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Letter 5 From My Postpartum Psychosis | Dr. Rowena Winkler

anxiety, mother, motherhood, postpartum, mental health, postpartum psychosis, mental illness, postpartum support international, Sheppard Pratt, art therapy, music therapy, recovery, postpartum psychosis recovery

Letter #5: My Future in Recovery and Beyond

This is the fifth and final letter of a series recounting my experience with postpartum psychosis. To read the other letters and learn more about my intention behind this series, you can go to this page here.

Dr. Rowena Winkler

anxiety, mother, motherhood, postpartum, mental health, postpartum psychosis, mental illness, postpartum support international, Sheppard Pratt, day hospital, partial hospitalization program, Haloperidol, Trazodone, CBT, DBT

Letter #4: My Second Stay & Day Hospital Program

This is the fourth of a series of letters recounting my experience with postpartum psychosis. To read the other letters and learn more about my intention behind this series, you can go to this page here.

Dr. Rowena Winkler

anxiety, mother, motherhood, postpartum, mental health, postpartum psychosis, mental illness, postpartum support international, highly sensitive person, akathisia, Sheppard Pratt

Letter #3: My First Discharge from the Hospital

This is the third of a series of letters recounting my experience with postpartum psychosis. To read the other letters and learn more about my intention behind this series, you can go to this page here.

Dr. Rowena Winkler

mother, motherhood, postpartum, mental health, postpartum psychosis, mental illness, hallucinations, postpartum support international, avatar: the last airbender, delusions

Letter #2: My First Stay

This is the second of a series of letters recounting my experience with postpartum psychosis. To read the other letters and learn more about my intention behind this series, you can go to this page here.

Dr. Rowena Winkler

mother, pregnancy, motherhood, postpartum, mental health, postpartum psychosis, mental illness, postpartum support international

Letter #1: My Arrival

This is the first of a series of letters recounting my experience with postpartum psychosis.

Dr. Rowena Winkler

fertility issues, infertility, mother, parenting, pregnancy, motherhood, storytelling

Striving for Motherhood Part III: Pregnancy Stories

I just realized it is National Infertility Awareness Week and the week is already halfway over. Last year I shared this post and was completely transparent about my journey — the good, the bad, and yes, even the ugly...crying. As many of you may already know, my experience with IVF was successful and we now have a beautiful baby girl.

Dr. Rowena Briones Winkler