Lamictal and pregnancy, poss. trigs
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| Sat, 09-17-2005 - 11:53pm |
Thanks to everyone that responded to my first post. I feel so much better now knowing that others are experiencing the same thing, although I wish no one had to. Anyway, I think Lamictal is in the C class of meds, so I'm not sure if it's really safe for pregnancy or not. My tdoc is encouraging me to take it through pregnancy anyway, but I think he's scared that I might become suicidal if I don't take it. I don't really see that happening though. I have never been suicidal in the 15 years I've been diagnosed as depressed. I think my bipolar disorder is a pretty mild type. My lows are probably more dysthymia (sp) than depression, and my highs are hypomania rather than true mania. I don't want to take anything more than the Zoloft while pregnant, but I'm afraid he will insist. He's already suggested I wait to try to get pregnant, but the thought of having another baby is really the only thing I'm looking forward to. Ugh, I am so confused right now. I still really haven't been able to accept that I am bipolar. It seems like a label, and one that my family won't accept. Also, I started on the Lamictal two days ago, and now I feel completely brain dead. Is this going to last forever, or will thse blah feelings eventually ease up? The good thing is that I don't get annoyed about anything anymore. Actually, I CAN'T get annoyed about anything because I don't really care about anything. Maybe that's not so good. :( Oh well, I guess I should enjoy feeling the same thing for more than one day at a time.
Stephanie

Stephanie,
Getting the dx tends to leave you a little shell-shocked--even I was taken aback once it was official, although I had suspected I was BP for some time.
Steph
In my opinion, if you don't want to take Lamictal while pregnant, that is your decision, not a doctors.
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