Posted by judy1 on June 27, 2001, at 18:45:42
In reply to Re: Pregnancy and meds in BP's » judy1, posted by Cece on June 27, 2001, at 14:11:02
Hi Cece,
I'm dxed bp1, rapid cycling and panic disorders. I think my shrink is leaning towards PTSD though, because I have a lot of dissociation problems. Thank you for the best wishes. This was an unexpected pregnancy and as soon as I found out I went off lamictal, risperdal and one other (can't remember). I did stay on klonopin (and still am) with xanax prn. Recently I've been taking zyprexa because I developed TD with risperdal, but I plan on tapering off that also. My pdoc basically treats 'fires' with me, and uses a great deal of psychotherapy. I see him weekly and e-mail him a lot (we have a very good relationship that took a good year to develope). I did have a psychotic depressive episode after my son was born and he and I are aware that there is a strong probability that I will have it again. So I guess we are working on maintaining a strong therapeutic relationship- my biggest problems are lack of insight when manic, and taking each day as it comes (never dull in bipolar disorder!) Hope this answers your questions. Take care, judy
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