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Nov 22, 2014, 05:31 AM
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I'm not even in a relationship, let alone pregnant, but I've been thinking about it a lot lately, being that I've just turned 31 years old and I am not getting any younger.
I am wondering if it's a good idea to think about having children what with bi-polar and the medications I take? I'm not particularly motherly, but it seems I'm crazy about having a kid. I just don't know why. |
 Pikku Myy
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Nov 22, 2014, 10:30 AM
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It depends on a lot of things. How severe is the bp? Which meds? Are you able and willing to go off some or all of them?
I have bp ii. The depressions are crippling but hypomania is manageable. I had a son on just Lamictal, although it was hard because that is an insufficient med for me. Good luck! |
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Nov 22, 2014, 02:34 PM
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I'm on Abilify, Effexor, and a new one called Buspar. I am pretty sure I'd have to go off of at least the Abilify and Effexor as they aren't safe for a developing fetus (known to cause birth defects/deformities), but don't know about the Buspar.
I'm pretty much dependent on my meds to keep me sane. Without them I get crippling depression, like you mentioned with yourself. The Buspar I just recently started taking, so that I really don't know much about yet. |
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Nov 22, 2014, 07:46 PM
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It's tough. Abilify is by far the best drug for me. My docs would have actually allowed it, with the warning that there is not a lot of research on it (although nothing bad has come out about it yet either). I didn't feel comfortable with that, so I switched to Lamictal, which has many years of good safety research. I think it does something for me, but it isn't great. I actually was just trying for a second child, but my mood got so bad, that we decided to take a break for a while and go back on abilify for a while and reevaluate what we want to do going forward.
It sucks. My husband gets to take whatever meds he needs and still have kid(s). It's hard to be a woman. 
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Nov 22, 2014, 09:23 PM
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This is an old thread. You probably should not post your reply to it, as the original poster is unlikely to see it.|
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