Hi!!!! (and a meds Q)

AlmostMrs.F · January 2010

Hola!

I'm so glad to see this board is now available- it's so hard to be so alone! DD has very severe GERD, and I have a history of depression and anxiety, so when she was born and not healthy, it lead to some serious mental meltdown. I began Zoloft in my 3rd trimester for anxiety (I stayed up 3 nights in a row worrying that DH would get into a car accident on his way to or from work- totally irrational) and increased dosage to 100mg/daily after birth. Anxiety has become increasingly worse as of late (specific triggers make me fly off the handle- IL's, and other various things)

My Questions is for those of you PPA and PPD, are you on additional medication for the PPA? My OB tried Zanax as needed for the anxiety, but it made me extremely depressed, and instsead of making me feel better. Have any of you taken something that works?

SarahGroves11 · January 2010

I started zoloft last week for PPA and so far it seems to be helping a lot! I couldn't eat, sleep, anything.

TommysGirl56 · January 2010

I was diagnosed with depression and anxiety. I am on Zoloft only, however. It seems to be doing the trick for me. Maybe you should talk to you doctor about increasing the dose. I felt a huge difference when I went from 50mg/day to 100mg/day. Also, I know Zoloft doesn't work for everybody. My doctor told me there were newer, better antidepressants...but they were not safe with BFing. So I think a call to your doctor may be in order! Good luck to you and welcome! Keep us updated on your progress!