I have just found out this week that I am 5 weeks pregnant and it was a bit of a shock to my OH and I as we weren't ttc and in fact have only done it once in two months!!!
Anyway I have been on anti-depressants for about six months due to a number of things happening over the past few years and causing me to spiral into depression. I was very worried when I got my BFP that taking these tablets while pregnant would cause harm to the baby. I have been to see the Doctor who has assured me that there is no huge risk and in fact I can carry on taking them if I want to. Personally it just feels wrong to me to keep taking them while I am pregnant and so I immediately stopped. Stopping anti-depressants so abruptly is not recommended but the Doctor completely supported my decision and has asked me to come back to the surgery every week to tell him how I am feeling.

I was just wondering if anyone else has been through a similar situation? Although I feel like I have made the right decision stopping my medication I am worried I will fall back into my depression and suffer the mood swings I was suffering from earlier.

it depends what anti depressant you were on.
I was on Prozac (which is safe in pregnancy) .still am actually and im now 39 weeks. I stopped taking them with my first little boy however and ended up having a nervous breakdown and antenatal depression. I would not recommend just coming off of them straight away as it is bad for you, even if you are not taking prozac originally you can switch to them.
My cousin had bi-polar and she came off her usual tablets and went to prozac through her pregnancy instead.
it had no effect on my little boy and im glad i didnt do it this time i know my body needs that chemical otherwise i have a melt down!!!!


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Hi Summermummy.

No medication is recommended during pregnancy however your Doctor will have made the decision as to what is a greater risk, wether that it to the baby or to your state of mind if you stop them.

I was on anti depressants when ttc and when i told my doc i was ttc he told me to come off them as soon as possible, by halfing the dose every few days until i was off them. However sometimes people need to keep taking them. If you do decide to stay off them your body/mind will readjust pretty quickly. It is such a hard time though because you may not know if you are having mood swings etc because of no medication or because of normal pregnancy hormones.

Congratulations on your bfp and hope you have a happy & healthy 9 months whatever you decide to do. xxx

I took Citalopramafter my 1st LO was born for approx a year until last Nov. We decided to TTC again in the New Year and so I decided that I was ready to stop taking them before I conceived. I was only on the lowest dose possible in the run up to stopping completely but stopped slowly - half a tablet every day, then every other day until I felt I could cope.

I am now 39 weeks pg and to be honest this pg has been a rollercoaster of emotions (probably not helped as I lost my mum 18 months ago). The majority of the time I've been fine but find when I'm down I hit rock bottom quite quickly. When I'm down I do worry that I already have antenatal depression and that this in turn will turn into postnatal depression but I will not hesitate to return to my Drs after baby's born this time and ask to be put back on the anti-depressants.
At the end of the day you need to do what's best for your baby but also for YOU. A happy Mummy (to be!) means a happy baby.
Congratulations & good luck x