This is the second attempt for me in the past several months. I now have a little bit more incentive than i did back in March - I'm pregnant! So I've been weaning off for a week or so, and I have been panicking and having intrusive thoughts today. Has anyone been pregnant on an SSRI? I've read so many conflicting reports. I want to do what is absolutely right for my baby - but I have to be able to eat, sleep and function in order to support the baby. Sigh, please pray for me. I'm going to keep trying to come off of them. I want all to be well for the little one... Would counseling help me? I've really never had any therapy for this illness because the Zoloft did wonders...
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hi stacii, i hope everything works out for you
please read John 17:3.....I just feel like I should tell u this
have a great one
please read John 17:3.....I just feel like I should tell u this
have a great one
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Congratulations, Stacii!!
I would try to go for the counselling if I were you. Not only would it help you get through these 9 months with no meds, but it could give you some tools to use afterwards too. Quite a few people on this forum seem to do well with Exposure and Response Therapy, though I have never tried it myself.
As a matter of fact, I was diagnosed with OCD when I was pregnant. Like you, I wanted everything to be just right for the baby so tried to get to the bottom of what had been bothering me for years. The pastor kept praying with me but nothing seemed to be working until he pointed me to a psychiatrist. I only went 3 times but I think just knowing what it was was a breakthrough for me and part of the process God has used in my recovery. So just get any help you can so you can be a healthy and happy mommy!
God bless,
Heather
I would try to go for the counselling if I were you. Not only would it help you get through these 9 months with no meds, but it could give you some tools to use afterwards too. Quite a few people on this forum seem to do well with Exposure and Response Therapy, though I have never tried it myself.
As a matter of fact, I was diagnosed with OCD when I was pregnant. Like you, I wanted everything to be just right for the baby so tried to get to the bottom of what had been bothering me for years. The pastor kept praying with me but nothing seemed to be working until he pointed me to a psychiatrist. I only went 3 times but I think just knowing what it was was a breakthrough for me and part of the process God has used in my recovery. So just get any help you can so you can be a healthy and happy mommy!
God bless,
Heather
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Hey Stacii,
You need to take your Dr.s advice on this matter, but I would like to share with you that my daughter has given birth to two children while taking Zoloft throughout both pregnancies.
Her OBGYN just had her reduce the dose to 100 mgs. He said that it would be more damaging to her unborn child for her to go off the drug and go through mental agony than to stay on it and feel well mentally throughout.
I was there for the birth of both these little guys and both are extremely healthy and happy and neither of them showed the slightest symptoms of any kind of withdrawal syndrome.
So.. talk to your OBGYN about this. I've also read that Prozac has been used safely throughout pregnancies.
Just wanted to share that.
Mitzi
You need to take your Dr.s advice on this matter, but I would like to share with you that my daughter has given birth to two children while taking Zoloft throughout both pregnancies.
Her OBGYN just had her reduce the dose to 100 mgs. He said that it would be more damaging to her unborn child for her to go off the drug and go through mental agony than to stay on it and feel well mentally throughout.
I was there for the birth of both these little guys and both are extremely healthy and happy and neither of them showed the slightest symptoms of any kind of withdrawal syndrome.
So.. talk to your OBGYN about this. I've also read that Prozac has been used safely throughout pregnancies.
Just wanted to share that.
Mitzi
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Thanks everyone for the support. I had some rough panic attacks today and some hyperventillation. I am back on the Zoloft at 50 mg and think that everything is going to be fine. I think I will try couseling also, but my OB thinks it is way to dangerous for my baby right now for me to try to come off of the meds while pregnant because of the panic attacks I had today. Please continue praying for me
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Sure will be praying for you Stacii, and I'm so glad your OB encouraged you about the Zoloft.
Blessings to you and your little one.
Mitzi
Blessings to you and your little one.
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He loves you more than you know.
If you confess anything to Him, He will forgive you, because He loves you. Remember, Jesus has chosen us, we have not chosen Him. He loves us more than we can fathom.
John 6:37
37All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away.
1 John 1:7-9
7But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all[a] sin.
8If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.
9If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.
John 6:47
I tell you the truth, he who believes has everlasting life.
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Remember, Jesus is all your righteousness.
He loves you more than you know.
If you confess anything to Him, He will forgive you, because He loves you. Remember, Jesus has chosen us, we have not chosen Him. He loves us more than we can fathom.
John 6:37
37All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away.
1 John 1:7-9
7But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all[a] sin.
8If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.
9If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.
John 6:47
I tell you the truth, he who believes has everlasting life.
[a] or every
Remember, Jesus is all your righteousness.
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