I have a close friend who has been suffering with anxiety and depression for over 10 years. In the past her illness has been controlled while taking fluoxetine (prozac)but now she desperately wants to try to have a baby. Whenever she tries to reduce her dose of antidepressant she relapses and becomes anxious, depressed and not like herself at all. She has been told to come off Prozac before trying to conceive but I have done some medical research for her and cannot seem to find any real evidence that it increases the risk of having a congenital abnormality more than 1% (and that figure was for another antidepressant of the same type, not even for Prozac itself).
I just wonder if any one else had this experience and could help. Does she stay on the tablet for her own sanity but then fret about the risk to her baby, or is the risk too high and she should just suffer with this debilitating illness? I just can't imagine it will be beneficial for the baby to be conceived when she is in such a state and whether it would be better for her to keep herself healthy while risking the very small risk to her baby (e.g. like any other medical illness like epilepsy or asthma). Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
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Trying to conceive while on antidepressants (Prozac)?
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siandjess · 14/08/2007 17:39
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