Postpartum Issues

1. Female, age 41, 6 months postpartum. Have 2 children age 3 and under.

2. Slender build but bloated stomach.

3. Symptoms: Quick to anger, irritable, lashing out with cutting words in anger, very impatient with loved ones, tired, sleepy, nervous energy, worried about bad things that could happen to my children, worries mostly at night in bed, some days tearful, sad, some days extremely depressed and thoughts of suicide even though i would never do it, internal talk very negative about myself all the time, and my loved ones some of the time if i am feeling irritable, usually one week a month i feel good and normal and have few of the above symptoms. Dry skin. Cold feet. Hair falling out. About 4 headaches a week.

3. Sensitive to: cold, heat, criticism, my children's tantrums, trying to be a great parent and feeling like i'm failing.

4. Sleep deprived: Not getting much sleep due to children waking in the night. When there is an opportunity to sleep, takes a long time to calm down and fall asleep. Busy thoughts and worries.

5. Cocoa makes me feel irritable and angry. I do not drink coffee or caffienated tea and haven't for years.

5. Have been taking rescue remedy with only a slight effect.

Thanks in advance!
[message edited by Rainfall on Mon, 25 Mar 2013 19:04:40 GMT]