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Jan 18, 2011 at 03:21 PM
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I was wondering if someone could point me in the direction of a good source for info on lactation and medication, specifically for bipolar meds, mood stabilizers and atypical anti-psychotics.
I am currently breastfeeding. I went off my meds before getting pregnant and then pregnancy was a happy surprise. My pregnancy went well, I stayed in contact with my pdoc and continued with therapy. I am feeling the need to possibly medicate again as I am having trouble with mixed episodes. My pdoc is great, she encourages breastfeeding and/but is cautious about prescribing most mood stabilizers that would benefit me or antipsychotics. unfortunately, lamictal is out of the question for me, I guess that one is safe but I got a rash when i tried it before. sorry for rambling... |
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Jan 18, 2011 at 04:54 PM
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Jan 18, 2011 at 09:01 PM
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Farmergirl is right, that site is great. Dr Hale's book will explain with research references for your Pdoc. Seroquel has much much less than 1 percent of a dose transferred to an infant even in an worst case scenario (where infant would only feed at peak levels, which would never really happen).
Dr Hale's site also has a phone number available M-F. Most people do NOT have to quit breastfeeding. Even working in the neonatal ICU, the only mom that had to quit breastfeeding in the last year had a heart attack and needed very toxic meds to survive. Good luck and I support you no matter what you choose to do! __________________ "Unipolar is boring! Go Bipolar!"  Amazonmom is not putting up with bad behavior any more. |
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Jan 19, 2011 at 06:55 AM
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Thanks! I looked through the website and I am going to call my pdoc with the link and phone number.
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