PPD/A 18 Months Later?

Question

Is it possible for PPD or PPA to come on strong when my daughter is 18 months? I know I had it mildly when she was born and I thought it was better but now I'm questioning it. I've got this feeling in my chest that feels so heavy. It feels... empty. I'm not meaning empty as in I don't love my family or myself or anything like that.... I just don't know how to explain it. I want to cry all the time and it's not like I have a reason to be sad, but I am! Any advice?

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My daughter turns 16 months today. This January marks one year since I've been both diagnosed with PPD and seeing a therapist. I've definitely gotten better but at this moment, I've also relapsed. I stayed home today from work because emotionally I'm not all the way there.
I've read that PPD can well go into beyond the first year of a child so it seems like it's normal. Some studies show that 50% of moms still had PPD even after their child turned a 1 year old.

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I am trying to figure this out too :/. I know I had it when my first child was born. It was awful. I think I started feeling better when he was about a year old. 4 years later I had our daughter. I didnt have the same ppd like I did with my son, but there was something, maybe just baby blues?or just problems that had been building with my husband? But something was off. I breast fed for 5 months (which was a huge deal for me and I felt so proud because I had failed with my son and that contributed to my ppd I’m sure), during that time I could feel myself slipping more and more to a depressed state, so I asked my obgyn. Her suggestion was to switch birth control. I was in the mini pill so I could breast feed, but then she switched me to nuvaring, but I’d have to stop nursing. Knowing that my health was important to be there for both my kids, I sadly gave up nursing and switched BC. Just a quick side note, I had only taken BC for 5 years before I met my husband, was off of it for 5 years then finally got pregnant and then I never started back on it until after having my daughter. After having the nuvaring in for 3 weeks I felt crazy! So many mood swings! So I took it out and asked to switch back to a pill form. Well there was a bunch of bs between insurance and the pharmacy and whatnot so I was off any form of BC for a month......I felt great! I was feeling that even though I do everything in my household and my husband travels a lot for work and times can get really hard, I was feeling like I had it under control. I got the new BC finally and started taking it.......it’s been just over a week....... and I don’t know what’s happened if it’s the medicine or if it’s what’s going on in my life, but I am feeling like the PPD I had back when my son was born years ago. It’s not just baby blues, and my baby girl is now 7months old. I hinted to my husband he should get a vasectomy if we are done having kids and he acted as if I was insane to suggest that. Then recently I brought it up again seriously and he flat out said no, end of conversation. I would think there is an obvious tie between my meds and how I’m feeling, but it also sucks because I don’t have anyone to talk to about anything. Hormones are the worst, and mine are all over the map with having hashimotos for the past 15 years, having PCOS, and having 2 babies, our bodies are amazing but hormones are a bitch. I know this didn’t really help, I guess I just sort of started ranting, sorry, but maybe look at any changes you have made and if they would be effecting your mood. Good luck mama!

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Yes it ma very possible

PPD/A 18 Months Later?

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