Medication?

If you are on medication for PPA/ppd does it really help?

Does it help with worrying at night. My baby is almost 5 months and I still have the night time scaries. He sleeps thru the night and I have the owlet and sense-u hooked up to him every night and his bassinet is at eye level I can see him all night and i watch him sleep at night. Yesterday I went out with him to the store and he went into such a deep sleep it gave me a panic attack.

Just wondering if medication will help with those kind of fears?

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Yes lexapro and busbar for anxiety something saved my life. Start before it just cycles getting worse.

I was on Sertraline for my PPD, after about 5 months of being on it I was able to get off it!

On paxil and clonopin. Definitely helping. Zoloft did nothing

Zuranolone is specifically for PPD/PPA. It's an absolute game-changer. It's a 2 week course you can take while breastfeeding. You feel better within a few days. I never noticed any side effects with myself or my baby. It's been night and day!

As someone who already has bad anxiety and depression it makes a huge difference. It doesn't work as well as my normal meditation did and when I stop breastfeeding I will change back. But it is better to have something that helps with the small worries and anxiety than nothing at all. Don't tuff it out it's not worth it.

I would get bad night terrors and I found hydroxyzine really helps. It does but you to sleep so start at a small dose

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