Has anyone taken anti depressants whilst pregnant and been o.k?

[hayleybop]

Hi, I've had 4 days of insomnia and today feel like I cant shift the mood I'm in. I am just breaking down and crying. I had pnd with my first dd who is now 13 months old. I stopped taking the anti-depressants when I found out i was pregnant and I was fine, my insomnia had stopped and I learnt how to fall back asleep on my own again.
My boyfriend hasn't been very supportive lately and I live far away at the other end of the country away from friends and family so I feel very isolated. I'm going back to family at the weekend for a short holiday.
So after that rant has anyone taken peroxatine or any other anti-depressants whilst pregnant?

Hi. I took prozac when I was pregnant with my ds, he's now 8. I had no problems and he has been fine. I have to say that as soon as I had had him I stopped taking the tablets, much to the annoyance of my doctor/midwife etc..I just felt I didn't need them anymore. The dose was quite low and I was only on 1 a day I think.... have a chat to your GP. Good luck and I hope you feel better soon.

I took zoloft while pg with ds2 - am still on it as a matter of fact. I did have to taper off and stop it the last part of the 3rd trimester. There is a risk of the baby being born with some addiction to it if taken in late stages. Anyway, we both did well and I also took it while bfing both dcs.

Hi,

You and I are in the same boat. I am 29 weeks pg and have a toddler. My sleep has got worse over the last few weeks. Today I hit crisis point and have made the difficult decision to go back on my anti-d's.

If you do go back on meds just be sure you see your psych regularly and get checked up on.

Good luck.

I was on Prozac when I got pregnant and wanted to come off them. My consultant said that they didn't like pregnant women doing any changes to their medication and not to worry about it - was a total non event at the hospital, midwives told me LOADS of pregnant women are on them.

With my first baby, I was dosed up to my eyeballs of Seroxat (anti d) and that didn't cause any problems either, other than a bit of a sleepy baby for first day (cool!)

Don't worry at all!

dear hayleybop
i took prozac with my youngest dd now 5 when i was 2 months pregnant and had no problems.
my gp took the idea it was better to be on them and ok than stressed and deppressed all the time.
as for my dd she is the happiest easiest going out all all 3 of my dc.not saying the prozac did that but who knows

hi there i took ad's for the first 4 months of my pregnancy for seasonal effective disorder. i was fine and more importantly so was my baby.
my sister took them throughout her whole pregnancy and her baby was fine too.
dont worry