Sings and symptoms of Postpartum Depression
The signs and symptoms of depression after childbirth vary depending on the form of depression. Signs and symptoms of the baby blues – which last only a few days or weeks may include:
• Anxiety
• Sadness
• Irritability
• Crying
• Headaches
• Exhaustion
Symptoms of postpartum depression
Postpartum depression affects 10 to 15 percent of women who give birth. Postpartum depression is best described as the baby blues that deepen and last beyond the first month. Women who suffer from postpartum depression may feel profound sadness, have obsessive thoughts.
The appearance of postpartum depression varies from woman to woman. It may appear as depression, anxiety, obsessive-compulsiveness. Women may be suffering from postpartum depression if feel depressed, and suffer from at least four of the following symptoms almost continuously for at least two weeks:
• Hopelessness and helplessness.
• Sleeplessness despite exhaustion.
• Difficulty concentrating.
• Difficulty making decisions.
• Changes in appetite (i.e., loss of appetite, food cravings).
• Anxiety, fear, guilt.
• Tingling, numbness, or feeling of dread, all of which signal a panic attack.
• Impulses to harm baby or self.
• Obsession with baby’s health.
Postpartum depression varies in severity and may last for several months. Major depression is the most common kind of depression that occurs after pregnancy. Other women suffer from dysthymia a mild but long – lasting depression that may stem from childhood trauma or a current abusive relationship.
Symptoms of Postpartum Psychosis
Postpartum psychosis is a rare but severe illness that affects one in every thousand women who birth. The woman with postpartum psychosis may experience delusions, such as thinking her baby is evil, which involve seeing, hearing, smelling, or otherwise sensing things that aren’t really there.
Psychosis is often termed “a break from reality”. Its hallmark symptoms to differ from other types of psychosis and is generally considered a severe form of depression called bipolar depression. It is combination of illnesses.
The signs and symptoms are even more severe. These are the following symptoms:
• Fear of harming yourself or baby
• Confusion and disorientation
• Hallucinations and delusions
• Paranoia
• Anxiety
• Sadness
• Irritability
• Crying
• Headaches
• Exhaustion
Symptoms of postpartum depression
Postpartum depression affects 10 to 15 percent of women who give birth. Postpartum depression is best described as the baby blues that deepen and last beyond the first month. Women who suffer from postpartum depression may feel profound sadness, have obsessive thoughts.
The appearance of postpartum depression varies from woman to woman. It may appear as depression, anxiety, obsessive-compulsiveness. Women may be suffering from postpartum depression if feel depressed, and suffer from at least four of the following symptoms almost continuously for at least two weeks:
• Hopelessness and helplessness.
• Sleeplessness despite exhaustion.
• Difficulty concentrating.
• Difficulty making decisions.
• Changes in appetite (i.e., loss of appetite, food cravings).
• Anxiety, fear, guilt.
• Tingling, numbness, or feeling of dread, all of which signal a panic attack.
• Impulses to harm baby or self.
• Obsession with baby’s health.
Postpartum depression varies in severity and may last for several months. Major depression is the most common kind of depression that occurs after pregnancy. Other women suffer from dysthymia a mild but long – lasting depression that may stem from childhood trauma or a current abusive relationship.
Symptoms of Postpartum Psychosis
Postpartum psychosis is a rare but severe illness that affects one in every thousand women who birth. The woman with postpartum psychosis may experience delusions, such as thinking her baby is evil, which involve seeing, hearing, smelling, or otherwise sensing things that aren’t really there.
Psychosis is often termed “a break from reality”. Its hallmark symptoms to differ from other types of psychosis and is generally considered a severe form of depression called bipolar depression. It is combination of illnesses.
The signs and symptoms are even more severe. These are the following symptoms:
• Fear of harming yourself or baby
• Confusion and disorientation
• Hallucinations and delusions
• Paranoia
