Posted by Sulpicia on May 3, 2001, at 22:23:20
In reply to Re: Anyone's exp. on discontinued meds » Sulpicia, posted by SLS on May 3, 2001, at 20:57:11
> Hi Liz.
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> What is EFA?
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> What medication were you taking during your pregnancy? What sorts of things did you and your doctors take into consideration when you came to the decision to continue with drug treatment?
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> - Scott
> EFA=essential fatty acids, aka omega 3s, fish oil. According to Stoll's research, and using the RIGHT RATIO between 2 varieties [which of course I don't remember right now] resulted in significantly
fewer relapses for bipolars, ALL OF WHOM REMAINED ON MOOD STABILIZERS ETC. Sorry to shout but I wanted to be clear that this is not a *natural* cure. Stoll's research is as mainstream as it gets
and I thought it might be of use for Judy's docs.Pregnancy: tofranil
Considerations:
1) started up post 12 wks, out of the horror zone. Meds taken within the 1st trimester do the most damage.
2) little to no data that tofranil did anything bad.
3) prior history of depression and depression at the time -- which was incredibly horrible for various and sundry
*situational* reasons.
And frankly, I was waaaaaaaaay young and it was my first child. And not much of an info hound then either.
> Seems like ages ago........
Liz
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