Posted by Larry Hoover on September 14, 2004, at 13:03:01
In reply to Re: antidepressant use in pregnancy, posted by oeps7 on September 14, 2004, at 12:49:56
> Thank you for the information Larry this helps me a lot. I know I am doing the right thing because I have a long history of depression,anxiety and ocd. I think going off the meds would be bad for the baby.
> MaryI think an individual decision like yours is very realistic. There is no general rule. You have to decide for yourself, what is best, given the alternatives.
> If you find anymore info please let me know. My gyno who doesn't know my history says come off meds but my pdoc and psychiatrist say its much safer to be on the meds for the baby. What are your thoughts?
Here's some more on the subject:
http://www.google.ca/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&selm=EhyVc.37742%24Tr.1823824%40news20.bellglobal.comI copied that article out of the National Post, and I searched for and found the original article written by Koren, and inserted the link. Unfortunately, the link is broken in two pieces at Google, but you can paste the extra bit back into place.
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