1st Trimester

A little worried...

I am 4wks6days pregnant, I have been on anti depressants for over two years. I called my DR. on Friday and he called back this morning telling me to stop taking them and to take vitamin B and Benadryl for the side affects. Only problem with that is I do get very very sick when I forget to take my anti depressants just one day and Benadryl literally knocks me out. Has anyone else had this problem? I knew I was going to have to stop my Pristiq but could it have already affected my LO? 
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Re: A little worried...

  • If I can be honest, I'd get a new doctor. You should NEVER just stop taking antidepressants, especially with all the hormone fluctuations while pregnant. If you are taking one that has been known to cause problems, they can switch you to one that is known to be safer so far (zoloft for example, as one of the oldest ones has been studied the most and is considered to be one of the safer choices).
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  • like pp... you never want to just stop taking antidepressants... you want to be weaned off of them for the pregnancy... i asked my dr if i should stop taking them, she said "NO!, you want to slowly wean yourself off of them..." so yea, I would get another opinion...
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  • I guess I should have put that he did tell me to slowly taper off them. They told me to take them every other day for the next two weeks then stop them. Sorry I left a good piece of info out. 
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