I wanted to know if any who have fallen pregnant had a relapse of their bipolar episodes during pregnancy either having continued or stopped medications during their pregnancy? I have a thread on my recent situation under "I'm pregnant", but following (trigger warning!) a termination I had yesterday I'm feeling really low & sleeping heaps. I realise this is probably a normal reaction to a difficult decision but could it also be the beginnings of a hormonally driven mood change (it's only been 36 hours though)? Prior to the termination I had plenty of energy & was in high spirits, perhaps even blocking out the reality of what I was about to do. I ask this as I do want to conceive again in a couple years & go off all meds prior, I've read the relapse rate is high.
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Dx: Bipolar II, GAD, past substance abuse, temporal lobe epilepsy.
Rx: Lamotrigine 125mg, Sertraline 50mg, Clonazepam 0.5mg prn.
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