Has anyone been induced for mental health reasons?

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I'm 37 weeks today and have been struggling so awfully these past few weeks with severe anxiety. It came to a head this weekend gone where I actually thought I was having a nervous breakdown. Previous to getting pregnant I was taking fluoxetine but with varying opinions on taking it during pregnancy I stopped. I have gotten this far without any medication but now need it more than ever. I have a meeting tomorrow with the mental health team in my maternity hospital to discuss my options. I was just wondering if anyone has experienced any kind of mental health situation where their doctors decided to induce them or have a scheduled c section because of their mental state?

No - but I nearly was and the consultant granted the induction.
My little girl is 16 days old and I have always been quite anxious but the pregnancy - especially the latter half it ramped up. I couldn’t really cope in the final month for worrying about her. I had a consultant appointment about my blood pressure and talked to her about my anxiety this was at 37 weeks exactly. She said I could be induced that day! I went and spoke to the midwives about it afterwards and agreed to extra monitoring to put my mind at ease and push for 39 weeks as I needed an induction there anyway for BP.
I did it I made it to 39 and I was so proud of myself. The induction was hard - 4 days and it would have been worse the earlier the gestation apparently, I gave my girl a chance to grow a bit more which I’m pleased about as she is dinky still.
It ended up in forceps delivery - delivered by the consultant who I spoke to about anxiety, she was amazing and reassured me throughout and said how well I did. I was very anxious in labour but the midwives helped me and comforted/reassured.
If you want to keep going in the pregnancy you can - ask about extra monitoring for your own peace of mind x

Hey, yes I had an induction due to mental health/ anxiety. Are you under the care of the perinatal psychology unit? They sorted everything out for me and were simply amazing!

Hello OP! I'm in hospital overnight after just having my second DD! I really relate to you. I developed bad anxiety with my first daughter, I got very caught up in it. I wasnt ready for help at the time looking back and it consumed me! After a while I got back to a normal way of thinking on my own with a good diet and work out routine, as well as a job that gave me structure. When I found out I was pregnant I felt myself starting to go again, especially with everything kicking off with lockdown! Everything was really out of control. I saw a therapist in lockdown weekly over zoom and it was so great. It really helped me look and the causes of my anxiety and CBT was really helpful. My sessions ended, I ended up going overdue with my daughter and massively spiralled!! I was crying every morning j was so nervous. I felt like I wasnt happy and I wasnt being a good mum to my first dd and I was having frequent panic attacks. I called my midwife on Tuesday and told her everything. She was fantastic and called the hospital to request an induction. The doctor agreed and I had it booked for Thursday. I was 7 days over due. Having that booked in made me finally relax. Just having that end date made it so much easier for me. I then went into natural labour the day before! And voila, here she is! Not letting me sleep because she is already very clingy!
I find that I like knowing and I try to control things to help my anxiety. I feel as if I fed into it slightly but I feel I needed a structure and a plan to help me personally relax... and pop! Didnt even need it Haha. I dont know if they would offer c sections.. but I have no experience with this so I'm not sure.
I hope you get the resurrecne you need OP. You are going to be great.

Thank you all so much for your replies, they've really helped and made me feel not so alone through this hard time. My anxiety isn't particularly over the baby, but more a few issues rolled into one. We are living in Ireland at the moment where we are in complete lockdown. We are not allowed to visit family or friends homes, we are not allowed past 5km of our homes. We cannot buy anything in shops other than essential items so the likes of clothes, toys etc are off limits. It's feels so suffocating. I have one DS who is 8 & I feel awful guilt about not being the mother I should be for him during this time. Having to labour to a particular stage on my own is very daunting even having done it once before. I suppose there are a lot of things I feel are closing in on me and I just cannot shake the thoughts and feelings. Hopefully by the end of today I will have more answers, I'm due to see the midwife today as well as the video call with the head psychiatrist in my maternity hospital. I have everything crossed they will be able to help me in a way that's safe for me & for baby. Thank you again for posting x