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Posted by lyrical13 on October 28, 2004, at 12:51:26
Anyone who is BP2 ever been pregnant? Were you able to take any meds while pregnant? Did you have any problems if you went off all meds? I had ruled out pregnancy because I didn't think I could be on anything during pregnancy and I didn't want to have a relapse of symtoms without meds. Esp. the depression part. But I recently had a scare where I thought I was pregnant and admittedly was disappointed when the test was negative. So I've started to reconsider. Anyone have any experience with this. If you did have a baby,did everything turn out OK? Any problems with you or the baby?
Posted by Starlight on October 28, 2004, at 13:12:04
In reply to pregnancy and BP2, posted by lyrical13 on October 28, 2004, at 12:51:26
I got pregnant and went through the same emotions. I ended up not going through with it because my husband didn't want it without being thoroughly prepared, and it was very hard, very hard to go though an abortion, though now I think it was the right thing to do.
When I talked about it with my doc, she said I had to come off of everything, Trileptal, Lamictal and Effexor. The anti-convulsants are known to cause congential malformations and a host of other issues. Coming off of the drugs in preparation for pregnancy has to be done carefully and under the supervision of your Pdoc. Be sure to carefully research the available material, but in most of these drugs, they don't know what the exact effect they'll have on the fetus and I for one, choose not to be the rat they experiment on.
starlight
Posted by Lyrical13 on October 28, 2004, at 17:29:36
In reply to Re: pregnancy and BP2, posted by Starlight on October 28, 2004, at 13:12:04
I know what you mean about the experimentation angle. It just seems like they really don't know enough about the effects of meds on pregnancy. I know the anticonvulsants are harmful, especially Depakote and Tegretol. I'm on Trileptal and Celexa. I was looking up info on the web today of BP meds and pregnancy. I found a lot of conflicting info or info based on a few case studies. There was a lot of "we don't THINK it will cause problems" or "it will probably be OK". I'm not willing to pin a child's life on "probably OK". My husband and I have been going back and forth on this for years. We finally decided on adoption for both the baby's sake and mine. I don't want to risk a relapse and I figure I'm a prime candidate for postpartum depression. This recent pregnancy scare made me think about it again though. I desperately want a child. I work at a school and so there are tons of young mothers and just as many grandmas who work there. Just about every week someone is bringing their baby to show off and there is at least one baby shower each year. I'm happy for all of them but I want a baby and a family too. The road to adoption is long and full of uncertainty. I guess that would be true of a pregnancy too. But at least you know there will be a baby in your house after nine months.
Anyway, I really don't think we know enough about psych meds to determine which ones are safe and which ones are not. I'm not sure what to do. I for sure don't want to try to get pregnant until spring when I'm usually feeling better. This is my worst time of year until about January.
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