Bipolar And Trying to Become Pregnant Posted: 04-19-07 11:16am
I have bipolar
disorder and I would like to know if i
shoul go off my meds to become pregnant.
I am on Lamictal and Depakote. I am
married and we would like to have another
child but my cycles are wayyyyy off now.
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pumpkine0011
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 02 Dec 2006 Posts: 135 Location: CO
Hi Posted: 04-24-07 14:35pm
I am bipolar, and now 5 months pregnant. I
felt fine without my meds up until a few
weeks ago. I have been suffering from mood
swings like crazy. I saw the doc
yesterday, there are NO studies done on
antidepressants and mood stabilizers. It
is just unethical to do that to a fetus.
So not even a doctor can not tell u what
u should do. My doc is leaving it up to me
and I am still debating. And they wont
usually offer anything until your 2nd
trimester anyway. So you really need to
discuss the pros and cons of it before you
try to get pregnant. Because I never did
now I am faced with this huge decision.
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lunamatron
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 27 Apr 2007 Posts: 4
Posted: 04-27-07 16:52pm
I'm Bipolar and I have given birth to two
healthy babies. I discontinued all meds
while I was pregnant and surprisingly did
very well. I actually managed to be much
more stable off meds and pregnant then on.
My youngest is 6 months old and I just
started back on meds this past month. I
was starting to have anxiety attacks and
depression which the doctor tied more to
post partum than to my bipolar.
Most drugs that are used to stabilize
manic depression are extremely harmful to
an unborn child. There are drug
classifications and I know there are a few
that have less know side effects, but I
chose to discontinue them altogether.
Anything you ingest is crossed through the
placenta to your unborn baby. My advice is
to talk with your psychiatrist and
therapist about you plans to become
pregnant. They will know if you will be
capable of discontinuing your medications.
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charmma
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 18 Apr 2007 Posts: 4
Thank You Posted: 05-01-07 22:38pm
I will go to my doctor first before I do
anything. I do not want to do anything
that wouldn't be good for me but
definitely not for and unborn baby.
I have bipolar
disorder and I would like to know if i
shoul go off my meds to become pregnant.
I am on Lamictal and Depakote. I am
married and we would like to have another
child but my cycles are wayyyyy off now.