
So my wife and I have recently had a daughter who I would still classify as an infant (She isn't crawling yet and is about to start eating solids). Also recently, my wife has been showing increasingly odd behavior. Her first period after the pregnancy she had what her psychiatrist is calling a psychotic break, where she became abnormally dependent on me. I couldn't get her to leave me alone for 5 minutes, no exaggeration. She wouldn't sleep (wouldn't let me sleep) and if I left her alone for a minute to prepare food she would freak out. She became disruptive enough that I had to take her to the ER where they had to admit her to a clinic for a week. (Note she wasn't violent except so far as she may have accidentally hurt me because she seemed less aware of her surroundings). Since leaving, she has been better, they prescribed medication that makes her tired, but lately she's been getting more and more paranoid and acting less like her usual self, thinking people are stalking her, wanting to kidnap her, hacking her electronics to follow her or mess with her.Maybe this isn't the right place to bring this up, but I am worried about the welfare of our daughter. Ever since the psychotic episode, I've been the primary caregiver for her, taking her to daycare when I go to work and never leaving her alone with my wife, even when my wife was lucid enough to take care of her. So in that respect I'm not really worried about her safety. I am, however, worried that her seeing her mother like this could traumatize her. Whenever our daughter starts crying she often thinks it is someone making a psychic attack on her, or telling her lies. While my wife isn't behaving violently, it is personally disturbing to see her like this. Looking up material online suggests there isn't much I can do about her condition other than make sure she continues to take her medication, see her psychiatrist, and continue to give her support.tl;dr - I'm just venting about a less than ideal situation in which I worry about my wife and the impact she may be having on my daughter. via /r/Parenting http://ift.tt/2fot8SW
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