I'm 13 weeks pregnant with baby #2 and am struggling with severe depression. My first child was over a decade ago, this second baby was NOT planned and my med regimen at conception was a BIGGUN but was pretty effective. Of course, now that I'm pregnant I've had to stop taking the laundry list of chemicals and am now only allowed to take Zoloft which is woefully inadequate all by itself. My official diagnosis is atypical Bilpolar II, and have been dealing with it (mainly the deep dark depression symptoms) for almost 5 years. Before that I was on and off every antidepressant known to man courtesy of my family practice doc that finally gave up and sent me to a psychiatrist. I also have a therapist that I see weekly when I can get out of bed and see her. She's good and I've been happy with my latest psychiatrist also, but the constraints of pregnancy are really challenging my sanity!!
Is there anyone here that has dealt with this? My OBGYN sent me to a Perinatologist, so I have LOTS of people involved in the pregnancy, but between them all, the best they can come up with is "do the best you can" which is little comfort when I'm afraid the "best I can" is going to lead me into an inpatient setting! Help!