{"id":677,"date":"2021-04-18T04:41:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-18T04:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stop-depression-info.com\/blog\/?p=677"},"modified":"2021-05-11T04:41:43","modified_gmt":"2021-05-11T04:41:43","slug":"postpartum-depression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stop-depression-info.com\/blog\/postpartum-depression\/","title":{"rendered":"Postpartum depression"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>During&nbsp;pregnancy, a woman psychologically prepares for&nbsp;motherhood, as&nbsp;well as for the&nbsp;difficulties that lie ahead in&nbsp;this period.&nbsp;After giving birth, many women experience fear of breastfeeding and caring for a&nbsp;baby.&nbsp;Fear for the&nbsp;health of the child&nbsp;may also appear&nbsp;, after which the woman calms down and&nbsp;enters the&nbsp;role of the mother.&nbsp;More painful states of anxiety, unreasonable for objective reasons, can arise under the influence of psychosocial factors (for example, a conflict with a&nbsp;husband).&nbsp;After giving birth&nbsp;, a&nbsp;woman may experience&nbsp;<strong>postpartum depression&nbsp;<\/strong>in the&nbsp;first 2&nbsp;to 4&nbsp;weeks&nbsp;.&nbsp;As a result of the ongoing psychophysiological processes in the&nbsp;body, postpartum&nbsp;psychosis&nbsp;can develop&nbsp;.&nbsp;Postpartum psychosis&nbsp;is the most severe form of postpartum depression, which requires timely diagnosis and&nbsp;appropriate treatment.&nbsp;Often, women with&nbsp;postpartum psychosis can&nbsp;not fully assess their condition.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong><\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Postpartum Depression Symptoms<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The main signs of postpartum depression are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>anxiety;<\/li><li>confusion of consciousness;<\/li><li>irritability;<\/li><li>guilt;<\/li><li>sleep disorders;<\/li><li>violation of appetite;<\/li><li>hallucinations;<\/li><li>the presence of crazy ideas;<\/li><li>manic manifestations;<\/li><li>low self-esteem.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In neurotic depression, low mood can be combined with&nbsp;anxiety for the&nbsp;child.&nbsp;Sleep becomes anxious, superficial.&nbsp;Disorganization contributes to&nbsp;maladjustment&nbsp;in&nbsp;behavior, the quality of childcare decreases&nbsp;.&nbsp;A depressive episode may occur&nbsp;10-13&nbsp;days after childbirth or later for no apparent reason, or due to stress.&nbsp;Depression can be accompanied by a lack of love for the&nbsp;child, feelings of failure.&nbsp;Depressive symptoms can vary in&nbsp;their severity, with&nbsp;suicidal thoughts and&nbsp;their&nbsp;realization.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Treatment of postpartum depression<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In postpartum depressive disorders,&nbsp;antidepressants&nbsp;are&nbsp;prescribed, taking into account the&nbsp;clinical features of the symptoms.&nbsp;In&nbsp;case of anxiety,&nbsp;fears,&nbsp;it is recommended to use tranquilizers or antidepressants with&nbsp;anxiolytic&nbsp;anti&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;anxiety&nbsp;effect, at&nbsp;night&nbsp;&#8211; hypnotic drugs.&nbsp;At the&nbsp;time of therapy, it is necessary to stop breastfeeding the baby.&nbsp;If there is a threat to the child&#8217;s life due to the mental state of the mother, it is necessary to separate the child from the&nbsp;mother.&nbsp;One of&nbsp;the family members&nbsp;must take&nbsp;care of the&nbsp;child for&nbsp;a while&nbsp;.&nbsp;In a&nbsp;state of psychosis, even during treatment in a&nbsp;hospital, the mother of the child is contraindicated to care for the&nbsp;child.&nbsp;With suicidal intentions, a woman should be hospitalized.&nbsp;The antidepressants used should be selected with the&nbsp;least side effects to&nbsp;avoid&nbsp;drowsiness and&nbsp;unnecessary relaxation.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For mild symptoms of postpartum depression, the following tips may help:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>a woman needs to rest.&nbsp;Walking in the&nbsp;fresh air, as&nbsp;well as healthy sleep&nbsp;will help&nbsp;;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><li>do not&nbsp;refuse to accept the help of&nbsp;grandparents who love to feel important;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><li>do yoga, go to the&nbsp;bathhouse, make pleasant purchases;&nbsp;<\/li><li>drink complex vitamins&nbsp;containing iodine and&nbsp;magnesium;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><li>take a mild sedative with&nbsp;your doctor first.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During&nbsp;pregnancy, a woman psychologically prepares for&nbsp;motherhood, as&nbsp;well as for the&nbsp;difficulties that lie ahead in&nbsp;this period.&nbsp;After giving birth, many women experience fear of breastfeeding and caring for a&nbsp;baby.&nbsp;Fear for the&nbsp;health of the child&nbsp;may also appear&nbsp;, after which the woman calms down and&nbsp;enters the&nbsp;role of the mother.&nbsp;More painful states of anxiety, unreasonable<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stop-depression-info.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/677"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stop-depression-info.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stop-depression-info.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stop-depression-info.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stop-depression-info.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=677"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stop-depression-info.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/677\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":678,"href":"https:\/\/stop-depression-info.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/677\/revisions\/678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stop-depression-info.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stop-depression-info.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stop-depression-info.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}