what ones are safe, i have anxiety, i wont take them if great harm is expected xxxxx

I’m currently under huge stress for many reasons, I’m foreigner living in Japan and I’m afraid this could affect my child. In Japan people don’t do any counseling or anything.It’s just piling and piling.

I read a article that links stress to autism. Stress between weeks 24 and 28.
I am a very anxious person and now during pregancy its gone haywire.
I blow up things out of proportion,have irrational thoughts that never leave my brain for days and make me feel down and give me headaches.
Unfortunately all this is happening more in the weeks 22 onward for me and I am soooo worried.
Please give me your experiences.

I’m almost 36 weeks, and I find myself more tired and moody than ever before. My hubby came in today and asked what was for dinner…..I got pissed off and paired all the frozen meats with veggies/ pasta and cooked 4 meals worth of food. LOL! After I got done, I realized that was the craziest thing I’d ever done. What’s your story?

I take both of these medications for severe anxiety and depression. It is an absolute medical necessity for me. I am considering getting pregnant in a few years, as my wedding is in October. My ob/gyn told me today that neither of those medications should be taken during pregnancy. Ideally I would like to not take anything during pregnancy, but I am pretty sure that may not be plausible as I have a history of horrible panic attacks and hospitalization due to psychiatric symptoms. I have been stable for several years now on medication and haven’t been hospitalized in 12 years.

Has anyone here taken these drugs during pregnancy? What happened, if so?

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Please give the trimester you miscarried.

I have a sleep disorder and depression. I take medication for the sleep disorder and have continued it (under dr. supervision) through my pregnancy. I’m currently over 26 weeks and I’m having extreme insomnia, even with the prescription sleep medication. Could this be due to hormonal changes? Is it safe to change medications and would that be effective? I have to take something because my body won’t sleep period if I don’t. I can get to sleep fine but wake up after a few hours and can’t go back to sleep for the life of me. It is horrible because I work during the day, can’t even nap, I exercise/eat right, and nothing works. My medication just doesn’t work anymore. I had a little bit of insomnia the first trimester, but now it is extreme and never-ending. I’m so tired and can’t deal with this for another 3 months without getting extremely sick or having clinical depression I’ve also dealt with return. Obviously I don’t want to hurt the baby, but has anyone else experienced stuff like this where they already take sleep medication and even that doesn’t work? Suggestions?

I had this question which is whether mood swings have any ill effects on the baby’s health and growth during pregnancy?
Thanks

I would really love to have a child in my near future, but I have some issue’s that I fear may cause me some complications…I suffer from anxiety/panic attacks, depression, & hypochondria. I take medication for anxiety/depression, & go to counseling for it as well, along with my hypochondria. My blood pressure tends to go up when I’m under stress, so this is also another issue I’m concerned about…Like I said, I’d really love to have my own child, but do you think all of this would be too much for me to handle? (mentally)…I don’t really have that much trouble with depression, & here lately I’ve been doing pretty good with my anxiety/panic attacks, but I fear ANY type of problem during my pregnancy may trigger it, or make my depression worse…..Any good advice?.