Antidepressants most prescribed drugs in U.S.

[Shibby]

For me, it wasn't about blaming or choosing to put blame, in my own head it was his fault. It's hard to explain. When you're brain is woking like that, you believe what you are thinking. So, I ended up hating him. I didn't choose to blame him or hate him, I just did. I knew at the time that was wrong thinking, but seriously I couldn't stop. I couldn't make myself snap out of it. I tried for 4 months before going to the dr. my best way of describing it is that you truly aren't sane... at that point I wasn't. I needed help and counseling wasn't going to do it... they did try that first, but it didn't change the way I felt.

The scary thing about when you go on the anti-depressants is that you don't forget what you thought before. So when I went on them and I was then back to my normal thinking, I was devastated that I ever thought these things about my brand new baby! I felt a horrible sense of guilt. I felt like for 4 months I was an awful mother for thinking those things.

This isn't a fake thing. I hope by posting this that maybe one person on here may see someone they know that has these signs and get them to a dr. for help. It's seriously hard for anyone to understand if they have never gone through something like this.

I also agree Shibby for post-partum depression it should only be a certain amount of time thing while taking meds... but if for someone this isn't caused by a specific thing and they are like this all the time, then they probably should stay on them for life. Honestly you can't imagine how dark that place is. I will say it again... I made my husband have a vasectomy after I was on the anti-depressants for about 4 months, because I wanted NO CHANCE of ever becomming pregnant again and maybe going back to that place. That's how horrible it is.

I agree that they are probably being prescribed when they truly aren't necessary.

That all was very intriguing. I have never known anyone to go through all that. It makes me nervous about my wife having a second child. That's a lot of the reason I was asking questions. She didn't have any problems after our son, but if she does with the next one I want to be some what prepared to help her take care of herself.

[Ashop]

i think some depression in men can be related to low natural testosterone levels.