Are some anti-depressants safe to take during pregnancy?
I am 7 months pregnant with my 3rd and I’ve been extremly depressed. Its so bad that its hard for me to get out of bed, sometimes I only get 3-4 hours of sleep a night, I hardly eat the way I’m suppose to, sometimes I have uncontrolled crying, I have extreme lack of energy, I feel hopless and helpless, and its effecting every aspect of my life. I don’t know what it is but I can’t seem to break out of this depression. I’ve been feeling this way for months now and I’m despirate to feel better again. I know some of it has to do with pregnancy hormones and because I been going through alot but a lot of it has to do with brain chemisty. I’ve never had depression while pregnant so I’m not sure if its even safe to take any anti-depressants to help feel little better. My question is are their any anti-depressants that are safe to take while pregnant? If so, do you know the name of any? If not what are some suggestions to help me cope with depression? I’m terrified that it will only get worse after I have the baby. I do have an appointment in 2 weeks with my pcp but 2 weeks seems like forever right now.
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Some are safe to take.. But call your Dr. and let him know what symptoms you are experiencing and they should get you on into the office. If you want more information than just do some digging on the internet..
u poor thing i know what your going through i recently had my third baby ad had bad depression during my pregnancy my dr perscribed me zoloft but i was so worried to take it even though he said it was safe. i wish i did becasue my depression got SOOO much worse after i had the baby i had to go back to the dr for him to write another percrption.. good luck
They say that some are, but, in my experience, they also change their mind a lot. During my 2nd pregnancy, I was on anti-depressants that were “safe”, but these days (5 years later) the drug I was on in classified unsafe for pregnancy. My baby was healthy, but obviously, others were not.
Talk to your doctor. He will be able to tell you, based on your symptoms, what will be best for you and the baby. Keep in mind that what you are going through may very well be normal. This is my 4th pregnancy and it has been HARD. Beyond the physical things that are making in harder, it’s also emotionally harder because I feel like I’m not being the mother or wife that I was before I got pregnant this time. Part of me feels like I let my family down because I’m not able to do the things for them that I would normally be doing. Finding another mom to talk to about my feelings and realize that I’m not alone has helped tremendously. I know that sometimes we think things that we think we cannot tell anyone. If you feel there is no one to talk to, maybe a weekly session with a counselor would help.