'My postpartum psychosis made me think my mother-in-law was plotting against me'

A mum whose postpartum psychosis made her think her mother-in-law was plotting against her told how she had symptoms for two years after recovery.

Charity Horton, 35, gave birth to triplets, Raine, Poppy and River, in March 2021 and once she got home from hospital, barely slept for an entire week. Initially she thought she was just 'a bit down', but soon became convinced she was starving her tiny babies - despite looking after the healthy trio, with wife Sarah, 34.

She eventually "lost control of everything", believing and thought mother-in-law, Cheryl Horton, 54, was hiding her medication. Charity was even convinced Cheryl's dog was going to eat her babies, Sarah was leaving her, and she could see through walls of their home in St Austell, Cornwall.

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After a month, Charity was admitted to hospital after bravely confessing to having suicidal thoughts. She was eventually on the road to recovery and able to be sent home after two weeks of in-patient treatment.

But since her six-week episode, Charity has suffered from 'breakthrough symptoms' - symptoms that emerge during treatment. A less talked about part of recovery, she found herself still found herself being angry towards her mother-in-law and experiencing paranoia.

Charity thought Cheryl was doing things to make her "crazier" and felt "anxious" and would "argue back" at her. She went back to therapy in December 2022 and is now recovered from psychosis and "feels like a completely different person" and is "ready to move on".

Charity, a CCTV manager from St Austell, Cornwall, said: "I