Courtney Mae
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Wednesday 12 August 2026 01:00:08 GMT
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El :
i am incredibly lucky, i knew how prone i am to psychiatric crisis and set up a psych appointment before discharging from the mother baby unit. by the time i had that appointment i was flooded with intrusive thoughts and barely sleeping i was so scared of something awful happening. still fine tuning my meds but i don’t feel suffocated anymore.
2026-08-12 02:45:45
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Courtney Mae :
My current medication regime that works for ME: morning: 25 mg Seroquel, 50 mg Pristiq, 2 mg Klonapin as needed…………night: 50 mg Seroquel.
2026-08-12 01:27:23
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Kay :
I dont even remember half my post partum and there was so many times i had to give my son to my fiancee because the thoughts flooded. Even on medication. It sucks we do hard time pregnant and can’t enjoy after.
2026-08-12 04:43:05
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Filomama ᜋᜇᜒᜎ᜕ᜌ᜕ᜈ᜕ ᜋᜌ᜕ᜐ᜕🇵🇭 :
I’m so proud of you. Some women will literally not get it, ever, until it happens to them. I was diagnosed with Bipolar II and CPTSD during my second pregnancy, inpatient 2 times. I am proud of you for your transparency and strength. You are seen and LOVED. ❤️
2026-08-12 03:53:48
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𝓁𝓎𝓈𝓈𝒾𝑒 𝓁𝑜𝓊 :
The things I’ve been thinking about over the past week or so have honestly made me sick. I keep coming back to the same thought: This is not the first time a mother has experienced a severe psychiatric crisis after giving birth, and it won’t be the last unless we are willing to have much bigger conversations about postpartum care, psychiatric symptoms, and just how profoundly hormones, brain chemistry, sleep deprivation, and other factors can affect someone’s mind. Postpartum psychosis is not something that can simply be explained away as a mother being “sad,” overwhelmed, or struggling to adjust. Psychosis can involve hallucinations, delusions, paranoia, confusion, and a complete break from reality. I know that personally. I have experienced auditory hallucinations while trying a bipolar medication, and I know how terrifying it is to experience something your brain is telling you is real when it isn’t. That is why I CANNOT stop thinking about what it must be like for someone experiencing postpartum psychosis while ALSO trying to care for a newborn and two other children, potentially without fully understanding what is happening to them. None of this erases the unimaginable loss and suffering experienced by the victims and their loved ones in cases like this. It is possible to hold compassion for victims while also recognizing that severe psychiatric illness deserves compassion, research, education, and intervention. Those things do not have to be mutually exclusive. What hurts most is knowing that sometimes people are asking for help while they are already in crisis, and the systems around them may not recognize just how serious that crisis is until something irreversible happens. We need accessible postpartum psychiatric care. Because by the time everyone realizes someone needed help, it can be too late for everyone involved. The loss is permanent. The children are gone. A mother is gone. And we are left trying to make sense of something that may have involved a devastating illness that was not treated. Courtney, I love you. I believe you, I hear you, and I’m so grateful you’re here. ⭐️💓
2026-08-12 01:47:18
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Morgan :
Sending you all of the love always boo ❤️the world is better with you in it
2026-08-12 02:27:00
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Chris D :
I’m thankful you’re still here. When hearing about depression and getting a deeper explanation of what that was for you, I can’t imagine how tough it would be in that head space. That would be traumatizing to be aware of the thoughts with harm in mind that’s on the verge of taking control which is unlike you. I too would be afraid and traumatized if I experienced that. I’m so sorry you’ve struggled, and am glad you’re here and things are on the mend.
2026-08-12 01:48:10
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Rivka 🌙💫🧿🗡 :
glad youre still here 💖 I dont talk alot about the shit i went through during my postpartum journey, but I did end up in addiction for 2ish years bc I was so desperate for help when my doctors didnt care to help
2026-08-12 01:40:24
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Honey Sue :
Im glad you are still here. Thank you for sharing your experience, it helps more than you may know.❤️
2026-08-12 01:21:37
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Stephanie Antonia :
Love u sister
2026-08-12 01:59:02
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El :
sending you so much love
2026-08-12 02:44:07
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Cat_CTHair&MUA :
🥰🥰🥰🥰
2026-08-12 02:39:02
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