I'm 21 weeks pregnant and have a lot of anxiety,panic attacks and depression. I was diagnosed this…

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i was on zoloft and klonapin (?) unsure how to spell that and Trazadone. I was told they were all unsafe to take by my psychiatrist. originally he said just cutting the dosage in half, but then he called back saying just to quit them cold turkey.

As soon as I found out I was pregnant I stopped the klonopin and stopped the symbyax a couple months after. I need something now though.....

I had severe anxiety while pregnant due to extremely high stress levels. be extremely careful!!!! and make sure to take time for your self each day to calm down and get your thoughts in order. Google tricks to help with anxiety there are some pretty useful ones on there.... I didn't do anything about it and ended up having my son 13 w early. I was on bed rest for a week due to my water breaking at 26w and ended up having four more attacks while I was in there the nurses came and sat with me thru all of them but it still ended up causing me to not be able to stay pregnant as long as they wanted me to.

I was on Effexor and Klonopin before I got pregnant .... then I was put on Buspar which did nothing ... now I'm on Zoloft. all my doc said is it would be a good idea to try and wean urself off it a couple weeks before the baby is born as they could potentially have a little bit of withdrawal.

I was on Atarax with my last 2.

Not much is known about antidepressants and how they affect baby sadly. Zoloft is one of the mildest antidepressants. I was on it prior to being pregnant and my psychiatrist and midwife both said I could continue taking it if I felt like I needed it. I quit (cold turkey no less, smh) and have been regretting it. But all panic attack meds are unsafe, like Xanax (idk any more). But my psychiatrist told me that for panic attacks and anxiety I can take benedryl. It's safe for baby and it will help some. Otherwise, it's all about the techniques they give you in counseling to cope with anxiety. Sadly, they don't work all the time. My anxiety is getting worse and worse the longer I'm off my meds and the further into my pregnancy I get. Your psychiatrist mag suggest you take Zoloft because the risks are seemingly less to be on a mild antidepressant vs having severe anxiety and depression. Depression and anxiety can cause troubles for you and baby because of the stress levels it puts on your body. If you ever need someone to relate, you can message me, or if you need some techniques for coping with panic attacks. Hopefully your appointment goes well and you find something that works for you.

Well Zoloft is out of the question there's no way The babies father or anyone in the family is going to be okay with it. And I'm not okay with it. Babies father doesn't want me to take anything and just wants me to tough it out but I can't it's BAD I haven't been able to breathe,eat or stand up straight. And NOTHING really triggers it it just happens and he doesn't understand at all and keeps getting mad at me about all of it.