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My Postpartum Depression Story

One Mom, in Her Own Words

By Kathy Woltman

So much for that psychiatrist. I tried joining a support group here but I didn't think it was well run. In my opinion, only people who have had PPD should run a support group for PPD. If you haven't had it, you haven't got a clue as to the hell it is. The gal who ran it was just that – "clueless."

However, I did benefit from trying the group. I met another woman there who had a son one week older than my baby and she was as sick and desperate and frustrated as I was. As an added blessing, she lived right near me! We have been fast friends ever since.

It was a great help to have someone going through this with me. While at the meeting someone passed out the name and number of a doctor they had heard was great for treating PPD and really cared about the moms who had this. Both my new friend and I decided to give him a try.

I want to add that as the months passed I was busy reading everything I could, posting on the PPD board and seeking every way that I could to get well. I was beginning to think I never would get well or be "normal" again. It was now April and I had been sick since December.

The new doctor was a very kind, gentle person and totally different from the other doctors I was seeing. He wanted to try me on Serzone. Frankly, I spent one month on Serzone and it did absolutely nothing for me. He also wanted to try me on Neurontin, which also seemed to do nothing for me. He had me switch from Xanax to Klonopin as he said he found Xanax to be far more addicting, which is true. I was taking three times as much with the same result and it is a harder drug to wean off of.