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Posted by Ann1983 on October 19, 2004, at 12:36:47
Any advice or similar situations? I have a daughter 7 years old. I have been on meds for nearly 3 years. It started with mild anxiety and small doses of xanax, then dr. added anti-depressant, then mood stabilizer convinced I may be slightly bi-polar sinced the anti-depressant made me "high". Never had major depression in the past that I recall, just was anxious and began having panic attacks and couldn't breathe. I want to get pregnant but do not want to be on medication. Any advice for me? Anyone going through or gone through this? I read about Anxietol 7 that was ranked number 1 in natural anti-anxiety remedies this year. And there are tons of web sites and remedies. I need to find one that is safe and some other ways to cope. I want to get off my meds! Please someone give me some advice! Sheeesh! I am tired of these meds making me tired, and fat too! Thanks! Hope someone has some great advice for me :)
Posted by Noa on October 20, 2004, at 19:41:55
In reply to Going off anti-depressents to get pregnant, posted by Ann1983 on October 19, 2004, at 12:36:47
I have no advice on getting off meds, but just wanted to tell you that when I discussed this with my pdoc, he suggested in-vitro fertilization in order to have control of the timing of conception, which can help minimize the amount of time I would be off of meds (ie--don't have to be off meds while waiting to get pregnant).
I just want to wish you good luck and hope it all goes very well!
Posted by scribble'ntweak on October 23, 2004, at 17:52:40
In reply to Re: Going off anti-depressents to get pregnant » Ann1983, posted by Noa on October 20, 2004, at 19:41:55
I have done alot of talking to dr.s, reading, and talking to other people who would like to get pregnant with and without taking meds. One point that was brought to my attention was that the studies done comparing non- medicated non depressed pregnant deliveries/babies to medicated pregnant depressed women failed to distinguish wheather abnormalities were a result of medication or depression itself. I have also heard that depression durring pregnancy can cause elevated cortisol levels in the mother, resulting in lower IQ of child. The FDA just did some kind of analysis of Prozac and its safety/unsafety during pregnancy. You can find that at FDA.gov I think.
For what it is worth, I have decided to take my medication ( abilify) if I were to get pregnant. I think as long as what you are on is not category D, you have to weigh the risk/benefits yourself.
check out :http://www.aafp.org/afp/20020815/629.html
http://members.optushome.com.au/mblock/medication.html
http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/p030117.html
I hope this is of some help.
Posted by Larry Hoover on October 23, 2004, at 20:55:45
In reply to Re: Going off anti-depressents to get pregnant, posted by scribble'ntweak on October 23, 2004, at 17:52:40
> I have done alot of talking to dr.s, reading, and talking to other people who would like to get pregnant with and without taking meds. One point that was brought to my attention was that the studies done comparing non- medicated non depressed pregnant deliveries/babies to medicated pregnant depressed women failed to distinguish wheather abnormalities were a result of medication or depression itself. I have also heard that depression durring pregnancy can cause elevated cortisol levels in the mother, resulting in lower IQ of child. The FDA just did some kind of analysis of Prozac and its safety/unsafety during pregnancy. You can find that at FDA.gov I think.
> For what it is worth, I have decided to take my medication ( abilify) if I were to get pregnant. I think as long as what you are on is not category D, you have to weigh the risk/benefits yourself.
> check out :
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> http://www.aafp.org/afp/20020815/629.html
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> http://members.optushome.com.au/mblock/medication.html
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> http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/p030117.html
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> I hope this is of some help.
>Here is some more information which I dug up and collected together.
http://www.google.ca/groups?hl=en&lr=&selm=EhyVc.37742%24Tr.1823824%40news20.bellglobal.com
http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20040909/msgs/390253.html
http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20040904/msgs/387622.html
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