234
Antidepressants in pregnancy do not raise children’s risk of autism or ADHD, study finds (www.theguardian.com)
submitted 6 months ago by to c/upliftingnews@lemmy.world
63 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

James Walker, a professor emeritus of obstetrics and gynaecology at the University of Leeds, said the research had helped to “cut through the noise” regarding recent concerns regarding whether medications taken by mothers during pregnancy could affect their babies.

“The practical message is straightforward” Walker said. “Women with moderate or severe depression should not stop their antidepressants in pregnancy out of fear of causing autism or ADHD. Depression that goes untreated in pregnancy carries real risks of its own, for the mother, the pregnancy and for the developing baby, including a higher chance of premature birth, postnatal depression and difficulties bonding with the baby. For milder depression, talking therapies and other non-medication approaches are usually tried first, in line with current guidelines. As always, decisions in pregnancy are personal and should be made with a clinician who knows the woman’s history.”

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

And oh sweet Jesus is a severe mental health episode during pregnancy an absolute bitch to manage even inpatient. You take the stress of rapidly discontinuing a long term med then throw in pregnancy hormones and shit gets completely out of hand so fucking fast.

THEN I can't even give a gotdamn antihistamine for anxiety let alone a benzo! Keep her at home on her perfectly fine and normal Prozac! idw no peripartum anything up in my face. Give me the normal crazy I actually have meds for jfc. I'm on like five different actual hard hitters myself like the ones you ACTUALLY can't take during pregnancy (one of the reasons I'm forgoing pregnancy entirely).

If it's a choice between keeping them stable on an SSRI vs the risk of peripartum crisis I pick the SSRI any day. If anybody is this worried about SSRIs they need to look more into better women's health overall so they're less likely to need the SSRIs to begin with. Offer a better support BEFORE ripping out the currently functioning one.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent