I was thrilled to open my mailbox on Thursday and see one of my favorite family magazines had chosen a perinatal mood disorder as a major topic in the most recent issue.
Cookie is a great magazine that has a bit of a different bent than Parents and other traditional magazines focused on motherhood. I have seen some of those mags mention a PPD statistic here and there or even offer a couple of paragraphs about Postpartum Depression, but how exciting that Cookie took the road less traveled and focused on PP Anxiety and OCD!
I suggest you run to your local magazine retailer and pick up a copy as soon as you can. The author of the story, Kate Rope, describes her experience in detail and is not afraid to mention that she needed an anti-depressant med to get her back on track. I love the part where she mentions saying "I want out." repeatedly. She follows that statement with a clarification that it isn't her family she wanted out of. It is her MIND. WOW. I can totally relate to that. There were about 3 months of my life where I wanted nothing more than to be back in my mind- my right mind and if I couldn't have had that one back I would have definately wanted out of the one I was in regardless. Thankfully, as do all (or at least almost all) moms who receive and are compliant with treatment, Kate recovers. I am so glad I recovered, too, and am especially grateful for continued awareness raised through sources that will definately reach the right audiences like magazines for new moms.
I suggest you run to your local magazine retailer and pick up a copy as soon as you can. The author of the story, Kate Rope, describes her experience in detail and is not afraid to mention that she needed an anti-depressant med to get her back on track. I love the part where she mentions saying "I want out." repeatedly. She follows that statement with a clarification that it isn't her family she wanted out of. It is her MIND. WOW. I can totally relate to that. There were about 3 months of my life where I wanted nothing more than to be back in my mind- my right mind and if I couldn't have had that one back I would have definately wanted out of the one I was in regardless. Thankfully, as do all (or at least almost all) moms who receive and are compliant with treatment, Kate recovers. I am so glad I recovered, too, and am especially grateful for continued awareness raised through sources that will definately reach the right audiences like magazines for new moms.