When a close friend, also an adoptive mom, urged her to get help, Connors initially felt deeply resentful. Like postpartum depression in parents who give birth, post-adoption depression has symptoms that include sadness, anxiety, panic, intense fatigue, and debilitating feelings of inadequacy. PADS is believed to affect somewhere between ten and 32 per cent of adoptive parents. For some adoptive parents, unresolved feeling around infertility or pregnancy loss may need to be explored. As with postpartum depression, isolation and a lack of outside support or relief from parenting responsibilities can exacerbate post-adoption depression.

Source: Huffington Post May 21, 2020 20:04 UTC