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I have/had (?) PPD...Was diagnosed in November when LO was 3 months old. My OB suggested my seeing a psychiatrist because of a meltdown I had in her office during my 6-week postpartum appointment.

I went to one session with a psychiatrist and was given a prescription for Prozac that I filled and took for 5 days before stopping.*

I started feeling better 1-2 months later after we sleep-trained LO and I was getting longer stretches of sleep. Things continued to get better as LO got bigger/older. The first 4 months were terrible.

I didn't go back to the psychiatrist because I truly felt I was better. Sometimes I have bad days but I've learned how to manage these feelings.

LO is now 9months old and things are soooooooo good now. Of course the bad days still exist but nothing at all like it used to be.

* - I am not recommending anyone to stop taking their meds. This is a decision I made on my own feelings and situation.

I'm only 17 days post partum, but I've been keeping an eye on myself just in case. I was horribly depressed the first 10 days, which everyone said was normal, but I'm still having a meltdown a day. And I don't really feel happy yet. But I don't feel like a total lunatic like I did at first, so I'm thinking it's letting up.

I dealt with depression as a teen, so I know how it feels and what to look out for, and luckily, my husband has been around since then, so he also knows what to keep an eye out for in me.

I'm hoping once I am able to get back into some sort of real routine and the baby starts sleeping more, I'll be fine. I just feel so useless right now and the fact I had a c section and can't do much physically has really got me down.