Posted by traveler on October 29, 2004, at 14:48:54
In reply to Re: HELP - I'm pregnant, posted by dove on October 28, 2004, at 10:06:21
> I took both prozac and effexor during my last pregnancy (along with Remeron for the last month), and baby was fine, no complications during pregnancy, birth, delivery or postnatally.
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> During the first 1.5 months of the pregnancy I was taking Adderall, Remeron, Prozac, Effexor and Klonopin. The two drugs the doc's were concerned about were Klonopin and the Adderall, which I went off cold-turkey as soon as I knew I was pregnant.
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> The benzo's are a bit more dangerous than other meds. However, there are not many studies to truly back-up the lack of long-term side-effects in the baby in regard to SSRIs taken during pregnancy. One must decide and weigh the benefits against the "potential" and/or unknown harm the meds may cause.
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> I encourage you to be honest with yourself regarding what you can and cannot handle. I went off all meds for a couple of months during my last pregnancy, but realized that I was rapidly deteriorating and went back on. I did the best I could and have no guilt or regrets regarding going off the meds and going back on.
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> Good Luck to you!
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> dove
So, for the first 1.5 mos - you were taking Klonopin? And then you took the Prozac the entire time? I am probably worrying more than I should - which is why I am taking the meds to begin with! Any advice you could give would be greatly appreciated.
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