“@AlaneAddie @BenMcCombe @webdevMason fixated on issues surrounding breastfeeding after having her baby? Probably not. She was up with the baby often, and missing a lot of sleep but she was coasting toward sleep deprivation. Her husband probably thought - WTF? - when she woke him up after feeding the baby and >>”

X · Sun Sep 13
“@AlaneAddie @BenMcCombe @webdevMason It is more distinct in the fact that, in general, the delusions and fixed beliefs tend to revolve around the babies and/or mother. The mother may falsely become convinced that someone is trying to take away her children or that her children would be better off without her >>”

X · Sun Sep 13
“@AlaneAddie @BenMcCombe @webdevMason It is correct that postpartum psychosis is not a stand alone disorder and is typically diagnosed alongside bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, mania… with perinatal psychotic features. It may the first time the woman has experienced all the above, though a history of >>”

X · Sun Sep 13
“@AlaneAddie @BenMcCombe @webdevMason told him he needed to bleed all the radiator heaters in the house because something was wrong and she was scared. Did she tell him that she thought the noises radiator heater was making were voices? No. It doesn’t appear she told anyone when she thought the tv was >>”

X · Sun Sep 13
“@AlaneAddie @BenMcCombe @webdevMason sending her bizarre messages or that she thought certain colors that caught her attention were direct messages. When her husband found her sitting in the garage floor eating chocolate in the c middle of the night he told her that he was taking her to see someone. >>”

X · Sun Sep 13
“@AlaneAddie @BenMcCombe @webdevMason because she is a terrible mother who will make their lives worse or that her children are demons or damned to hell or that she has to kill the children and herself to save them all or … Women that have experienced PPP, gotten the help they need and not harmed >>”

X · Sun Sep 13
“@AlaneAddie @BenMcCombe @webdevMason From what I can gather it is fairly common for women to not say everything at first because they don’t know exactly what they are experiencing, they are so sleep deprived they do not know what is what or they are scared to tell people because of the bizarre thoughts.”

X · Mon Sep 14
“@AlaneAddie @BenMcCombe @webdevMason Most guidelines I have seen use within the first year after birth, or 6 months. I assume that is probably because it might be easily missed at first, due to many factors. I think about this woman’s story. Would anyone find it extremely odd that she >>”

X · Sun Sep 13
“@AlaneAddie @BenMcCombe @webdevMason themselves or anyone else have described experiencing all the above. PPA, PPOCD, PPD and PPP all involve fixed worries or beliefs entered around the babies.”

X · Sun Sep 13
“@AlaneAddie @BenMcCombe @webdevMason MHI can also factor in. Yes, a large number of changes with hormones, the brain, the body… during and after pregnancy is a driving factor.”

X · Sun Sep 13
“@AlaneAddie @BenMcCombe @webdevMason It was most likey due to a series of behaviors that were odd and off for her.”

X · Sun Sep 13