Posted by pegasus on March 16, 2005, at 12:19:05
In reply to Re: accepting the wrong me » pegasus, posted by B2chica on March 16, 2005, at 11:37:12
Yeah, meds during pregnancy was a big issue for me. At the moment I'm on Paxil (and meds for some medical conditions as well). I looked into the current research about Paxil and pregnancy, and it seemed that there weren't any studies that showed problems for babies born to moms on any of the SSRIs. Although more recently there have been some studies about negative but temporary effects on the babies once they're born, because they go through withdrawal (or whatever you want to call it when you quit an SSRI). Paxil is worse for that than the others, because it has a short half life.
I did find that I felt more emotionally stable during pregnancy, at least up until the end here. So it was ok to drop other meds. Lately it does seem like the Paxil isn't working quite as well, but so far it's still good enough that I haven't upped my dose. But I think the pregnancy hormones were helpful to me. I know for some people it can go the opposite way. I've had pretty emotionally stable friends just fall apart when pregnant.
One good thing is that I had just switched to a really good pdoc before I got pregnant. She and my T and my husband have all been helping to monitor how I'm doing. Sometimes it's hard to know what's just normal pregnancy anxiety or a bad week, and what's my old stuff coming back. So I'm really glad for their help. I think having a good team around you is key to the whole pregnancy/meds thing.
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