Buspar ? 24 weeks pregnant .............
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Buspar ? 24 weeks pregnant .............
| Tue, 09-19-2006 - 12:48pm |
I was diagnosed with Generalized Anxiety Disoder at age 30 ( with OCD tendancies in that when I am having anxiety or a panic attack I worry and obsess over things that otherwise I know could not hurt me or are untrue-like I can't breath or see etc. ) I am just about to turn 36, and pregnant with my 4th child. 24 weeks. Prior to my pregnancy I was taking Effexor XR 75 mg which saved my life ! I had relief within a week of beginning treatment and never had another full blown panic attack again while on it. When I found out I was pregnant I immdiatly stopped taking it. My OB agreed that it was not a good drug for pregnancy. I did ok for quite a long time , then about 12 weeks pregnant my anxiety became hard for me to control with talk therapy or breathing exercises. The past week it has been awful. I am waking up with anxiety attacks and unable to go back to sleep at night. I had a full blown panic attack two of the last three nights. One lasted nearly an hour. Yesterday I actually had a panic attack over even thinking of going to bed and waking and having to go through this again. I took some benedryl which helped some. I ended up being able to sleep off and on all night without going into a full blown attack. I called my OB and they are recommending that I begin taking Buspar ( buspirone). Has anyone here had any experience with this drug ? Side effects ? Taken it while pregnant or TTC ? Nursing ? I don't want to hurt my baby. That is most important, but the thought of having to live with this even another day is scaring me. TIA Heather

Welcome, Heather! It's so nice to
hi there heather:)
my name is heather as well and i am 26 weeks preggo.
Hi & welcome!
Sheri Ann