Posted by Cece on June 28, 2001, at 5:10:32
In reply to Re: Pregnancy and meds in BP's » Cece, posted by judy1 on June 27, 2001, at 18:45:42
Thanx for replying. I was curious because post-partum psychosis seems to run in my family (both my mother and sister had it). My mom was probably undiagnosed BP, my sister tends toward anxiety and some depression (rarely admitted to).
I am past the age where pregnancy is an issue (52), and never found the right person to do it with, so never had to deal with the issues. I think that partly I subconsciously held back because of fear re post-partum (I didn't get right diagnosis and good tx. until about 8 years ago). I tried to do some research in my 30's, but couldn't find much.
My neice is BPI and young enough to still hope to have kids, so I wanted to get your info for her.
Thanx again- you sound well-prepared, with your feet on the ground and good support. I'm sure that you will make it just fine!
Cece
P.S. My mother and sister both had PPP with only one of their children: my mother with her second (me), and my sister with her first (my neice). Hopeful news for you.
> Hi Cece,
> I'm dxed bp1, rapid cycling and panic disorders. I think my shrink is leaning towards PTSD though, because I have a lot of dissociation problems. Thank you for the best wishes. This was an unexpected pregnancy and as soon as I found out I went off lamictal, risperdal and one other (can't remember). I did stay on klonopin (and still am) with xanax prn. Recently I've been taking zyprexa because I developed TD with risperdal, but I plan on tapering off that also. My pdoc basically treats 'fires' with me, and uses a great deal of psychotherapy. I see him weekly and e-mail him a lot (we have a very good relationship that took a good year to develope). I did have a psychotic depressive episode after my son was born and he and I are aware that there is a strong probability that I will have it again. So I guess we are working on maintaining a strong therapeutic relationship- my biggest problems are lack of insight when manic, and taking each day as it comes (never dull in bipolar disorder!) Hope this answers your questions. Take care, judy
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