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Posted by starlight on June 16, 2004, at 11:42:48
Okay Ladies,
Anyone get pregnant while on your meds? And if so, what did you do?
starlight
Posted by watergirl on June 16, 2004, at 12:14:57
In reply to Pregnancy and Meds????, posted by starlight on June 16, 2004, at 11:42:48
After 3 home pregnancy tests confirmed I was pregnant: I Stopped everything! I went against the advise of my OB/GYN and my PDOC and stopped Paxil 40 mgs.
Tirated very quickly probably 10 days,if that.
At the same time I quit smoking pot (which I did all day long, even at work); quit drinking alcohol; quit smoking cigs; and quit taking my BIRTH CONTRIL PILLS!!!! Started w/ prenatal vitamins before I saw my doc
What hell that was!
Best Wishes,
CindyI hope you are ok.
Posted by starlight on June 16, 2004, at 12:37:08
In reply to Re: Pregnancy and Meds???? ? starlight, posted by watergirl on June 16, 2004, at 12:14:57
I'm a little tweaked. I had several days of spotting and then nada! Which is extremely unusual for me. I take trileptal, lamictal and have just started effexor, which I'm really liking. But if I am pregnant, I'd be very concerned about how the drugs would impact the baby. I don't know for sure yet, and part of me doesn't want to know. I'll probably wait a couple of days and then take a home test. How did everything turn out?
starlight
Posted by B2chica on June 16, 2004, at 16:34:45
In reply to Re: Pregnancy and Meds????, posted by starlight on June 16, 2004, at 12:37:08
Hey Starlight, (for background info i'm bipolar2, anxiety, adhd)
i'm also on trileptal and my obgyn said it is a class C drug. I am on five different drugs so she numbered them if i get pregnant which ones i need to get off right away and which ones can stay throughout pregnancy if needed. Trileptal she numbered as 4 so there were three other drugs i'd need to stop first. which was promising to me but the class level wasn't that good. A- would be like orange juice, absolutely nothing wrong and maybe even good. B-there are a few known side effects but not many and nothing life threatening for the baby or mom. C- there are a larger number of birth defects and D-guaranteed birth defects.
if i remember right this is how the classification goes. (not verbatim obviously). but you get the picture.
Hope everything is well, but i would not wait i would get tested as soon as you can, mostly for your mindset and to keep you healthy. Knowing will also allow yourself time to titerate off the drugs if that is your choice. The most important thing here is your health!
Just Becareful Starlight. My OBGYN said she had one patient that when she found out she was pregnany she stopped all her bipolar meds at once and she ended up in the hospital because of some SERIOUS side effects.btw-just a side note, before i got on the right meds i was spotting a lot, i was told because of the high anxiety that i was having. So maybe it's just an physical reaction to a different level of your affective disorder?
((((((Take Care Starlight))))))
b2c.
> I'm a little tweaked. I had several days of spotting and then nada! Which is extremely unusual for me. I take trileptal, lamictal and have just started effexor, which I'm really liking. But if I am pregnant, I'd be very concerned about how the drugs would impact the baby. I don't know for sure yet, and part of me doesn't want to know. I'll probably wait a couple of days and then take a home test. How did everything turn out?
> starlight
Posted by B2chica on June 16, 2004, at 16:51:53
In reply to Pregnancy and Meds????, posted by starlight on June 16, 2004, at 11:42:48
To Be Exact....
CATEGORY A
Controlled studies in humans have demonstrated no fetal risks. There are few category A drugs. Examples include prenatal vitamins, but not massive dosages of vitamins.
CATEGORY B
Animal studies indicate no fetal risks, but there are no human studies; or adverse effects have been demonstrated in animals, but not in well-controlled human studies.
CATEGORY C
There are either no adequate studies, either animal or human, or there are adverse fetal effects in animal studies but no available human data. Many medications pregnant women use fall into this category.
CATEGORY D
There is evidence of fetal risk, but benefits are thought to outweigh the risks.
CATEGORY X
Proven fetal risks clearly outweigh any benefit. Accutane would be an example.
Posted by Caper on June 17, 2004, at 7:02:35
In reply to Pregnancy and Meds????, posted by starlight on June 16, 2004, at 11:42:48
Yes I did. I was taking Prozac and Ritalin on a scheduled basis and Valium occasionally. I didn't find out I was pregnant (with twins) until around 3 months too, so I was really worried.
Not to scare anyone, but I had a complication at 5 months (placental abruption) and of course the babies, being born that early didn't survive. But my reason for posting this is, as far as anyone could tell, the meds I'd been taking had nothing to do with what happened and it looked as if my babies would have been perfect- basically it was _my_ body that messed up and I've been told there was no reason to think it was the meds that caused it.
So I did lose my babies, but unless everyone (including their doctor father) was lying to me, it wasn't the meds and the babies were, as far they could tell, perfectly normal.
This was meant to be a reassuring message....hope I got my point across.
Best of luck to you.
Caper
> Okay Ladies,
> Anyone get pregnant while on your meds? And if so, what did you do?
> starlight
Posted by Caper on June 17, 2004, at 7:07:08
In reply to Re: Pregnancy and Meds???? » starlight, posted by Caper on June 17, 2004, at 7:02:35
I forgot to make it clear that I stopped all the meds as soon as I found out I was pregnant.
Posted by starlight on June 17, 2004, at 13:21:08
In reply to P.S. for last post, posted by Caper on June 17, 2004, at 7:07:08
Well, I took the test last night and found out that I am indeed pregnant. Luckily I'm only about 3-4 weeks pregnant and have an appointment with my doc next wednesday so we can determine what to do.
starlight
Posted by B2chica on June 17, 2004, at 13:32:59
In reply to Re: P.S. for last post, posted by starlight on June 17, 2004, at 13:21:08
Posted by Caper on June 17, 2004, at 19:44:07
In reply to Re: P.S. for last post, posted by starlight on June 17, 2004, at 13:21:08
Congratulations!
I'm so glad you don't seem to be torturing yourself with thoughts of something (the meds) that can't be changed and is very unlikely to cause problems anyway. The most likely outcome truly is that in about 36 weeks you will be holding a healthy, lovely newborn in your arms.
Best wishes,
Caper
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