had hot flashes, no appetite, and all the physical symptoms of a panic attack but no anxious thoughts? So strange.

I’d prefer medication to be a last resort, especially if hormones will eventually balance.