Hi mums,
Can anyone with ADHD share their experiences of pregnancy and newborn stage?
Either medicated or not.
Did you find pregnancy affected your ADHD symptoms? And if you continued taking medication do you think it affected you differently during pregnancy? If you came off medication how did you find that?
I am 22 weeks and have been taking 36mg Concerta throughout (approved by NHS obstetric physicians- can discuss more if anyone's interested!) This is my 2nd pregnancy- I wasn't yet diagnosed when I was pregnant with my DD so no meds or anything first time round, but looking back I can see my adhd symptoms went into absolute overdrive pretty much as soon as I got pregnant!
I've found my ADHD symptoms a bit all over the place again this time round (although probably not as bad as first time) and just interested to hear other peoples' stories. I'm probably not going to change my dose at this point but id be interested to hear if anyone has any non-medication related tips for managing ADHD during pregnancy and newborn stages?
Thanks x