Hi everyone, I was wondering if anyone suffers from or thinks that they may be suffering from hormone related depression.  There was a discussion in the past on the site and I would really appreciate anyone sharing their experience and if they’ve found anything that has worked for them that they could pass on?  Thanks everyone.  I look forward to hearing from you.  Best wishes, Helen

There are several reasons for depression..
Hormonal imbalance is also one of the causes for depression.

I know I go strange when its the womens hour every month for me Xxx I had to appologise to a friend for getting depressed and low Xxx That would make perfect sense…I told them PMT might send others angry mad it sends me to tears worry and the blues, I get really paranoid Xx Chloe

hello helen just like to say i know i have defertly been sufferirg with hormones which has not helped with depression about 5 months ago i had a mirena coil fitted which was going to help with my heavy peroids which it did it stopped them all together i thought it was great at first as time went on i become very tearful not sleeping etc and then got worst and worst i have had depression before and have also had bad panic attacks just after my son was born that was eight years ago,i,ve been fine all these years i just could’nt understand why it’s all come back untill i spoke to a close friend who also had to have her one removed so i know i’m not the only one and since i’ve been ill denise welch from loose women has been talking about her depression and hormones she also had a mirena coil which her doctor said that really won’t help so i know it’s homonesi want to say a huge thankyou because your site is really wonderful and the people here are so helpful and kind you have giving me so much hope because i know i will get through this ...xxxxxxxxxx

Dear Sarah-Jane, thank you so much for sharing your experiences with us. I was enquiring because we have had so many people enquire about it on the site.  I know that Denise Welsh suffers from hormonal related depression and it was because of her that I contacted her doctor, Professor Studd, who very kindly wrote a great piece for the site and he has been so helpful with advice for people coming to the site for help.  I didn’t know that Denise had a coil though.  I will look into the issue of the coil and look to get a specialist to write something on the site to help people with this issue. I for one would like to know why it has this terrible side-effect.  I am pleased that you got your panic attacks under control after the birth of your son.  Can I ask if you had help with that and what you found helped?  Please do not answer if you do not want to.  With with your positivity and knowledge I feel sure that you’ll conquer this too.  Thank you again Sarah-Jane.
Best wishes, Helen

hello helen thanks for your reply,when i had my son josh eight years ago i had a good pregnancy and worked thought out i also had taylor who was five then going to school my life was good it was a hard birth i ended up having a c section but just so happy when it was over and josh was born he was a lovely baby but i had lots of visits from loads of people i was in a lot of pain and very tired taylor loved him on sight,i felt very tearful and really just wanted to be on my own which is so not like me i love people my very close friend had giving birth two weeks before to lauren she was at home and really enjoying motherhood we would speck everday she knew somethink was wrong i felt horrilble just could not stop crying i felt sick but yet i still had to keep going but i was not coping at all i kept thinking to myself i feel so diffrent when i gave birth to taylor it was a normal birth but i was so happy and breast fed for a year,i loved every moment why did i feel so diffrent i loved josh so very much he was wonderful so good but i really thought i was such a bad mother because i felt like this? after about two weeks of no sleep and no food i was getting worst but i was so scared of telling anyone because i did nt know what was wrong with me i just felt like the whole world had ended in the end i had to tell my dear friend and she cried that i gone that long and not told anyone i really remeber my heart was racing so fast all day i would panic about everythink she made me tell the health vister who was kind and made me go to the doctors which i did she said it was post natal depression and sent me home with tablets which i started to take but i still felt so bad and that i had just let every one down still was not sleepping or eating just did’nt want to do anything but cry and smoke i was so upset because when i found out i was pregnent i gave up smoking again iwas being so hard on myself i just hated myself i had to ask josh and taylors dad to come and help because i just could’nt carry on i begged my friend to take me to the local mental health unit to get some help i had giving up trying to fight this alone i really thought this was the end for me i spoke to the doctor there he was not helpful he just gave me more tablets and said to come back if i got any worst and wanted to kill myself this made me feel sick i felt even more alone and very confused i did’nt want to go home because i hated my children seeing me like that i thought they were better without me so i went to stay at my friends she was so kind she cuddled me put me to bed told me she was going to get me help without her i don’t know what i would have done she saved my life i ended up going into a mother and baby mental health unit for about a month with my josh which i’m so glad i had him with me some of the people there were wonderful and so supportif i very slowly started to lift and could she the light the doctor there was so harsh she kept saying over and over somethink must have caused this your childhood or somethink i now know 100% it was nothing to do with anythink that had happened to me i’ve always had a good life it dosen’t have to be anything i just did’nt listen to her in the end she really thought she knew it all and she did’nt so i started to belive in myself again i was sleeping and eating i know that helped and having my josh with me was the best thing,when i was well again i really wanted to go on to help others but life got very busy and then taylor fell very ill and was in and out of great ormond street i really don’t know why i have relapsed but this time i’m going to be kind to me the panic attacks have been very bad but i know i’ll get though thanks so much for all your support this site is wonderful talk soon ........xxxxxxxx

Sarah Jane Xx I have just read your post Xxx YOUR AMAZING REALLY REALLY AMAZING xx what strength what courage Xxx your a credit to women Xxhug Xxx your a wonderful beautiful mother and you have been fighting the black dog and still managed to pull through and be a great mum Xxxx Your a star Xx HUGxxX A beautiful shining star Xxx Thank you for sharing your story so others can be strong thank you for supporting those mums who read your story Xxx HUGxxxX Chloe

Beautiful mother lyrics Xx

Who’s the one who finally takes the pain
With you, with you
Suffers even when it’s you to blame
With you, with you

Mother beautiful, you’re just beautiful
Mother beautiful, can never behold

Who’s the reason for my daddy’s grin
It’s true
It’s true
Every season and she’s my best friend
It’s true
It’s true

Mother beautiful, you’re just beautiful
Mother beautiful, can never behold

Sly And The Family Stone
Mother Beautiful lyricsXx chloe

Sometimes I say mama (Mother beautiful)
If I’m a here (Mother beautiful)
Sometimes I call my mama
Yeah, she’s here

A Mother’s Love

There are times when only a Mother’s love
Can understand our tears,
Can soothe our disappoints
And calm all of our fears.
There are times when only a Mother’s love
Can share the joy we feel
When something we’ve dreamed about
Quite suddenly is real.

There are times when only a Mother’s faith
Can help us on life’s way
And inspire in us the confidence
We need from day to day.

For a Mother’s heart and a Mother’s faith
And a Mother’s steadfast love
Were fashioned by the Angels
And sent from God above…

- Author Unknown.

What is a Mother?

A Mother has so many things to do,
From washing, ironing, cleaning to tying a shoe.
She scrubs, she mends, she cooks and sews,
She bathes the children and washes their clothes.
When they forget to wash their faces clean,
And their clothes are the muddiest you’ve ever seen,
Who repairs the clothes and scrubs them like new?
Of course, that is what a Mother will do.
Who becomes the doctor or the nurse when they are ill,
Applying a bandage or giving them a pill?
Who becomes a teacher when a child has homework?
She must never her duty shirk.
Who becomes a detective to find a toy or a book?
For missing things she must look and look?
Who becomes a listner to every heartache,
To every accompolishment that a child makes?
Who scolds their children when they are naughty,
Or remind them of God when they are to haughty?
Who tends her family with love and patience, too?
Of course that is what a Mother will do.
- Unknown

To you Sarah Jane a BEAUTIFUL MOTHER Xxx how brave are you Xxx your strength and courage are forever you Xxx A beautiful mother Xxxx hug Xxx Chloe

nice discussion about this topic !!!! its really helpful !!!

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I’ve suffered from hormone related depression especially when I was pregnant and after giving birth especially when I feel that I’ve got a handful of responsibilities.

Hello OTI (outreachideas) hope its ok to call you OTI Xx Your a wonderful wonderful beautiful mother and hormones have tortured me in the past. Sadly they do effect us and they changed me into a different person a person that I didn’t like much so I assumed nobody else would like me. It was nice when people appreciated it was my hormones that made me different and were kind and accepting. Are people being kind and accepting with you Xx I hope so Xx hugXx I used to say hey I don’t want to be like this I like to be cool and in control and I am not and its killing me please give me a break and help me out here and maybe I can get through this and be the person I was ...I used to give out many a plea for some help support comfort and I got it when I reminded my partner I was doing my best and coping as best as I could that I was overwhelmed and tired and hormonal breastfeeding Xx My ex husband has cows and he said how his cows changed after giving birth and how he could see the same changes in me you might think charming and my friends laughed yet being a mother can really have an enormous effect on a woman and I think that mothers need alot more support than people appreciate and some more than otrhers Xx I have had friends who said its different with each child depending on the birth and other factors social support and family life Xxhow are things with you ? Chloe

Hi I am new to this site, but I have been suffering from hormonal related depression for almost two years, the cause of the depression the Mirena coil. The first 12mths of having this device fitted I went from being a really happy 29 year woman with a brilliant life and future ahead of me to a low worthless anxious worried mess, at first I was unable to make the connection between the coil and depression until I sat a exam where I had to research contraception ( I am a student Midwife). To cut a long story short once I made the connection I had the coil removed to which I felt great for approx 4 weeks then WHAMMMMMMMMMMM I felt like I had been hit in the face by a train, I felt like I had gone insane over night and the only thing that had changed in my life was having the mirena removed!! I am a abig believer in hormonal depression and it is easy to make the connection if you chart your cycle. I am currently trying to save the money inorder in visit Professor studd. 
I will not be fobbed off I want my life back, I don’t want depression and I am scared of having a relapse at the time of writing this I actually feeling ok.
P.S. G.P.‘s are awful when it comes to this condition! Yes there may not be concrete research when it comes to hormones and depression but it does exsist there is no doubt about it.

Oh gosh Monroe That is dreadddddddddddddddddddful…...yikes thank you for warning people and making them aware. I myself came off the birth pill years ago because I believed it affected my mood. How are you at the moment ? Are you ok ? Chloe xx