Dr. Hale - I am curious if you have any thoughts about cymbalta and breastfeeding. I have been on the medication train long enough to know that it is the only drug that is effective for me. I quit it when trying to conceive and have been off of it since then. My baby is now 8 months old, and I am REALLY struggling without medication.
I have a friend whose doctor kept her on cymbalta through pregnancy and now breastfeeding. I'm still worried though and am having a hard time knowing whether I should stay depressed in order to breastfeed, stop breastfeeding in order to medicate, or medicate while breastfeeding. I wish the safer, more tested drugs worked for me!
Thanks for any thoughts you can share. My husband is afraid to drug the baby and is encouraging me just to keep nursing, but he has never experienced depression before, so he doesn't know how I'm feeling (although he tries to be very understanding).
I have a friend whose doctor kept her on cymbalta through pregnancy and now breastfeeding. I'm still worried though and am having a hard time knowing whether I should stay depressed in order to breastfeed, stop breastfeeding in order to medicate, or medicate while breastfeeding. I wish the safer, more tested drugs worked for me!
Thanks for any thoughts you can share. My husband is afraid to drug the baby and is encouraging me just to keep nursing, but he has never experienced depression before, so he doesn't know how I'm feeling (although he tries to be very understanding).
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