Anyone taking AD's but still breastfeeding?

[DelGirl]

Just that really. If you are, what AD's are you taking? tia

Hi
Im taking Lustral, and have found no problems at all with me or baby. I don't like the idea of what it could "possibly" do if it tranfers through the breast milk, but in my opinion its better to be a good and happy mummy than a withdrawn depressed one. I have taken it for my 2nd and 3rd children, and its brilliant :-)
Vicky

I did a couple of months ago but I've stopped both now. It was lopeframine I think. Truly awful side effects hence I stopped taking them.

thank you for the posts

anyone else been on them?

I'm going to be, have lustral ready and waiting for after birth.
are you going to be? or are you already?

mummyvicky, glad to hear how much you like lustral. means alot to read that!

Hi DG - are you having a bad time ? I took anti-depressants while bf-ing both my ds's. Ds1 I took one called Imipramine, which is an old fashioned tricyclic - my GP wouldn't let me have SSRIs (the more modern ones, like Prozac - sorry if I'm telling you stuff you know already) as she said there hadn't been enough research into the newer anti-d's and bf-ing. That was almost 9 years ago though - but I mention it because I have heard people say their GPs are still reluctant to prescribe the newer anti-d's if a Mum is bf-ing.

With ds2 (who will be 4 in December) we had moved and my new GP had no such reservations - I went on Cipramil (an SSRI) and continued to breast feed sucessfully. What she told me was that, while SSRIs are not contraindicated by bf-ing - caution is advised. She said I should watch out for ds2 becoming drowsy, or possibly having an upset tum. He had neither - was absolutely fine.

HTH - and I'm really, really sorry that this post was you

just wanted to say 'well done' DG (you know what I mean) See you Fri.

dramaqueen, going to the docs next week (on strict instructions ). I can't say i'm all that keen on going back on AD's. I've managfed to stay off them for 6 years despite the trauma's of the past 4 and i'm a bit concerned about the BF aspect. I really don't want to give up BF but I guess as I'll be weaning dd from bext week, she's not going to have alot from me from now on anyway.

Moo, thanks for that. It is hard but I was prepared for it tbh as i've had depression in the past. Having said that I don't feel like I did when I had it before, it's hard to explain and alot of it I don't want to talk about. I did have a long chat with my DB as he's a psychiatric nurse and he said what I was feeling wasn't 'normal' as such, but totally understandable. Some days i'm fine and dd really makes me happy and makes me smile but the evenings can be very difficult and my head is full of allsorts, its horrible and I don't want to feel like it anymore. I feel like i'm copping out in a way as maybe i'm not that bad. Just tired of putting a brave face on it all now (which I don't do very well at the best of times)

Merlin, thanks for the nudge. See you on Friday