Anything safe for depression during pregnancy?
I am 18 weeks pregnant and wondering if anyone out there has ever taken antidepressants while pregnant. I have suffered from postpartum depression in the past (after my second child was born) and was put on antidepressants for it then. I came off and have been doing relatively well until I got pregnant for a fourth time. I got pregnant when my third baby was only six months old, so I am not sure if it is a postpartum depression or possibly just a combination of postpartum and being pregnant again so quickly. I am very unsure as to what I can take in terms of antidepressants or natural remedies. I have heard that if I take antidepressants while pregnant my baby will have to go through withdrawal once her or she is born and I don’t think I want to do that to my baby, but at the same time right now I feel like I am losing it. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks so much.
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Call your doctor so they can set up an earlier appt with you and talk to you about it. I was taking zoloft (200 mg) before getting pregnant, and when i found out i was pregnant, i quit taking it bc i wasnt sure if it was ok, and i wanted to talk to my doctor about it. Well, I talked to him and he said Zoloft is the safest, most prescribed antidepressant in pregnant women…BUT there are cases (which you will see if you google it) that when the babies are born, they have a heard time with their heart and lungs, adjusting to being out of the womb. None of the babies die, or have permanent damage, and mostly all symptoms are gone about 2 days after birth. BUT the higher the dosage your taking, the worse the side effects for your baby. My doctor has a personal preference of not going over 50 mg. He said we would raise it if i needed to, but he would rather we stay at 50. I tried taking the 50, and i was so used to the 200mg that it was like i wasnt taking anything anymore. So i decided, if my doctor didnt really want to give me more and the 50 wasnt working, I would just deal with it for a few more months until my baby is born, and then continue taking it later. Not everyone can hold out though. Talk to your doctor that way both of yall can figure out how severe it is, and what steps you should take.
Youve got a lack of Iron. Later pregnancies are especially difficult and if its your fourth, you’ll need a lot of nutrition. Dont mess with your health. Think of the baby. The fact that you’re depressed shows that the body is defecient in something. And if you’re thinking of resorting to drugs to treat the mind, dont be silly! You need omega 3, Iron and calcium. B, C. Get one of those multi vites. Exercise is very very important. Watch the weight also. You should not have gained more that 7kg in the first 5 months and a maximum of 11 kg at the point of giving birth. Do it for the child.