Antidepressants

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Hi all

I have been ttc #3 for over a year now.
My mood has been very up and down as i guess most of you are!

In September, October and November when my period started I had massive mood crashes and ended crying hysterically for a day or so before managing to pull myself together, calm down and look forward to trying again.

December I was able to get distracted with the activity of Xmas.

I got my period in January two weeks ago and just cannot get my act together. I'm an absolute waste of time at work and at home. I'm just getting nothing done as I'm obsessing now about TTC. It's ovulation day today so here comes the tww week and emotional rollercoaster!

I've spoken to my GP a couple of times towards the end of last year to get blood results (all normal apparently) and she's offered me "something for the low mood" a couple of times. I said no because I don't want to be taking chemicals unnecessarily and actually the low mood was over within a day. However now I'm wondering if I should go for it.
I'm hesitating because I don't want anything to interfere with my fertility at all!

Have any of you started anti depressants during this journey? Did it help your mood?

Hey,

Sorry to hear you are feeling so down with all the stress of TTC.

I know first hand how difficult balancing TTC with mental health. I was on Sertraline to help with mood and anxiety for a year before I started trying. I'm just over a year of TTC with no luck so far.

If your mood is getting in the way of daily life, which is sounds like it is, I'd really consider getting some help.

My doctors have assured me that particular SSRIs do not impact fertility and the risk of any birth defects are very minimal.

It can be quite rough getting used to the meds to begin with but once they kick in, it made a huge change for me personally.

Wishing you the best of luck x

@SAUNDER thank you so much for your kind message and sorry to see another person having difficulty TTC. X

I started citalopram last Friday. I saw a private Gynaecologist a few weeks ago and he recommended it too without me mentioning it so I swithered still for about 10 days then went for it and started when AF showed up yet again.

I'm trying Soy Isoflavones again this month and started taking them the same day as the citalopram so not sure which one has been making me feel worse tbh 🫨🤪😬
At least I'm not suffering too much from insomnia or panic or anything so will persevere!
Hoping it'll improve my mood and remove the pressure around ovulation as I have been getting really frantic then!

It is so comforting to hear from others who have first hand experience and I really do appreciate the time you took to reply ❤️

I'm glad go hear you've spoken various sources and decided to try meds. There can be such a taboo/shame around the subject of SSRIs but there shouldn't be. They can be a life changing tool.

Everyone is different of course, but I'd say it took about 2 months for the meds to fully kick in and I felt like something had been lifted.

I found it makes me feel more balanced and rational about things.... which is handy when you are TTC as we know!

Hope it's all positive from here on out for you