Perinatal OCD: When ‘the happiest time of your life’ turns dark.
This week is all about perinatal OCD, and it’s a biggie. Penny and Ange chat to perinatal and reproductive psychiatrist Dr Edna Lekgabe and clinical psychologist Dr kit Casey. In the discussion they talk about:
What perinatal OCD is
How the brain fundamentally changes during matrescence
Who gets perinatal OCD and why
Some of the common ( and extremely difficult obsessions that come up with perinatal OCD)
The ‘professionalisation of parenthood’
The loneliness of experiencing perinatal OCD
Why it’s so commonly misdiagnosed/missed altogether
Medication throughout the perinatal period
Matrescence by Lucy jones
Self compassion episode with Andrea
Pharmacist Rodney White at Monash medical centre; 03 9594 2361
Royal women’s hospital medicines information service:03 8345 3190
PANDA 1300 726 306
Lifeline https://www.lifeline.org.au/ 13 11 14
Pregnancy birth and baby 1800 882 436
COPE centre of perinatal excellence
SANDS miscarriage, stillbirth and newborn death support
OCD Bounce
So OCD
Health direct(info for service around Australia)
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Bailey MacDonald: Being a young person with OCD
This week Penny and Angie talk to Bailey MacDonald, an 18 year old who has OCD. Bailey has been suffering with OCD for many years, but it was a few years ago that a particular OCD theme entered Bailey’s life and completely upended it. Whilst Bailey isn’t comfortable to go into the content of the obsessions, she bravely talks to Penny and Angie about:
⁃Her first encounter with the mental health system and why it put her ff seeking help for years after
⁃How exhausting it is to be at school whilst dealing with debilitating OCD
⁃When she first told her mum about the obsessions
⁃How dark things became because she just wanted to go back to the time ‘before’
⁃Starting a podcast about OCD for a school project, which quickly became a passion project
⁃How much hope she now has that things can get better
🔗 Listen to Bailey's podcast
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Alison Cosker: A special chat about neurodivergence, 'that' tricky OCD manoeuvre and the profundity of grief.
This week Penny and Ange welcome their dear friend and unofficial producer, Alison Cosker, into the studio for a conversation about multiple diagnoses, doubting the doubt, and how grief can be impacted by OCD (and vice versa).
They also introduce the first Obsession Confession segment sent in by a dear listener.
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Dr Louise Newson: OCD & hormones
From periods, pregnancy and beyond, hormones play a crucial role in your mental health. When you have OCD, you might notice that during certain times of the month, or throughout certain life stages, the OCD symptoms get significantly better or worse. Penny and Angie chat with Dr Louise Newson, GP and menopause specialist, to explore how natural hormone shifts interact with OCD and anxiety.
They also discuss:
- how to advocate for yourself when you see a doctor and you might be curious about looking further into your hormones and hormone replacement therapy (HRT)
- the difference between natural and synthetic hormones
- how histamine sensitivity can affect hormone- related OCD
The Doctor Louise Newson Podcast
Balance app
The Definitive Guide to the Perimenopause and Menopause by Louise Newson
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Rick Davies: The agony and absurdity of living with ocd
Australian actor and writer Rick Davies joins us to talk candidly about living with OCD and his more recent diagnosis of ADHD. We chat about:
How acting became a safe haven from the exhaustion of OCD
The trepidation of talking so openly about mental illness as someone with a public profile
How cathartic it is to hear other people talk about their ocd experiences
The co morbidity of OCD and ADHD
Feeling like a fraud when the ocd flares up
How privilege plays into recovery
The imperfects episode with Rick Davies
https://open.spotify.com/episode/4gkJmjH0evWzyJckThC5lk?si=f7bxsnpNTpaMe5GWPmuahw
OCD, it’s really not what you think.
This is a podcast about the horrors and hilarities of living with OCD, hosted by author and mental health advocate Penny Moodie and CEO of Stand Up Events, Angie Greene.
Both Penny and Angie have lived with OCD for as long as they can remember and they have had enough of the misconceptions about OCD that can cause so much damage.
They want to share what it’s really like to live with OCD so that other people feel more understood and less alone.
Each week they will speak to an expert or someone with lived experience to delve into the raw and often confronting reality of living with this often debilitating illness.
Penny and Angie are on a mission to shine a light on something that is so often shrouded in shame so that everyone can feel less alone.
So if you have OCD, or you know someone who has OCD, take a listen!
INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/itsnotwhatyouthink_pod
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