Re: Antidepressants while pregnant

September 13, 2004

Hi Robin, I am on prozac and have been for all 3 pregnancies. The docs say it

is a safe drug to take while pregnant and even breastfeeding. I too think I

will be on prozac for ther est of my life but I can deal with that. I was on

klonopin also for anxiety attacks and just stopped taking those 2-3 months ago

and so far so goo but quitting the prozan makes me severely depressed and mood

swingy too. My 4 kids are all healthy and happy, no problems at all from

prozac or anything else. Good luck, I am sure it is okay to take and your baby

will

be just fine.

God Bless, Robin

Wife to Pup for 15 years

Mommy to-

and

(twin boys, 8 years) and

Daughter Madison- age 5 1/2

and new Mommy to-

Emerson Roger born

July 28, 2004 at 4:11 am

8lbs 7 oz, 20 1/2 inches long.

September 13, 2004

Robin,

I was on two weekly Prozac when I got pregnant. After talking with my Dr. I

started taking one a week. Got a little down for a while went back to

talk to her and she put me on Buspar 10 mgs twice a day. Seems to be doing

the trick. I am down but not really down. From what I understand Prozac and

Buspar are both a Class B drug so should be safe for you during pregnancy.

One thing I know I can't do on these meds is breastfeed. I will be 6 mths

this Thursday and I have gained 9 pounds all together. I don't like to see

the scale going up, that makes me sad

>

>Reply-To: OSSG-pregnant

>To: <OSSG-pregnant >

>Subject: Antidepressants while pregnant

>Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 11:34:20 -0500

>

>Hi everyone. I haven't posted in awhile, but I try to read the posts

>that interest me on a daily basis.. A little bit of background for

>reminder... I am now 1 year post-op from VBG. I am also 12 weeks

>pregnant with baby #1. When I first found out I was pregnant I asked

>all my doctors what I should do about the Prozac I have been taking for

>quite awhile now. I've been on antidepressants (have tried just about

>every one of them until the last year or so when I found Prozac works

>the best) for about 10 years. In the past I have found that whenever I

>tried to taper off of them, I would become severely depressed and

>basically several different doctor's said that it is because I truely

>have a chemical imbalance and am probably someone who would be on

>antidepressants for the rest of my life to regulate. So I came to terms

>with that, however when I became pregnant, I asked several of my

>doctor's (my primary physician, my psychiatrist and my OB) what I should

>do and I got 3 different answers... primary physician said " it

>shouldn't hurt " , OB said I could continue taking them, psychiatrist said

>to stop and give a trial without...... so I went with what the

>psychiatrist said because I thought maybe she knew something that I

>didn't... like how I'll be sooo happy during the pregnancy that I

>wouldn't get the depression that usually comes with not taking any meds.

>Ok, that was about 8 weeks ago. I've been off for about 8 weeks. Now,

>I'm not *REAL* depressed, however I feel down more than usual. I'm very

>irritable all the time with my husband and family. And I even had one

>friend say that I seem sort of bi-polar lately (one day super happy,

>next day crying over nothing). So I just made an appointment to see

>the psychiatrist this afternoon and I guess I'm going to try to go back

>on. I do remember the psychiatrist saying that if I needed to be on

>anything, that Prozac is the best one because of the very low incidents

>of side effects, especially to the baby...

>

>Does anyone have any experience with all this? Any words of wisdom? I

>would especially like to hear from someone who may have already had a

>child while on an antidepressant.......

>

>Thanks for listening.

>

>Robin Irwin

>VBG 9/17/03

>Starting wt: 293

>Current wt: 232 (keeps going between 229 and 233, w/ 229 being my lowest

>prior to pregnancy)

>Goal wt: 165

>EDD: 3/25/05 w/ #1

>

September 13, 2004