tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316191265933534655.post7358251319847800429..comments2024-02-27T00:41:15.985-06:00Comments on AdoptionTalk: Interesting recent news linksmalindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06233439015219192874noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316191265933534655.post-38843128617084983592009-06-11T21:36:40.344-05:002009-06-11T21:36:40.344-05:00I agree with osolomama. This woman doesn't fee...I agree with osolomama. This woman doesn't feel like post-adoption depression. And to "feel like herself" after relinquishing her two children? We always put our kids first, if my spouse didn't want our children then HE'D have to go. I wish that father had stepped up to the plate, what an awful story.Lisanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316191265933534655.post-76253730187125611732009-06-11T11:30:30.529-05:002009-06-11T11:30:30.529-05:00I experienced post-adoption depression for a year ...I experienced post-adoption depression for a year after our first adoption. It was terrible and I felt extremely guilty that I had the baby I had dreamed of and could not be the mother I wanted to be. I was sure I had ruined her life, as well as mine and my husband's. My doctor put me on an antidepressant, but I could not stand the side effects and quit after a week. With the support of family and friends I was able to come out of it (it was a painfully slow recovery) and we have adopted again with no recurrence of the depression. The guilt never goes away, though, as I feel I was not as available to my daughter as I should have been that first year. She is rather emotionally fragile and I will always wonder if I contributed to that.<br /><br />My point is that post-adoption depression is real and it messes with your mind. Like any other depression, you don't think too rationally when you're in the middle of it and you really need support from other people. I am very sad for the kids in the article, as they have lost out again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316191265933534655.post-40267049429921579192009-06-11T06:53:17.776-05:002009-06-11T06:53:17.776-05:00Definitely had mixed feelings about the article ab...Definitely had mixed feelings about the article about the woman who dissolved her adoption after six years and now feels like "herself" again. I can understand post-adoption depression, but this sounds like something else. Inability to attach to the new child (or children in this case) does not necessarily equal depression, but it's a great face-saver. Calling this the equivalent of post-partum depression is nuts. What is the fate of these poor kids?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com