anxiety and depression during pregnancy
Postpartum Depression DURING pregnancy?
I went to the dr today for my monthly checkup. I am 21 weeks and found out today that I’m having a little girl!!!
Anyways, I mentioned to him that I have been having a hell of a time coping with..life. Everything upsets me and gets me going and I am always anxious and can’t kick it. I am having a hard time getting thru my days. He had me do this little screening thing. One was anxiety, the other depression. He said my anxiety one was fine (he just caught me in a good moment!) but my depression one was very high. He thinks I might have Postpartum Depression. He prescribed me Lexapro. Have any of you gone thru this? Or even been on Lexapro? What might it do to me (make me tired, etc.)? I saw something just now (after I took one!) about antidepressants being linked to birth defects?
Hi there,
I had severe pre-natal depression as well, and it really does suck, I can easily say that it’s the worst thing I’ve ever been through. I was given Zoloft while I was pregnant and I also looked it up online and saw all the same stuff about birth defects so I stopped taking it for a few months. I can also say that was the dumbest thing I ever did because my depression got worse and worse until I couldn’t even recognize the person I became, eventually my doctor made me go back on it, and I’m glad she did. After I went back on it in my 3rd trimester the rest of the pregnancy was much much more enjoyable and my daughter came out absolutely perfect! So don’t worry, the doctors know what they’re doing far better than the people who put that nonsense on the internet.
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