Posted by jm on December 27, 2001, at 16:49:27
In reply to Effexor Withdrawal and Pregnancy, posted by Marie B on May 31, 2001, at 12:33:19
>I just want to tell you that I went through the same thing when I found out I was pregnant 6 years ago.
My son is very healthy and extremely smart so the effexor had no adverse effects. I quit cold turkey at 6 weeks and it was almost unbearable except I didn't want to harm the baby and the doctors never warned me of any side effects when doing so (actually they didn't know!).
One thing I want to tell you because perhaps I can save you alot of suffering, is that I went through post pardom depression at its worst and almost lost my life and my son and it went on for two years (now it's happening all over and I don't know why). The worst part is that I asked the doctor for help and told him the effexor isn't working when my son was one month old. His response was 'you look good to me' and told me another twisted story and sent me on my way. Not even 4 months later I tried to kill myself and honestly thought my son would be better off being raised by my parents (which is something I know would be a horrible life for any human being, especially my son, when I'm not as lost).
In the hospital, and under better care, I found out that after you have a child your hormones are all over the place and nothing is the same. The dosage I was taking was far too little and a doctor should know better as far as thinking your body will react the same way to the dosage you were on before giving birth.
Makes complete sense to me now but I think we depend on our doctors opinions far too much. It's hard for them to know everything so we rally have to do our own research as far as our health and our children's health are concerned.
I was a mess when I was pregnant but got through it only because I kept thinking of the inocent child growing inside of me who deserves the best chance at life.
I hope you get to read this as I could go on and on but mostly because I want you to be very careful after the baby's born and believe yourself most of all. Post pardom is a natural thing but don't let it get too out of hand because it's much harder coming back.
poster:jm
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