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Non-Medicated Help for Anxiety And/or Depression
Asked by M.B. from Dallas
on September 6, 2009
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Hi,
I am a people-pleaser, a perfectionist, and a workaholic. For the past year, I have been working diligently to put my family first and for the most part, it is ...
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- Hi. I hate that you are feeling this way. My mind works very much like yours and it can be so destructive. Juggling life before kids and life with kids is so hard. ...
- The Gut and Psychology Syndrome by Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride. Buy it, read it, stick to it religiously. Soooooo many have been healed by it.
- I would start at your church. I have many friends who have used their minister/priest as a therapist or had them recommend someone. I wish you luck - I've dealt w...
Psychologist for My 4 Year Old
Asked by D.A. from Tampa
on September 6, 2009
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My husband and I separated in April of this year due to domestic violence... this has been ongoing since 2005. I have 2 lil girls.. one is 4 and the other 1. Since t...
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- I don'thave personal experience, but how is he with her? I don't see how any psychologist could help if she is apprehensive around him and visits him once a week. If...
- Although I don't have any experience with this type of issue, I was moved to respond. I applaud you for moving on and taking care of your little girl. She'll be fine. ...
- Don't know where you live; but I'm in Delray and know a few referrals for you. I also do counselling. However, you need to know that you are doing the best job that y...
Anxious About Sending Daughter to Kindergarten and Then Elementary School
Asked by J.S. from Lexington
on December 27, 2008
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My daughter will be entering kindergarten this fall and my husband and I are a nervous wreck-- even though it is eight months away. It just seems like they grow up so ...
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- It is always hard to see your child leave behind a 'baby' phase and grow into a 'big kid' phase, but at least she is growing well and developing normally. Maybe try t...
- Relax. It will all work out. My husband and I had similar feelings about our daughter's entrance to "big school." Now that she's halfway through first grade, I can ...
- Kindergarten is a part of growing up. You should think of doing a school photo album for your daughter and each year take a picture of her first day of school and a pi...
4 Year Old with Seperation Anxiety
Asked by J.C. from Casper
on August 25, 2009
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My son...who will be 4 in 2 days...is having some seperation problems. He just started his second year of pre-school and is in a new classroom. This morning he was his...
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- Talk to him like a grown up/ big boy within reason... tell him that this is a time for mommy to play with her friends. That you don't get all upset when he plays with ...
- My oldest boy was like this and still has problems at 9. First and foremost it is a first born thing. They just want to be home and play with mommy. Second, the fact t...
- My son does this, too. What has worked for us is this: I tell him that if he keeps crying I'm going to leave...but if he stops crying and goes and sits with his cla...
Mama in Distress
Asked by J.D. from Parkersburg
on January 6, 2009
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I grew up taking maticulous care of my baby dolls and helping with my younger cousins at every moment. I even was giving baths, changing diapers, and rocking them to s...
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- Have you talked to you OBGYN about this? this sounds like Post Pardom depression. I experienced that with my son after he was born and it sucked. I was lucky in that ...
- You need someone to talk to about this. This is a pretty serious thing. I'm not sure what your religion is, but you could always try talking to God and praying that ...
- You poor thing and it is not your fault! Everybody else has offered great advice so I just want to mention a couple of other things. Get out and walk. I know it ...
Stopped Breastfeeding - Raging Hormones
Asked by M.P. from Sacramento
on August 21, 2009
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I stopped breastfeeding approximately 1 1/2 weeks ago my daughter and I am an emotional wreck! Am I mourning? What do hormones have to do with it all? Help! How lo...
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- This happened to me as well. I stopped breast feeding over a period of time. I would drop a feeding and over the next two to three days I would be extremely sensitive...
- uggh, the worst, I had it with both my kids, I went into a dark depression, but I also have a history of depression, so mine might be more exaggerated. I think it was...
- Ahhh...the hormonal changes of breastfeeding. When I stopped breastfeeding my son after a year, my face looked like a pizza, no exaggerating. I decided to go to the ...
Seeking Moms with Post Partum Depression
Asked by E.H. from Seattle
on December 11, 2006
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I am looking for moms who are having symptoms of Post Partum Depression. I had my daughter a little over 4 months ago, and thought everything was okay, felt a little ...
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- I felt the exact same way. Finally went to see my doctor who immediately wanted to test me for an hormone imbalance. I took a blood test to check my thyroid and did ...
- I was diagnosed with PPD after the birth of my son 15 months ago, I was perscribed Zoloft which worked wonders I was only on it for 10 months and am feeling terrific n...
- Hi E., Your not alone! I had depression really bad after my first and now she is 2 1/2. I never really talked about it with anyone. I now have a second daughter th...
Pregnant and Terrified!
Asked by R.M. from Los Angeles
on January 7, 2008
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After MUCH thought, including being 24 hours away from a vasectomy and re-scheduling, my husband and I decided to try for baby #3. I just felt that someone was "missi...
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- Don't stress!!!! It is very natural to feel this way. My family reacted the same way when I got pregnant with my third. My mom even cried...and not because she was ...
- Dear R., Three is not too many, and you should never feel that way. I do simpathize with you since they are all close in age and the ages you have are tough alone....
- First, who CARES what other people think! You should see the looks I get when I tell people I want ten! Second, it will all work. I have to tell myself that som...
Help! My Son Has Some Separation Anxiety!
Asked by E.M. from Pittsburgh
on August 17, 2009
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Hi, I am a blessed mom of a 20 mo old son who is our only child. I am asking this bec. I'd like to know if anyone is going through this. My son has no siblings and i...
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- Sounds like though these are family members, they're really strangers to him if he doesn't see them much. At his age, he probably doesn't remember them from visit to ...
- Hi E., My (now 20 yo) daughter was exactly that way when she was that age. She was so shy she only liked me and her babysitter, NOT even her father! She wouldn't ...
- Hi E., My initial reaction is simple...tell others that he doesn't like to be picked up! It's not a big deal. We have to let our children do what is comfortable for...
Need Advice
Asked by L.N. from Pittsburgh
on December 1, 2006
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Hi everyone. I'm so used to giving advice on here, but now it's my turn to ask. I'm 35 years old. I have 3 children, ages 16,11, 4. I thought I was done having childre...
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- You can do this and everything will be fine. With a little help and some good friends you can get everything on track and not feel so bad. I am not sure where you ar...
- Hugs. Congratulations First You need to calm down. Relax. Secondly you need to try to either quit-I know that is hard or at the very least cut back as much as you...
- Hi L.: My children are 30, 28, 19 and 10. You can do it! The more experience you have with parenting the better you get. Having years of spacing between children ke...
