What is postpartum psychosis? Teresa Twomey at TEDxBushnellPark
Author of Understanding Postpartum Psychosis: A Temporary Madness, volunteers with Postpartum Support International as their Legal Resources Coordinator ...
+Jalon McKinnon Have you been able to get her help? Postpartum Support International (www.postpartum.net) and Action on Postpartum Psychosis in the UK are two of the best organizations to turn to for information.
I'm a bit worried about this... I have these thoughts all the time about my
family, I'm paranoid about my family being in car accidents, I think of my
nephew sometimes falling off or I just imagine bad things and it terrifies
me. I'm pregnant and having my baby soon and I don't know how I will react
now that I know this actually happens...
+starfire Please talk to you OB about your concerns. It might be that you simply have the OCD anxiety disorder. Either way - all perinatal mood disorders are treatable. The BEST thing to do is to have full, early and open communication with your doctors and create an informed network of support around yourself. There are many good books and other information. Go to www.postpartum.net for more information and to see what is available.
What courage! I love that you address the issue that many women with PPP
don't harm their child but are truly traumatized by the psychotic episode
and experience ongoing anxiety that it could happen again. Thanks.
We are living in a world where deviant opinions about religion are no longer dangerous, because no one takes religion seriously, and therefore you can be like ...
I like pancakes lol sorry I couldn't help but, noticed that it the picture.
On a more serious note. I find this lecture very enlightening. My youngest
son who is 13 was diagnosed with Bipolar disorder, ADHD & ODD. For several
years he was all kinds of different medications, he has struggled and so
have I to understand this. I recently (about 2 months ago) took him off of
all the meds. I stopped taking him to psychiatrists, Therapy, couseling,
etc. I told him that just because he sees the world differently and
responds or reacts to it differently does not mean he is broken or that
anything is wrong with him. He is doing so much better now than he ever
has! There is something seriously wrong with any society that deems a
person insane or inhuman just because they are different from what is
considered the norm. Makes me wonder who the crazy ones really are, if you
know what I mean.
+guydecervens The definition of enormous is: very large in size, quantity, or extent. 160,000 people locked away in mental institutions fits that definition. You may not agree with it in comparison to the population percentage. Nearly everyone's perception of reality is flawed, we still do not know exactly what reality is. Do you know what the current statistics are?
+Rising Sun It is in fact valid to use statistics to counter an argument based on statistics i.e. the claim that an "enormous percentage" of people are housed in psychiatric institutions. Showing that the "enormous percentage" is a mere 0.07% totally destroys his argument and in fact shows his perception of reality is flawed. His argument is not that there are many people in society who suffer mental illness but that there is an ''enormous percentage'' of people incarcerated in mental institutions.
+guydecervens Like many things it depends on how you look at it. Statistics alone cannot capture a full picture of a situation entirely. Numbers are often used to justify a particular perspective and we often overlook the missing data or data deliberately left out. In this case according to one mans data 160,000 but does not include how many people could not get mental health care even if they wanted due to lack of resources. If you factor in what the DSM considers mental health maladies then according to that manual most of the planet is sick and needs some sort of treatment. Factor in how many people actually seek treatment then the numbers vary depending on definitions, awareness and resources available in any given year. Factor in all the disinformation from corporate sponsored science in regards to medications and the variable changes once again. Complex issue, thanks for your input.
+Rising Sun It's not stated when he made this recording but in 1977, according to William Gronfein, an associate professor at Indiana University-Purdue University, there were 160,000 patients in mental institutions - 0.07% of the population. Hardly an 'enormous percentage'.
Pancakes make belly happy! Alan sums it up very well in this statement ' And the fact that we have such an enormous percentage of the population of this country in mental institutions is a thing we may have to look at from a very different point of view, not that there may be a high incidence of mental sickness, but that there may be a high incidence of intolerance of variations of consciousness.'
nothing called bipolar mental illness need cured not medicine need spirutal
treatment not drugs.i understand how spiritual treatment is mystery to
Europe and usa.and it can end person suffer from his all life to 3 days.but
you need real spiritual treatment.bipolar can take 2 days max to cured.i
been bipolar for 5 times and every time I cured it in 2 years it gets
back.you need to unserstand spiritual wound and the don't give a shit to
chemical balance /brain do chemical unbalance for purpose and will bring it
back by itself.just cure the main problem .soon I will put on internet
everything about mental illness to help others.i been on Seroquel for 7
years and then cured in 1 hr just 1 hr cure bipolar, I advice all people to
do a search for cupping method and do it but before doing it.take for 4
days bath with alum and sea salt then do cupping method that cure gad
for sure and may cure bipolar and ocd.but to be honest for every mental
illness is way of spiritual or way more effective to this not too much
effective to other.cupping method can cure any problem but need to do it in
all body once because there are rare people I know can see the part of body
been attacked.they can see it but you cant.they let jinn enters theres body
and after that they start seeing hidden body spirit.and any person on that
can see his problem.not in any other way.and mental illness cant be cured
except with spirituality and it is ways
I feel i am recovering from pyschosis.. but i wasnt diagnosed for 2-3 years
after being spiked in a night club, still dont know what i was drugged
with.. be careful enough not to take drugs! its been almost 10 years
overall, and now i am feeling paranoid but in a different way, but i rarely
get voices unless i get side effects from my medication or have forgotten
my appointment for my injection. I am taking depixol injection and a nurse
administers at the local surgery.. the dr said he thinks its working now. I
also feel a lot better maybe because my dopamine levels are returning to
normal which is responsible for pleasure, motivation and focus..
+sweetcheeks You make some very good points. :) There are far more drug dosings going on than out media lets us believe. A former Intel agency employee recently republished a book originally written by the CIA in the 1950s which shows how to dose an unsuspecting person with LSD. I purchased the book and am astonished at how our tax dollars were used back then. BTW if someone is dosed with LSD and experiences paranoia or delusions, it is not considered a mental illness. It is simply called "an adverse reaction to a drug" like Chief Justice Rehnquist of the Supreme Court experienced when he went through withdrawal form a certain drug. :)
Heya wonderful video. I am psychotic too, just got diagnosed. Would u like
to get in touch? No worries i dont bite, i just would like to get some
information and maybe get psychotic friendships. Hope to hear from you.
Inbox me?
Btw i have extreme emotions and theyre up and low. Sometimes i find it hard
to accept that i have this and i'll never be cured
+Benny Smith It's a fine drug but like with all drugs there's a heavy element of trying and testing which each person. It's a very subjective experience. But nightmares is hardly the worst side effect that's for sure.
ive had psychosis 6 times now...last time was 4 days ago and I woke up in
the hospital all scraped up =( almost got beat up by strangers that night I
guess but they knew something was wrong with me thank god
do you have any advice on how to deal with it? how do you talk to someone going through an episode without setting them off? my brother is going through one, and I cant pull him back into reality but I don't want to take him to a pysch ward
My experience of postpartum psychosis
My experience of postpartum psychosis #mentalhealthselfie.
I was lucky I was in a mother and baby unit in Denbigh North Wales
hospital, sadly now closed within 3 days of giving birth. With my 3rd child
there was no mother and baby unit but Leicester psychiatric unit initially
let me stay with my son. The diagnosis at the time was called peuperal
psychosis, but was later diagnosed schizophrenia as I was having psychotic
episodes a year after he was born. This was an incorrect diagnosis which
the consultant later admitted to. It took me 4/6 months to fully recover
with my daughter but for my son it was a good 2 years before I was well
again. That was over 25 years ago. I am now a grandmother with a baby I can
now fully enjoy. You are an inspiration and thank you for sharing your
story that brought tears to my eyes.
Thank you for sharing, your account was so honest and really touched me,
there isn't enough support for new mothers especially when they experience
mental health problems, I really can't believe you found it so hard to get
help it's unbelievable. So pleased you have made it through, and your
little boy is a credit. Accounts like this really help to inform the public
and also people like myself (I'm a student midwife and a mum) so thank you
x
Thank you for posting your experience and for you advocacy! I related so
much to what you said, and couldn't stop shaking my head at the thought of
being turned away in your time of need. I had to live with my in laws for a
full month after my daughter was born for many of the same reasons. We so
need these mama and baby centers, it's crucial. Much love to you and your
family. xo
Daad – Jordanian, working for UNHCR's implementing partner IMC (International Medical Corps) - gives Kat an insight into the kinds of mental health cases that ...
Kat, I want to say thank you for all that you do. I'm in college and a
history major and I have you & others to thank for opening my eyes to the
world's current problems. I can't wait till I graduate(years from now) I
want to become apart of something like this. My life hasn't been fairytales
by no means but if there's something I can do then I want to.
So thank you for being an extraordinary human being and taking the time to
do this.
You are my hero. Thank you for your amazing, inspirational, selfless and
important humanitarian work where ever it is needed. Agree with
ilovechuclex13 - you are an extraordinary human being, and we are all
better off having you in our world. *much love*