Pregnancy Hormones or Medication Withdrawal?
Ok, I was on .5 mg of Clonazepam for 9 months for anxiety and depression, I had barely started to taper, and found out I was pregnant and called my psychologist and he said cold turkey. Well at first I was fine except for shaking and muscle twitches but then 12 days later all hell broke loose. I started doubting being pregnant, begged God for a misscarriage, threw things at walls, starting hitting little things when I got mad, and had WAY to much energy. I didn’t trust myself alone. It’s like one minute I’m laughing, then crying, then I’m extremely pissed off. So I would just go for nice long walks, exercise, take hot showers, naps, and then all of a sudden I wanted to commit suicide, so I called the Dr and he got me in right away and told me it’s just depression and gave me an antidepressant. I asked if it could be from the clonazepam and he said not 2 weeks later, not possible. This was a planned pregnancy, and I AM COMPLETELY HAPPY about this. We wanted this for at least 4 years, so when we found out we were screaming and crying jumping up and down. It had finally happened!! Does anybody have any insight? Also I did used to smoke a half pack of cigarettes a day and cold turkey them too. IS my body just in shock with detoxing and hormones racing? How long before this gets better? So should I take the antidepressant? This has lasted for 4 days now, I’m starting to feel a little better but scared it wont go away. BTW: I am 7 weeks pregnant. Serious answers only please, this is really rough on me. Thank You!!
Tagged with: hormones • Medication • Pregnancy • Withdrawal
Filed under: Pregnancy Depression Medication
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congratulations on your baby
i am also 7 weeks pregnant and my mood swings are shocking! i think your body is definately in shock because of sudden changes but just give it time to adjust.. i have also suffered from depression and i know it can be extremelly hard on a person! just hang in there and try to focus on being excited about your baby 
try talking to a therapist it helped me so much! and try to eat healthy and stay positive you will get through this
good luck
hope this helped
ya know what it could be either/or/ both… i was a smoker and drinker when i found out that it was time to stop the party girl act and be responsible! this was not a planned pregnancy, but i was engaged (married now) when we found out so it’s not like it was a bad thing either… we just got our little miracle sooner than expected…. anyway… i was out having a good ol time so when i stopped smoking (THE DAY I FOUND OUT) and stopped drinking, i know i was TERRIBLE to be around for the first two to four weeks… i really didn’t think i was having a hard time with the whole not smoking/drinking thing, so i would call my mom crying everyday after work telling her how i hated being around anyone and work was SO miserable and such… i just was terrible… she said, “i don’t know how i’m going to handle you like this for 9 months!” and all i could say back was, “at least you don’t live with me… i can’t get away from myself and even my poor husband is stuck with me and i can’t help it i just feel awful but i have NOTHING nice to say and i just want to cry!!!” i thought it was the pregnancy hormones and figured i’d be in for a tough year… well… i’m 28 weeks now and i’m fine! i mean like perfectly fine!!! i mean sure i cry when i notice my body doesn’t fit anymore once in a while (almost like a monthly deal oddly enough) but then other than that one day where i get a little release and i’ll be fine for three or four weeks!! hang in there because it could be either/both… and it could get better! working out does help me….