I used to see my doctor every 2 weeks after I had my son a year ago but stopped going as feel it does no good. I still get pains from my stitches and my back flares up from where they had trouble inserting the needle for the epidural and I can hardly walk.

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June

I can totally relate to you. I had my son 3 years ago and went through the same kind of thing. I was depressed after having a difficult delivery and was extremely tired and my body hurt. I started having my hands fall asleep on me as at night and numbness during the day. My arms ached and throbbed and I didn't know why. Finally when my son was 9 months old (and I couldn't move my arms) they diagnosed me with rheumatoid arthritis. I was only 24 and wondered why that I was going through all of this especially when up until I gave birth I was a happy girl with no health issues. I felt good when I was pregnant and then everything fell apart afterwards. I do much better now with all of my medications but I still have my days where dealing with it gets frustrating. Have your doctors check you for these things and see if they can find an answer. I wish you the best and if you need to chat, email me back.

Misty

I feel the EXACT same. though i had many of the issues that persist now even before becoming pregnant... though they surfaced about your age...

I found that i have adrenal fatuge that is often caused by copper overload. (there is not standard blood test that can detect this as it can often be wrong as copper may test low or normal but accumulate in the liver and brain.) some swear by hair anylisis but it can be high when its not cus all it really tests is how well you secrete things people (with wilsons disease a copper toxicity disease it will test low because its acumulated in the brain and liver) or if you're house has copper plumbing it will coat your hair...

Copper naturally rises during pregnancy, but if you have a preexisting adrenal disorder it often doesnt drop down to normal levels and can also cause complications in pregnancy or after. It can cause Preeclampsia gestational diabeties as well as post partum depression. as the adrenals are directly involved in the endocrine system. copper can also pass into the placenta and cause the infants levels to be high as well. and may (or may not cause them problems) my daughter got jaundice and was extremely sleepy for her first 15 months of life. along with digestive problems.

has the dr checked your dhea and cortisol levels? your thyroid? insulin rather than glucose levels?

if so and thats all normal keep in mind the current test only detect sever malfunction as it test inactive hormone thats binded to the cells in the blood. the active ones are free in the blood and they have yet to find an accurate (scientifically accepted) way to test this the same is true of iron serum tests... I think the more accurate test is ferritin

and most of these tests can be normal even when they come back half the optimal levels. ie not sensitive enough to detect a small imbalance.


I had preeclampsia and post partum psycosis. with the pre eclamp my blood pressure didnt go back down till near my daughters first birthday, and it randomly shoots up and my heart rate is at minimun 100 at rest but usually 120 or more but both of these problems were present before i became pregnant. got my heart tested and its fine its just due to cortisol fluctuation not accosiacted with stress... I am also tired all the time no matter how much i sleep anxiety is a problem at times but im treating it naturally as needed. both are caused by my malfunctioning adrenals. and can also cause sub clinical hypothyroidism. (again not detectable by traditional blood tests) but because it wasnt in total shut down there wasnt anything my traditional doc could help me with.

I now see a naturopath chiroprator and am going to go see a holistic MD who is familiar with orthomolecular treatment (vitamin/ trace mineral therapy as well as bio identical hormone therapy.)

I currently take a vitmin therapy called empower plus (by True hope) and it drastically helps my psyc symptoms along with the help of a few other things like inositol (vit B8) and Choline (another vit in the b family) for anxiety.

im still working on the adrenals as i cant detox it until i rid myself of my fillings (theres copper in those too not to mention the mercury) many people with high copper are estrogen sensitive or are estrogen dominant. i know myself i cant take BCP's it makes me even more nuts. and can actually elevate copper because it depletes copper antagonists i think Zinc and others. as do heart meds diuretics and often commonly used psyc meds.

the overies thyroid and adrenals are tied together and need to be treated together. treating one can initially give relief but make the imbalance worse. Its best to find a naturopath or an MD with an interest in more natural therapies as they will often make use of less conventional tests. and also look at the ratios instead of individual levels. (and have an option to treat it...)

http://www.drlam.com/articles/adrenal_fatigue.asp?page=1
http://www.consumerhealth.org/articles/display.cfm?ID=19990303204921
http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSCOL96756220070209
http://www.nutrition4health.org/nohanews/NNSp97NutrientsDepression.htm


i hope this isnt too much information and i hope it helps anyone who reads it... i know it may be overwelming esp to those of us with ppd. but the way i see it its more frustrating not having the information and trying to piece it together like i did.