In recent years, are there many cases of postpartum depression in the society? Postpartum depression is a very painful process for puerpera. Are they often very irritable, irritable or even emotional collapse when taking care of their children?
The following are the most common symptoms of postpartum depression.
However, even if the mother from time to time some of these symptoms, it is likely that also did not suffer from postpartum depression. After all, being a mom will make your body and mood like a roller coaster. You can foresee the ups and downs. However, if you have many of the following symptoms that last more than two weeks, you should see a doctor.
1. Depression: patients feel depressed, sad and miserable for a long time, and the situation will be more serious in the morning or at night. Sometimes the mood is low during the day and high at night, which turns day and night upside down.
2. Grumpy: patients may feel grumpy about other people's children or their own babies, and the object of venting is usually their partner.
3. Postpartum patients with fatigue, but will generally feel sick to their own women.
4. Insomnia: patients generally have poor sleep or severe insomnia, so they are drowsy during the day.
5. Loss of appetite: patients are usually not in the mood to eat, but sometimes they will vent their pressure through overeating, but later they will feel guilty and uneasy because of obesity.
6. Loss of interest: patients no longer feel attracted to the past enjoyment, the past interest has become boring, lack of interest in daily activities. They often feel that their brains are slow to respond, it is difficult to think about problems, and their initiative declines. They show boredom with life and lose confidence in life, especially in sex life, which further affects their relationship.
7. Unable to cope with life: patients will feel that they do not have enough time and things are not done well, but they will lose motivation to improve the situation.
8. Guilt: patients will feel guilty because of their illness and increase family pressure. They will also blame themselves for viewing things from a negative perspective.
9. Anxiety: patients often feel anxious because they are afraid of not knowing how to take care of the baby, and they are also worried about the health of the baby.
10. There were thinking disorders, persecution delusions, suicidal thoughts or attempts, and even infanticide or suicidal behavior.
Postpartum depression test postpartum depression, refers to women after giving birth to a child due to changes in body hormones, psychological changes and anxiety, irritability and other negative emotions or behavior of mental illness. Related studies show that postpartum depression accounted for 14.6%, and the more educated women, the more prone to postpartum depression.
Postpartum depression has brought adverse effects on the parturients themselves, their babies and their families. Therefore, in the past two weeks, a new postpartum mother might as well self test whether she has the following performance and feelings:
1. It's easy to be depressed during the day, high at night and big difference between day and night.
2. Lose interest in almost everything, feel that life is boring, living is suffering.
3. The appetite increases or decreases greatly, and the weight changes greatly.
4. Poor sleep at night or severe insomnia, drowsiness during the day.
5. Mental anxiety or sluggish, often for a small matter and angry, or a few days silent, do not eat or drink.
6. A state of abnormal fatigue or weakness.
7. Thinking can not be concentrated, language disorder, lack of logic and comprehensive judgment ability.
8. There is a clear sense of inferiority, often involuntarily excessive self blame, lack of confidence in anything.
9. Have the idea or attempt to commit suicide repeatedly.
Answers to the postpartum depression test
1. Suspected of postpartum depression: if in the above 9 questions, there are more than 5 answers' yes', and this state has lasted for 2 weeks, postpartum depression can be suspected. At this time to do a good job of psychological adjustment, feel bad mood serious, can consult a psychologist.
2. Be alert to postpartum depression: if there is only one 'yes' answer to the 9 questions and it appears every day, be alert to postpartum depression.
3. If you do not meet the above two situations, but feel some depression, you can also consult a psychologist to confirm whether you have postpartum depression.
The above postpartum depression test questions can be used as a reference, if you feel that their situation is in line with the above, you can go to a regular hospital for examination. If diagnosed with postpartum depression, for their own health and the growth and development of the baby, to timely treatment, to avoid serious consequences.