Is anyone TTC on medication

[frostty]

We are TTC and I take medication for my mental health, my psychiatrist has said the tablets are safe to take when pregnant but I still feel bad for staying on them when I am TTC but they keep me stable. I take an anti-depressant and an anti-psychotic.

Is anyone in the same position?

Hi frostty
I'm in a similar position and was also on the same type of drugs. Although my psychiatrist said the tablets were safe(ish), I didn't feel comfortable with that, so made the decision to come off them, (and this wasn't the whole reason that I came off them). It wasn't an easy decision to make and it means I'm having to be really careful to look after my mental health as best I can.

I think it's a really personal decision. A lot of what I read about it was that it's a case of weighing up the potential risk to the baby versus the potential risk of the mother becoming unwell.

Mostly I'm worried about what might happen if I do get pregnant and that triggers some sort of relapse, either during the pregnancy or afterwards.

So much to think about!!

Hi Janeytea thank you for your reply to my post. Part of me feels like I should come off them, but I am very scared of becoming ill again. I think I will cut down my dose of anti-depressants and I am not on a high dose of anti-psychotics. I am also scared of becoming ill during or after a pregnancy. My husband is very supportive but it is scary isn't it? I have been told that the peri-natal MH team might be able to help me when I get pregnant and if I need more support so that is a positive.

I agree that that's positive, frostty . Sounds like you're doing all that you can do. I think my partner is more worried about than I am, and is insistent that I am very involved with the MH team when (if) I become pregnant. I'd rather see how it goes, but I guess he's seen me at my worst and wants to avoid all of that. I am trying to be uncharacteristically optimistic!

Eeek!

My husband is also very worried about me, more worried than I am but I suppose it is good to have someone looking out for me!

Did you discuss coming off your medication with your psychiatrist? I wonder if I shouldn't be on them, but surely my psychiatrist would have said when I had my review? Its such a worry but I am so stable at the moment I would hate to rock the boat because in the past I have been really very ill from my mental health problems.

Fingers crossed we get our bfps soon and it all works itself out.

I did discuss it with my doctor and although they weren't in agreement, they accepted that I was making an informed decision and left it up to me.

This is the first time in many years that I've not been on medication so I feel like I'm getting reacquainted with my brain in many ways, not always good ones!

Will keep fingers crossed for our bfps and relative sanity!