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Old Jun 04, 2017, 08:38 AM
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Thanks. Maybe it was just some of the threads I remember seeing then. I am considering it because I really didn't have all that many issues until I started using birth control, as well as being at a job I hated. Then I started using antidepressants. The antidepressants caused mania, so we had to add an antipsychotic. Then after the antipsychotic made me so sleepy I could barely get my responsibilities done, we added benzos for the anxiety.

Well recently I found out I was pregnant. As soon as I did, I quit smoking marijuana and tobacco, and drinking alcohol and caffeine. MJ and caffeine were the two biggies. The other two, I only did occasionally.

When I saw the nurse at the pregnancy clinic, she said standard protocol for my class C medications is to only be on one and to be on the lowest dose manageable. So we cut out the Seroquel and backed my Zoloft down from 150 to 100.

Then last week they did a vaginal ultrasound and found that there was no heartbeat and there probably never will be this time around. But by this point, I am tired of all the substances and what they are doing to my body. I would like to work on mastering ways of being healthy in my body and mind instead of masking symptoms with drugs. That way, when I get pregnant again, I won't have these same problems.
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Med Free Since June 30th, 2016 due to a miscarriage. Sweet child of mine, you have set me free.
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