Borderline PD

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I'm currently 7 months pregnant and have been off medication since the day I found out I was pregnant, as what I'd been put on isn't safe during pregnancy and wasn't working for me anyway.
I had an inpatient admission late last year while I was acutely unwell and have just about managed to cope with life since then although I had to give up work as every shift I'd find myself screaming/crying/self harming in the toilets.
The last few weeks I've been ridiculously up and down again, mostly down, I've avoided my husband because I don't want him to notice but I do think I'm getting unwell and I don't know what to do about it. I've got this far without meds and I don't want to risk harming the baby by starting something now.
Sorry for the long post, I guess I just need to know I'm not alone 😣

Hi OP, have you seen the ante natal mental health team? There are meds that are safe to take in pregnancy, I have BPD and pregnancy made it out of control but the psych/consultant helped a lot and I did use medication through all 3 pregnancies with no harm to the babies whatsoever.

@Beanybop thank you for replying. Yeah I had a phone call assessment with them but they won't offer anything regular until I'm 35 weeks. They did mention sertraline during the assessment and said I would have to ask my GP about it but I've been on that before when I was initially diagnosed with depression and although it helped with the low mood, I was extremely impulsive while I was taking it and felt like I was on a 'high' a lot of the time, it was quite scary!
When they give me a call again at 35 weeks I'll see if they have any other suggestions. Hormones + BPD is not the nicest combination 😶

How long do you have to go until 35 weeks? GP’s can be wonderful but they aren’t the best for deciding what psychiatric drugs to take during pregnancy. Do keep asking for help if you feel you need it, also you can message me if you want to talk, I’ve been through the worst times of BPD (they say you grow out of it 🤞🏼) and 3 pregnancies with it. You’re not alone.

@Beanybop 2 weeks. Yes my GP is lovely but she's not been so great with mental health in general, but she has been good at getting me referred to community mental health services. Thank you