Pregnancy and Meds

Melissa66

I don't know if this is the right board, but I wanted to ask you ladies about getting pregnant and being pregnant on meds. I'm on an anti-anxiety medication and a mood stabilizer medication.  Of course, I'll discuss this with my therapist, but if you must go off psychiatric drugs while attempting pregnancy and staying pregnant, how do you cope with your mental/emotional issues?

TIA!

CityPixie

I'm not a doctor but I would say replacing meds with moderate exercise as much as you can would help.  I found expercise to really help with my anxiety/mood/emotions.

 -Pix

MAH123

I have no experience, but I've seen this question before. It depends on which meds you're on, some of them are safe while TTC and during pg. Most girls I've seen take the ones that approved, I'm sure your therapist can steer you in the right direction.

LizzyB11

I went off my antidepressant for the first 6 months of TTC (on the advice of my doctor). I realized that I needed them back BADLY! I was upset about no BFP and couldn't handle the stress of daily life without them. So I went back on them with the understanding that as soon as I got a BFP, I would wean myself off of them, per doctor's orders. It worked out just fine. I was off of them well before the 8 week mark, so I feel like I didn't do any damage to the baby. I had to have the meds in order to survive TTC. When we had our m/c, I started taking them right away. I figured I needed all of the support I could get! Talk to your doctor and see if you could do something like that. I don't know why he had me go off of them when I wasn't even pregnant! Good luck!