It's "out of my hands now"

[Senamian]

nevermind, my life is peachy!

 

[SofiasMami]

I had to go on anti-depressants after my kiddo was born (I'm off them now). It was one of the best things I did to take care of myself. Taking care of a baby is a huge and overwhelming job but being chronically sad is not normal! If you take care of yourself, it will be much easier to take care of your baby and things in your life that need attention.
Go to that appt, google post-partun depression and do what you need to do to take care of yourself.
If a medical professional advised that you have asthma or diabetes, would you dismiss them? I doubt it. So don't be quick to dismiss with depression either.

-Teresa

 

[Regumika]

Not everyone is 100% professional and can handle every situation properly, humans are humans. However, IF you really were suicidal then they really shouldn't go to you to make that appointment. So technically... they are doing it right. In the medical field, you assume the worst.

Also, I think you should take a step back a little and not take it so personal. Of course they don't know you. But when you see the engine light go on in your car, do you take it to the shop to get it looked at? It could very well just be a false positive, but you never know if it really is a life threatening problem until it's too late.

Better safe than sorry.

 

[Senamian]

I know I have depression... I am not blind to it....


So then I have suicidal tendencies because the nurse "said so"? Great. Just another way to feel low about myself if I don't even know MY own mind.

Thanks for the "support" I'm not logging back on.

 

[Regumika]

I know I have depression... I am not blind to it....


So then I have suicidal tendencies because the nurse "said so"? Great. Just another way to feel low about myself if I don't even know MY own mind.

Thanks for the "support" I'm not logging back on.

Um, no. Let's use the example of possible broken bone. Supposed that you fell from some height and landed on some weird body part and you feel immense pain and it's not going away. What could it be? Easy, treat this pain as the worst possible thing that can happen and take precaution to not make what it "could" be any worse. If you had broken bones you would try not to move that part a lot. Right? But does that automatically mean the injury is Broken Bone? No. You need to go get it checked out to prove that it's not a broken bone and is in fact something else.

So, from your "survey" you [could] be suicidal but that doesn't mean you are, but you must be treated as having it until it is proven that you are not.

Don't take everything so personal. The world is not out to get you. If your baby all of a sudden has trouble breathing one night, what would you think? "ah, it'll pass" or do you assume the worst and get him/her checked out? But does that automatically mean your baby really has the problem you think he/she has?

EDIT: Sorry that I'm siding with the nurse and that we don't see the situation the same way. Oh, and if everyone in the world had tact, this forum wouldn't exist. No, I don't always have tact. Robot, right?

 

[TheRealCallie]

I think they jumped the gun saying you were suicidal. I think the majority of new mothers would be suicidal by their standards. A baby is stressful and if you are depressed, as well, yeah, it's going to be worse.

I never took a survey, but my doc asked me questions and I was truthful with her about everything. She never once even suggested that I may be suicidal. I think you should get a second opinion and I think you should get some kind of help for your depression, but I don't believe you are suicidal. I think you COULD be if your depression gets worse, but that's true with anyone.

I don't believe the appointment should have been made for you. You have no babysitter, you are a new mother, you work...you need to make an appointment to fit into YOUR schedule, not theirs. If they had just called you to set it up, it would be one thing, but definitely not to make the appointment for you.

 

[Rosewood]

Be careful Read all the black Box warning labels. As I went through college to get my degree I learned more about psycho education and meds. The meds almost destroyed my health. Thyroid was going and diabetes was imminent. As I worked for my clients as behavioral health specialist I saw so much right and wrong with the system. Psycho education I learned was the biggest help for me and clients I help.
I lost 100 lbs as a doctor helped get down to one pill. Thyroid med. Pills I needed at one point. I have worked with others who will always need them. Just do all you an. Exercise, eat well,pray, and be good to yourself. I only wish I had help when I was young. However I would never throw away the things I have now.