Reply to tiktok moms be like on Mon, 24 Aug 2026 02:54:38 GMT

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Reply to tiktok moms be like on Mon, 24 Aug 2026 02:02:51 GMT

lasherz12@lemmy.world — Mon, 24 Aug 2026 02:02:51 GMT

Maybe a hot take, but if you visit the hospital/er 5+ times after giving birth, have a history of postpartum depression and probable postpartum psychosis, your husband is arguing with the doctors on your behalf, they keep giving you SSRIs when she's had bad reactions in the past to them, she's talked about hearing voices to her doctor. She's called the suicide hotline and gone to the ER for suicidal ideation, and hinted that the voice wants her to kill her kids then...

Don't switch her to a new SSRI and then discharge her immediately.
Don't leave her alone with her kids.
Consult an OGBYN
Prioritize her.

It's pretty fucked how many people failed her in a traumatic way, and ultimately failed those kids too.

I think even in this thread there's some misunderanding about how serious of an ailment postpartum psychosis can be. I've seen someone else with it and thankfully she went to the psych ward immediately and was helped find the right med and feels better now. She said similar things about wanting to hurt her child and felt like she was becoming a sociopath. It's not common, and most people stigmatized mental health conditions and probably 10x for psychosis. I think that's the bare minimum of understanding needed before you should even have kids just in case, because doctors can miss it, like in her case.