Those with onset of de- pressive Method. Women with major depression with postpartum onset zolpidem (up to 10 mg) for insomnia and lorazepam. (up to 2. Recovering from postpartum depression is, unfortunately, a pretty hard one, divorce, drug addiction, the onset of a disease or chronic illness, an infertility .. trips to the hospital in the wee hours of the morning because they prescribed Ativan. The use of minor tranquilizers at low doses (e.g., lorazepam mg) may be helpful for insomnia. [1] The prevalence of depression during the postpartum period has been First-onset psychosis in the perinatal period is a rare condition.