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I had a hard long labour that end with having to be put under for a c section. Once I came to I couldn't sleep because I was so alert and high off of a drug. I end up being awake for 5 days, I started to break and cry... Nurses took my baby away at night so I could sleep but I still had to pump and snack through out the night. One night I heard my baby crying because she didn't have the attention a newborn needs. Then I snapped and had a manic fit.
Now a doctor things I'm bipolar....
Postpartum psychosis runs in my family but the doctor says I can only have a manic fit it in bipolar... he wants me on meds for life... but why? If I'm better now why do I need meds... I can't even walk up at night to take care of my daughter and Iv been just listening and going along for 2 months now. (Mid 30's no signs before, history of physical and verbal abuse.)

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I would get a second opinion from a specialist in that field.

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Sounds like sleep deprivation not a disorder

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I highly doubt it’s bipolar! I am bipolar and am on meds but it didn’t just start one day without signs of it before! I had plenty signs and for a very long time and I couldn’t take the mood swings anymore and all the intrusive thoughts and went to see a psychiatrist and was diagnosed. Being in meds sucks because I know I’ll live with this for the rest of my life but not being on the meds in sooooo much worse

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Hey,
I have Bipolar I and since the beginning of my pregnancy I have been reminded that I am not only at a higher risk for PPD, I’m at a risk for Postpartum Psychosis as well. So, lucky us, both are possible. But right now don’t worry as much about labels and do what you can to get stable. Many medications can tackle both. Bipolar is a really difficult thing but trust your instincts. There’s nothing wrong with getting help.

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There may not be a anything wrong with you.. it’s your natural maternal instincts to care for your child. That should be applauded given what you went through. I would have been the same as you hearing my baby cry and not being able to get to her. I wish you luck! Fight for your baby

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Women are a hormonal rollar coaster during and after pregnancy.  If you feel better, truat your judgment.

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I have bipolar disorder. It’s thought that huge shifts in someone’s life - usually trauma - can “trigger” episodes of mania/depression to begin. In order to be diagnosed with bipolar II you only have to have 1 episode of mania, but it does have to be offset with relatively long periods of depression. 1 isolated manic episode would more likely be stress and sleep deprivation. 
I think maybe your doctor is jumping the gun because bipolar disorder can get very bad very quickly, especially after huge hormonal shifts or in intensely stressful periods - like after giving birth and being a new mum! Are you worried that you’re not well mentally?

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get a second opinion from a psychologist or psychiatrist

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