Hi,
I'm currently 11 and a half weeks pregnant and since 5 weeks have been suffering with crippling anxiety and insomnia to the point where I have been going days without sleeping and have been in a constant state of panic 24/7. I have been on sleeping tablets for 4 weeks and it has now got to the point where they only work for around 3 hours before I'm up all night again.
Due to all of this I hit crisis point earlier in the week where I felt like I needed to either terminate the (very much wanted pregnancy) or end my life.
I had a similar bout of anxiety and insomnia 8 years ago and the only way I got out of it that time was by being prescribed pregabalin. I have been in contact with the perinatal mental health team the last few weeks and they have agreed to let me go back on the pregabalin as the risk to me and the baby will be worse if I carry on the way I am. However I am now really worried about taking it due to the potential risks to the baby.
I wanted to know if anyone else has taken pregabalin through their pregnancy and if everything was OK with the baby? I believe the risks are quite small (and some studies have not shown any impact) but the leaflet with the tablets is panicking me a bit where it says women of childbearing age should use contraception. I just wanted to know if anyone else has been through anything similar (even if it's a different medication that could be harmful) and if their baby was OK?
The guilt is killing me but I'm not sure how I'm going to continue the pregnancy without it 😔