Should I take the meds??

[riverofjordan]

I'm 20 wks pg, and sahm to 1yo dc. Struggling with depression and in a pretty dark place over the new year, and GP put me on sertraline a couple of weeks ago.

But in the process of talking it thru with several people, and the weather improving, past the early pregnancy symptoms, some family drama sorting itself out, and getting a handle on the insomnia with just home remedies..... I feel so much better.
I'm exhausted just from being pregnant with a 1yo. The tiredness makes me feel pretty down sometimes but my thoughts aren't spiralling into the awful things they were a few weeks ago. I'm going out sometimes again. I'm planning and thinking ahead instead of feeling totally hopeless.

I still feel pretty low I guess but not sure I really need to be on meds.

Have I just forgotten what it feels like to be normal tho? :(

I'm worried about taking sertraline and feeling worse, or the impact it might have on pregnancy or the baby.

How do I know if it's the right thing to do? Who can I talk to?

I think this needs to be a conversation you have with your medical team, GP and midwife. Have you been offered additional antenatal mental health midwife support? Good to hear you’re feeling better than you have been.

Thank you. I haven't been given any additional support team or contact details or anything. I could probably contact my midwife but I don't know if it's her call really? Before, she was sympathetic and lovely but said it's absolutely not something she can help with and I need to contact the GP... Getting hold of the GP again tho just to say basically I'm not sure whether to take the meds, not sure how I would even do that. It took 2 weeks to get an urgent telephone appt in the first place...