I take a low dose (50mg) of Seroquel for anxiety and have for a couple years now and after being on all sorts of other medications I’ve finally had real success with this one in preventing my panic attacks and anxiety. I am seven and a half weeks pregnant with my first child and when I spoke to my primary care when I confirmed my pregnancy she let me know that it was a Class C medication (most medicines are) and that if it was doing me so much good I should continue to take it. Yet, at my first prenatal appointment the nurse made a big deal about it and called me after talking to the midwife in the office and said I would have to start taking something else. I’ve been on almost every other antidepressant and anxiety medication and I know they are all Class C medications as well. My belief it’s more stressful for the baby to have a mother who has daily panic attacks and high stress levels. I’ve looked up the animal studies but they never said how much medication they were giving the animals. Did anyone out there take this medication during pregnancy? If so, what was your experience? Was there harm to the baby such as low birth weight, slow development or miscarriage? I really want to do the right thing and make the right choice but I wasn’t functional before taking this medication (panic attacks, crying, I almost crashed my car, nearly had to quit school, missed two weeks of school while I found a medication that would work, eating disorder behaviours, etc). I am of course going to talk with my doctor about it and all that, but if there’s anyone with first hand experience I would really appreciate hearing your story. Thanks and sorry this turned into a novel:)

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