What do you think?

[mumsie123]

Hi ladies,

I have just found out Monday that i am pregnant with very much wanted baby no.3, infact been taking test after test after test as lines are faint but there (just to make sure i am pregnant)
Monday when i had my first very faint line i called my GP as i am on 20mg citalopram, and we both agreed that i try to go down to 10mg which i did, i was feeling great all happy, then today BAM im sitting in the bath and dread just washed over me. Omg what have i done? will i cope? what if these feeling's get worse?

I have been very very teary and also very snbappy and beginning to feel like not really wanting to do to much, this all in 1 day!!

So was woundering as i know my hormones are going to go crazy and it's very early day's yet (4 week's) will i cope? will this get worse? shall i go back on my original dose.

I'm scared :-( :-(

Sorry not an expert at all but I have noticed other women on here with exactly the same problem as yours - reducing citrapolam from 20 mg to 10mg and having problems. Wasn't sure whether you were saying you were just overwhelmed with feeling about baby no 3 or whether you were feeling depression like symptoms. The most likely thing if the latter is that you arehaving withdrawal symptoms and have reduced too quickly. I don't know anything about this drug but some of them are available in liquid form and so you can reduce much more slowly - so maybe that is the best thing.

Hope things improve and I'm sure others will be along with more uselful advice.

I does sound like it might be a combination of things - the hormones and reducing too quickly.

When I was newly pregnant I felt pretty crappy - tired, a bit "under the weather" etc. and that was before I'd even had depression and wasn't taking any ADs let alone reducing them.

Withdrawal effects from ADs can include: insomnia, anxiety, nausea, headaches etc.

I agree with Nana that you have probably withdrawn too quickly. After all you have cut your dose by 50%. That is a huge jump.

I understand your anxiety about being on a drug during pregnancy, however it is better to withdraw gradually and successfully than yo yo back and forth and end up going back on your previous dose.

Can you take 15mg for the next few days and see if you stabilise?

Although they never guarantee safety, lots of women on here have taken citalopram during pregnancy and their babies have been absolutely fine. Try not to think the worst.
x

Thank you ladies, feeling ok today, just a little wobble i think, didnt help that i over reacted because i keep getting faint positives just wound myself up (typical me)