Can You have postpartum depression after 5 months of the delivery?
May 27th, 2010 | 
Author: Or how long does postpartum depression usually last?
I heard there is free help hot line for postpartum depression. anyone know the website?
Yes, it can develop later after delivery. But please don’t diagnose yourself. Motherhood can be really hard sometimes and it can get you down, sometimes for a couple days at a time, but that’s not ppd. Most dr’s will readily diagnose you as depressed and prescribe antidepressants, but it doesn’t mean you are. Dr’s have done that to two of my close mother friends, they stopped taking them or never took them to start with and both are fine now. I’ve also had a dr almost convince me I was depressed, and I wasn’t, but he really made me question myself! But I refused to take any drugs, and seriously, a few days later I felt fine. Talk to other mothers about your feelings, look things up online, if you look into ppd it really is quite serious and has definate signs, not just feeling depressed, but other things like feeling disconnected from your baby for extended periods of time throughout the day, disconnecting from friends, family and your partner, withdrawing from normal everyday life. If you can chat to your partner, family or friends about how your feeling, and "unload", sometimes that’s all us mum’s need. I really hope you don’t have ppd, the length of time it lasts depends on whether or not you get help – counselling, and possibly medication.
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Yes, you can have.
The hotline number is going to depend on which country you are in. I recommend you speak to your doctor.
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I had it a year after. If you aren’t breastfeeding, consider medication for it. It’s not saying you’re crazy, just that you need help. I wish someone would have told me I was depressed. I thought I was a bad mom and stayed away as much as possible, so our bond isn’t as tight as I would like. Along with diet and excersice, meds will help you.
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Yes, it can develop later after delivery. But please don’t diagnose yourself. Motherhood can be really hard sometimes and it can get you down, sometimes for a couple days at a time, but that’s not ppd. Most dr’s will readily diagnose you as depressed and prescribe antidepressants, but it doesn’t mean you are. Dr’s have done that to two of my close mother friends, they stopped taking them or never took them to start with and both are fine now. I’ve also had a dr almost convince me I was depressed, and I wasn’t, but he really made me question myself! But I refused to take any drugs, and seriously, a few days later I felt fine. Talk to other mothers about your feelings, look things up online, if you look into ppd it really is quite serious and has definate signs, not just feeling depressed, but other things like feeling disconnected from your baby for extended periods of time throughout the day, disconnecting from friends, family and your partner, withdrawing from normal everyday life. If you can chat to your partner, family or friends about how your feeling, and "unload", sometimes that’s all us mum’s need. I really hope you don’t have ppd, the length of time it lasts depends on whether or not you get help – counselling, and possibly medication.
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Mother of 2
http://www.healthline.com/galecontent/postpartum-depression-2?utm_medium=google&utm_source=z_depression&utm_campaign=gale&utm_content=depression_postpartum&utm_term=post-natal%20depression
http://www.beyondblue.org.au/
i got what i thought was postpartum 4 months after i had my son.. i felt horrible just crying all the time.. i had horrible anxiety and panic attacks i didnt want to go anywhere or be around anyone.. the drs. said i was depressed and wanted me to go on meds for it. which i refused i really didnt want to be on antideppressents at all i am just not a fan of meds and that was something i didnt think i could handle.. when i finally looked back on when it all started i figured out that my birthcontrol was causing it.. which is why i didnt have postpartum right after having my son.. i nursed for 3 months and when i stopped i decided to go on the pill again and right away i started not feeling good. i had a history of anxiety so i didnt pinpoint it right away… the drs. really didnt think it had anything to do with the pill when i told them thats what i thought it was.. they said no way.. i noticed that i always felt worse right around my period too… i finally decided to stop taking the pill to make sure thats not what was causing it.. and within a couple of weeks i felt a million times better and within 2 months i felt like my old self again… i guess my hormones were screwed up from having my son and with putting the hormones from the pill on top of it it was like i was getting to many hormones and it was making me crazy.. like i was just really emotional all the time.. if your not on the pill then this isnt going to help you at all but if you are then just consider this before you start putting more medications into your body.. goodluck
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