Re: medications while pregnant

[Anonymous]

thank you so much purlgirl! that was a lot and helped quite a bit! I’ll be definitely be doing more digging on there and talking with my dr about it. I dunno where you are , but I’ve found in my experiences that it is a society of “learn on your own time” kinda deal- of if you really want to know about a medication and the effects it has, you have to research it yourself. Yeah, you get the little printouts from the pharmacy, but it only gives you the little coles notes version. I was originally given a diagnosis of depression and at one time put on Paxil- it wasn’t til after I was feeling at my worst and went off of it that i found out people were trying to put a black box label on it to warn it had severe effects.

I never knew how they went about determining that with the effect on an embryo/fetus- that was actually quite reassuring to learn about the procedure with the animal testing (although a little sad about having to have an animal go through it , but it has to be done to be safe) and how they determine with the offspring affected by the drug.

I know that I wouldn’t be able to function as well as i could with my meds if i had to go off of them and it is a huge thing for a family and spouse to take on as well- I’m wondering if women who do have adhd and want to become pregnant whether they take a maternity leave at different times, or even leave for a time and return after going back on meds and having everything situated at home?

I guess I feel a bit frustrated at the same time- I mean I feel a great deal of relief of having a diagnosis and learning how to manage my symptoms, and it has actually given me many gifts. I just feel though it’s also causing such a problem of i have to chose whether to be completely “out of it” for 9+ months to have a baby, or not have a baby of my own but stay mentally balanced. My heart aches at the thought of having to make that choice.

On top of that, giving my then husband not only the responsibility of looking after a pregnant wife, but a chronically-confused-and-pregnant wife. And with it kinda given it’s a hereditary thing, having to deal with a spouse with ADD but also a kid? Any Dads out there that are going through or have gone through this?

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