Just took a diazepam 5mg....worried sick now

[Notmyselfatall]

Hi, I'm 15 weeks pregnant and really suffering badly today with depression and OCD. Just took a 5mg diazepam to calm me down. Now I'm worried sick about taking it :( I had no choice. Seeing the dr in the morning

Anyone?

Have you tried to ask NHS direct? Can't help, I am not a dr.

I don't think it was advisable but what's done is done now so not much point beating yourself up about it. Don't take any more without talking to your GP though please?

{{hug}}

I wouldn't worry too much about it. In this case the benefits of taking the pill will outweigh the risks.

I'm sure it's not advised in the 1st & 3rd trimester as many drugs aren't.

Try not to worry, it's just one pill.

I'm sorry I don't know, I just didn't want to leave you alone to google - DO NOT GOOGLE!!!! and well done for not doing that first.

You did what you needed to do and tomorrow the Dr will hopefully help you to plan what to do when this happens in future. It is one low dose pill past 12 weeks, I am sure it will be fine.

Take Care x

Do not worry at all. I take Diazepam for fear of flying and I was told by an American doctor that I could take it when pregnant if i really needed it. Do not stress please. You will be fine. hugs

Hi everyone. I promise not to take another, unless I'm really bad when it wears off and will make an emergency appointment in the morning. I have suffered severe OCD and antenatal and postnatal depression and also 'normal' depression. I suffer panic attacks and was in a really dark place earlier, I know when I'm starting to go like this, thankfully I now recognise the signs. Before I just used to go down so quick and that was it. I Defo think that preg hormones certainly don't help with my illnesses. I'm not quite 15 weeks til tomorrow. I am feeling much better since I took it, much much calmer and able to function, earlier I couldn't function. It is so debilitating, I'm waiting on an
Appointment to see the antenatal mental health team but cannot possibly wait til then. Have to see the dr as soon as. I do however have a lot to deal with, this is dc3 and I have name changed for this in case anyone recognises me , I am currently single, this is my 3rd to a 3rd different dad, I feel tremendous guilt for that, my parents keep casting it up to me also which is not helping. My ds, 5 is severely disabled and my dd is nearly 11. I have locked myself away for months, only time I go out is when I have an appointment or ds does and to take him to nursery.

Hi Try not to worry, I have done the same thing, I took diazapam, one tab not sure of dose but low before I knew I was preggers as well as anti inflamatories for my shoulder. I have my scan tomorow, and am worried but excited.

I posted on here about it and someone sent me a link from another thread about people taking tabs before knew preggers, lots of reasuring stuff.

I could be wrong but I just think one tab, and for me 2 or 3 anti infalmatries really cant do damage....

look at pearl low, on all sorts of drugs pregnant and in labour and hers have turned out fine, some women are on herion!!!! Babies addicted but I have never heard they are mentally or physically disabled by it....

you have done it now....dont worry and then you might need another!

OP i'm sorry you're suffering.

i know that looking for reassurance is part of the OCD cycle so i am not going to reassure you. the truth is, the diazepam might have been a bad idea, it might have been good, only your Dr. will know once he/she has spoken to you, and even if they say it was a bad idea, it's in the past now and nothing can be done about it.

what you need to do right now is use your coping skills to get you through til your next appt. try not to post too much here about worries that are originating from OCD... as you say, you know the signs, and that tells me you also know that looking for reassurance will make everything worse.

all the best x
i hope the antenatal MH team have some good suggestions for you.

Hiya Eliza, aww ty for that reassuring post :) made me feel a bit better about it. It took
Me a lot to take that diazepam as I have had 3 mc's previously also....but I really had no choice, if I feel just as bad when it wears off then I will most Defo
Have to take another one

Aww Eliza please let me know how ur scan
Goes :) oikopolis ty for that post, n yeh I do know what u mean by the reassuring thing...hate having this damn illness