'Women with postpartum are at a greater risk for substance abuse compared to postpartum women without depressive symptoms.'
The author says many are still afraid to speak up about postpartum symptoms.about my addiction to alcohol and pills earlier this year. A few weeks ago, I was being interviewed on a podcast and the host asked me when I thought I had become an addict — specifically, why I had first started taking Ambien, the pill to which I developed an addiction.
It was December 1999, and I was sitting in my obstetrician’s office in a scratchy paper gown that hurt my raw-from-breastfeeding nipples. I shut my eyes briefly and shifted uncomfortably after the words were out of my mouth. I hoped that he would smile and say that I was mistaken. That someone who was as together, young and upbeat as me couldn’t possibly have postpartum.Even though I’d screwed up my courage to say the words, I had no idea what I would do if he said yes.
After a full week with barely any sleep, I became vaguely aware that an alarm bell was ringing somewhere in my head. And although I didn’t have the language for it, I was consumed by anxiety.I knew I was supposed to sleep when my babies slept, but I just couldn’t. The anticipation of them stirring in their beds kept me awake. I was always scanning the house with my ears, listening for the faintest pre-wake-up whimper.
In July 2008, I would check myself into treatment to get help. But even though I was evaluated by several medical professionals, including therapists, no one ventured the idea that my addiction to Ambien began when I started self-medicating my undiagnosed postpartum.compared to postpartum women without depressive symptoms.
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