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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A good therapist is better than a psychiatrist, 
unless you want to get drugged.

It may be that you need meds, but that should not be the first thing to do.[/quote]

I disagree.  Anti-anxiety drugs make it possible to hear therapy.  I didn’t even realize the extent of my post partum anxiety until I was medicated.  To me, at that time, my fear of my baby getting pneumonia was so real that letting no one else ever hold her made sense to me.  [/quote]
What exactly do you disagree with?[/quote]

That OP should go to a psychologist first and wait on the medications.  Medication should be the first thing she does.

If you haven’t had post partum anxiety, I can’t explain it to you.  [b]OP should absolutely turn to medication first[/b]. [/quote]

I think she should visit her OB and talk about meds and get a list of therapist recommendations, and start them at the same time. I agree both are necessary to overcome PPA/PPD, but meds can take 6-8 weeks to really start working and talk therapy can immediately help by reassuring OP that this is common, that the meds WILL work, and that she won't feel this way forever.[/quote]

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