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Hello,
I have bipolar 2 and seem to be having some issues with my medications.
Prior to getting pregnant is was on:
Lithium 600mg
Lamectal 300mg
Abiify 2mg
Effexor (I forget the dose, but it was the lowest)
Atarax as needed for anxiety
When I got pregnant they switched my medication to
Seroquel 150mg
Wellbutrin 150mg
These meds have been working alright. My older meds were better, but I've been managing okay with these. The seroquel was really knocking me out, which was hard when my daughter was a newborn, but I survived.
She's 7 months old now and I've been having major anxiety and quick anger. My doctor doesn't seem to understand the severity of it or how badly it affects me. I'm in the process of switching doctors. He's prescribed me 20mg of celexa, which I'm afraid to take because of the weight gain. I also worried about adding another medication and waiting the few weeks to see if it works. He gave me hydroyzine, which really didn't do much. I would have to take it daily for it to work. I've heard that that isn't a good idea while nursing. I found the 25mg x twice a day did help. He also gave me .5mg of Ativan. I took those for two days and found a huge relief. I split the pill and only took half, once in the early morning and half in the early evening.
I think my anxiety and anger might be a side effect of the Wellbutrin, but I'm afraid of switching medication right now and having something that doesn't work or makes my situation worse.
My question, would it be terrible to take the Ativan for a little while while I add in a different anti anxiety med, like Zoloft?
I want to keep things as safe as possible for my daughter, but need some relief.
She's eating 3 meals a day and nursing quite a bit less, which could also be causing me a drop in hormones.
Thank you in advance.
I have bipolar 2 and seem to be having some issues with my medications.
Prior to getting pregnant is was on:
Lithium 600mg
Lamectal 300mg
Abiify 2mg
Effexor (I forget the dose, but it was the lowest)
Atarax as needed for anxiety
When I got pregnant they switched my medication to
Seroquel 150mg
Wellbutrin 150mg
These meds have been working alright. My older meds were better, but I've been managing okay with these. The seroquel was really knocking me out, which was hard when my daughter was a newborn, but I survived.
She's 7 months old now and I've been having major anxiety and quick anger. My doctor doesn't seem to understand the severity of it or how badly it affects me. I'm in the process of switching doctors. He's prescribed me 20mg of celexa, which I'm afraid to take because of the weight gain. I also worried about adding another medication and waiting the few weeks to see if it works. He gave me hydroyzine, which really didn't do much. I would have to take it daily for it to work. I've heard that that isn't a good idea while nursing. I found the 25mg x twice a day did help. He also gave me .5mg of Ativan. I took those for two days and found a huge relief. I split the pill and only took half, once in the early morning and half in the early evening.
I think my anxiety and anger might be a side effect of the Wellbutrin, but I'm afraid of switching medication right now and having something that doesn't work or makes my situation worse.
My question, would it be terrible to take the Ativan for a little while while I add in a different anti anxiety med, like Zoloft?
I want to keep things as safe as possible for my daughter, but need some relief.
She's eating 3 meals a day and nursing quite a bit less, which could also be causing me a drop in hormones.
Thank you in advance.
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