 [ Symptoms ] what are the alternitive treatments if spinal injections do not help with a herniated disc i am seeing a pain mng dr i recived oral steroids and then one innjection which caused more pain i do not wish to recieve more i have 2 disc heriatios inn my neck one above and one below a disc fusion from 10+ yrs ago and also 1 bulginng and 2 herniations in my lower back i also recieved 1yr of therapy i am overwhelmed with the pain and the lack of quaility of life what else can i do [ Disease ] postpartum depression is linked to chemical social and psychological changes associated with having a baby the term describes a range of physical and emotional changes that many new mothers experience the good news is postpartum depression can be treated with medication and counseling the chemical changes involve a rapid drop in hormones after delivery the actual link between this drop and depression is still not clear but what is known is that the levels of estrogen and progesterone the female reproductive hormones increase tenfold during pregnancy then they drop sharply after delivery by three days after a woman gives birth the levels of these hormones drop back to what they were before she got pregnant in addition to these chemical changes social and psychological changes associated with having a baby create an increased risk of depression