I have a problem!!?

Question

I have postatum-depression and i badly want to go to the doctors,but i have no car and im very anxious and repulsive to take a taxi or bus.I lack motivation and when it comes to mind when im willing to go.I end up saying its nothing seriously that bad.Ive noticed now i should really do something about it,but there is noone to help motivate me.Any advice that can overcome my fear of buses and cars?I dont care what you say as long as its gonna motivate me to do this for the sake of myself.Thank's

it was baby-blues-postatum-depression.I had it when i gave birth and my GP gave me some anti side affect pills.But they didnt work obviously!!

Thank you guys for your moral support brought me to tears!!how shameful!

Answer 1

You don't have a choice. You must go. If you were having heart pains...what would you do? If your blood sugar was making you start to pass out or if you couldn't breath, what would you do? Some people call an ambulance. That is what they are for! If you have feelings of suicide or homicide, then you would be a possible danger to you child...it would be selfish not to go. Don't lie to yourself, it is like diabetes: if you ignore it it only gets worse. If you deal with it you can get it all back under control. If you put it off that is bad because it gets worse. Things don't go away if you just stick your head up under the rug. By the way they will not take your children away from you for having wrong thoughts. Only if you act on them. I had this problem after my last child, and I too put it off. I ended up suffering 3 times longer than I would have had I gone in in the beginning. When you get the meds, they usually tell you to take them a year. DO what they say or it will backfire. I did this too!...I didn't listen because I was doing so well and ended up more depressed than ever, only each time it comes back, it comes back stronger. Stop making excuses. What is wrong with taking a taxi? Don't make up excuses now...get up and do what you need to do! And for gosh sakes...don't wait untill you feel like it or you will never go. you will feel bad on the way there and relieved on the way home...I promise! If you can't shake your fear well then: DO IT AFRAID!!!! It will get better for you only when you take a step forward, and I have faith in you that you will. May God be with you.

Answer 2

If u are having a problem with getting to your doctor, then i would call the office and explain the circumstances and tell the doc how you are feeling or u can leave a message for them to call u back...if the doc wants to prescribe a med he/she will call it to your local pharmacy and maybe one of your family members or friends can swing by and pick it up for u, or u could call a cab to get to your nearby pharmacy and it wouldn't cost as much...also call around and find some counselors to speak with because a pill does not fix everything. if you call your local health department they may be able to help u find a counselor that is based on income...also make sure u have a good support team at home.... and make time for u sometimes the depression can deepen when u have no time to take care of yourself..so find a family member to take the baby and do something u enjoy with a friend or take a nice nap.....hope i was helpful......good luck to you....if u are afraid of buses or taxi's then have a friend go with u that should help u feel more comfortable.....u dont have to feel this way...

Answer 3

Dear Sweetie:

I had this too! I even had thoughts of suicide. Can you call a friend to take you to a doc? Or just call the doctor who delivered your baby. He will be very familiar with your condition as it is not uncommon at all. He can prescribe medication ( over the phone) that will help you to feel normal again. Your hormone levels are obviously not normal and you need to seek help TODAY. If none of the above is good for you, at least look in your yellow pages under mental health and call someone. I know it's hard to motivate yourself, but try to do it for your child's sake. I will keep you in my prayers because I know just what you are going through. Please don't give in to this. You are stronger than you think you are. You can do this!

Answer 4

First, U dont need a Doctor, just grab a cab and go to your local grocery store and get some B12 or B vitamins.
Melt a B12 under your tongue and it will motivate u.
Get some healthy foods from the produce like apples , blueberries, bananas,
For the Fear, dont fear anything or anyone But God above, cause he has the earth and heavens in the palm of his hands.
For Fear , keep a Bible verse on your heart and mind and all fear will go away fast.

Answer 5

Call your doctor and explain to them what you just said. Your depression is what is causing you to not want to talke a taxi or bus and is what comes to your lack of motivation. No neighbor could take you to the doctor???? Your baby needs you to get well!!! Hang in there and keep trying to do something. You may have to talk yourself into doing things you don't want to for a while. And try to eat healthy, junk food will just make it worse!!!!!!

Answer 6

Call your Doctor on the phone and explain your situation; he can give you an over the phone consultation and maybe even be able to motivate you to do the right thing! It's not impossible for your Doctor to even call in prescriptions over the phone if he thinks he can make a diagnoses that way! Give it a try and good luck!

Answer 7

first of all, are you sure it is post partum depression? Is this affecting your ability to take care of your baby and do everyday things. If you are sure, then there are call lines that you can call for some counseling. I found one of them on Google, but there might be more. 1-888-404-7763 (PostPartumMoodDisorder). Also, try to find a visiting nurse service or something. They might try to help you find resources that comes home to you. Please get help if you are in a depression.

Answer 8

A man goes to a shop, picks up a beautiful cup and says "my god this cup is so beautiful" and suddenly the cup starts talking to the man. The cup starts saying "O man, I am beautiful right now, but what was the state of my being before the pot-maker made me a beautiful pot?

Before I was sheer mud and the pot-maker pulled me out of the mud from the mother earth and I felt why that pot-maker is so cruel, he has separated me from mother earth. I felt a tremendous pain. And the pot-maker said, "Just wait." Then he put me and churned me, when I was churned I felt so giddy, so painful, so stressful, I asked the pot-maker "Why are you so cruel?" the pot-maker said, "Just wait." Then he put me into a oven and heated me up, I felt completely burnt. There was tremendous pain and I asked the pot-maker "Why are you so cruel?" and the pot-maker said, "Just wait."

Then he poured hot paint on me and I felt the fume and the pain, I again asked the pot-maker "Why are you so cruel?" and the pot-maker said, "Just wait." Then again he put me into an oven and heated it to make me more strong, I felt life is so painful hence pleaded the pot-maker and the pot-maker said, "Just wait." And after that the pot-maker took me to the mirror and said, "Now look at yourself". And surprisingly I found myself so beautiful.

When god gives us lot of trouble, it appears god is very cruel but we need patience and we have to wait. When bad things happen to good people, they become better and not bitter.

So all difficulties are part of a cosmic design to make us really beautiful. We need patience, we need understanding, we need the commitment to go through in a very calm and wise way. So all difficulties are not to tumble us but to humble us.

With this understanding, let us not be against difficulty. Understand difficulty is a part of a purifying process. A purifying process at present which we cannot understand and hence we need faith and we need trust.

Let us understand how to handle stress with this background. You can be affected by stress from two angles. There is an internal stress and there is an external stress. Nobody can avoid stress; one has to only manage stress. Managing stress can be internal and also external.

The internal stress is; your thoughts can create stress, your values can create stress, and your beliefs can create stress, meaning thereby your stress is coming from your mind more from the outer world. Many people suffer not from heart attack - they suffer from thought-attack.

For example, when somebody says you are an idiot, we get so hurt, we get so victimised. My boss has called me an idiot and I am feeling tremendous pain. Now where does this stress come from? If my boss has called me an idiot, I have to ask myself "am I an idiot"?

If I am an idiot nothing to be upset about; and if I am not an idiot, then also nothing to be upset about! It is the perception of the boss. But why do we suffer from that stress? I suffer not because my boss has called me an idiot but because of the thought-attack.

I may say the boss has called me an idiot; therefore I am suffering? It is true that the words are unpleasant. But what hurts is the interpretation of the unpleasant word. The thought in me interprets. That is pain and therefore it becomes pain. Much of our stress is our mind interpreting it as pain. So we suffer from thought-attack more than heart attack.

Answer 9

Post-partum depression is nothing to mess with. You need to get yourself to the doctor and soon. Worse comes to worse, call an ambulance and get to the er.

Answer 10

Get off your depressed butt and take care of yourself! You have responsbilities in this life! Call someone to take you to the doctor and do it TODAY! You are an important part of the venue, and I want to to feel better. That way you can come back and harass us all when you feel better. hugs