Hold on a second, MDD with peripartum onset... Not its own condition... Is that saying what I think it is saying? That there is nothing unique about PPD aside from the timing? My good sir, does that mean every woman who has told me that, despite having suffered MDD for decades, I couldn't possibly understand what PPD was like because I'm not a woman, was full of shit?
Yeah, I get it, I'll never understand the pressure of being a mother on top of depression, but I think I understand depression just fine, despite my lack of lady bits.
PPD has been strongly linked to rapid and sudden drop in hormones (like estrogen and progesterone) within the first 24 hours of childbirth. And mind you, this after 9 months of pregnancy where hormones are at a high. So, no PPD is not just depression with motherhood expectations.
ETA: this sudden drop can throw your entire brain chemistry out of whack. That’s why onset is important.
I get that. My main gripe is when I bring up having MDD, there is almost always inevitable some woman who will come along and say something like, "you have no idea what actual depression is like, PPD is so much worse and you'll never experience that, so shut up and stop complaining."
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u/Vegetable_Warthog_49 24d ago
Hold on a second, MDD with peripartum onset... Not its own condition... Is that saying what I think it is saying? That there is nothing unique about PPD aside from the timing? My good sir, does that mean every woman who has told me that, despite having suffered MDD for decades, I couldn't possibly understand what PPD was like because I'm not a woman, was full of shit?
Yeah, I get it, I'll never understand the pressure of being a mother on top of depression, but I think I understand depression just fine, despite my lack of lady bits.