[Katia555]

Has anyone on this board experienced post adoption depression? I have, (so has one of my frinds who also adopted from China) and I am surprised that this syndrome, which affects more than 65 percent of people who adopt, was never addressed by our agency or social worker. It never crossed my mind that it could hit me, but it did. I was completely unprepared for it. (I don't see the issue discussed much on this board, either.) It seems to me that adoption agencies too often paint a rosy picture of adoption, leaving out the sometimes very difficult aspects. For me, it was really, really hard at times. I even told myself that, had I known that this is how I would feel after the adoption was completed, I would have reconsidered and remained childless. I would love to share thoughts with those of you who have gone/are going through something similar.....