Postpartum anxiety: More common than you think
The Journal of Family Practice. 2019 April;68(3):165-168,170,174
April 4, 2019|Family Medicine
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Postpartum anxiety is more common than postpartum depression, but is often overlooked. Here’s when to suspect it.
Because of her swallowing impediments and because she was breastfeeding, sertraline solution was started at very small doses. It was titrated weekly to obtain therapeutic levels. By 4 weeks, her weight stabilized. By 8 weeks, she started gaining weight and sleeping better. She saw the therapist regularly to continue CBT techniques. Over the next several months she started eating a normal diet. She is currently maintained on her SSRI, is still breastfeeding, and has achieved insight into her perinatal anxiety disorder.
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Veronica Jordan, MD, 3569 Round Barn Cir #200, Santa Rosa, CA 95403; veronica.a.jordan@gmail.com.
