Re: Does becoming a parent alleviate clinical depression?  In
article <1147370350.810343.164880@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward says...  shinypenny wrote: Lady
Penelope Creighton-Ward wrote: A friend of mine on Prozac is
soon going to become a father. I was curious if he can expect
his depressiveness to get better. Any research or stats on this?
Sleep disruption tends to be viewed as a symptom of depression,
but IME, lack of quality sleep can actually trigger or
exacerbate mood disorders. It becomes a cycle - lack of sleep
triggers mood disorder which triggers more lack of sleep and
even worse mood disorder....  So bringing a baby into the
household is a risk, merely due to sleep disruptions - if
nothing else.  Then you've got the hormonal changes women go
through on top of that.  And then you've got the identity/role
crisis that parenthood can evoke in both men and women.  If this
is a close friend or relative, I would suggest offering help at
night, if necessary, so the father c