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History of psychosis: drug and other questions
"almostmom" wrote in message
... Can't help much there, except let everyone in your medical care and family team know your history. Keep in close touch with them postpartum. The hormone swing can cause all sorts of things that are very easily dealt with if caught early on. My doctor and husband know about it, of course. But I am a little afraid to give too much attention to it and that they will 'over act'. I am really afraid that they will take my baby away from me at the first sign of baby blues, and I want to prevent that with all means possible. I know it may sound like a stretch, or even delusional, but I have seen it happen with people I know, and after that I have read about it, and it scares me more than anything else. (Please note that I have a very supportive and caring husband, it is not that the baby would be neglected or worse if I do get the 'baby blues') This is, of course, a valid fear - not delusional at all. Having read your other post where you mention your doctor wanted you to have an abortion, I guess you do have to tread carefully. It is always best when your doctor is also your advocate, and you can trust her. However, you have a couple of things going for you. 1) You have a supportive spouse. He can and should go to all doctors appointments (both yours and baby's) to be your advocate and support. Not just supporting you emotionally, but supporting your claims of mental capacity (or need for meds to keep that capacity) to the medical establishment. 2) You have been monitoring your own condition for some time now, and are well aware of what it *feels* like to be going down the slippery slope. You are preparing in advance, because you know what it can be like. You are forewarned and forearmed. Also bear in mind that in most states, social services cannot interefere on grounds of "abuse in the future". They have to have plausible evidence. If you have never abused or neglected a child before, it would be difficult for any agency to cough up evidence unless someone reported you to them. If you are surrounded by supportive people, this is unlikely to happen. If it helps, the emotional crash hit me on day 4 post partum. I had been warned, but even so, it caught me off-guard. My mom had to remind me (speaking loudly over my weeping) of the "Day 4 Crash". Even though I kept weeping, I didn't feel as crazy once she reminded me. -Shannon |
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History of psychosis: drug and other questions
almostmom wrote:
Do you (or anyone else of course) know if it would help if I take the medication immediately after a feeding and then pump and dump the next one? Is anything known about the 'half time' of these drugs or of drugs in general? It's unlikely to help, as the half-lives are usually quite long. For olanzapine, the half-life is 21-54 hours, with time to peak plasma concentration at 5-8 hours. For haloperidol, the half-life is 12-38 hours, with time to peak plasma concentration at 2-6 hours. -- iphigenia www.tristyn.net |
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