Posted by Dr. Bob on October 13, 2003, at 17:28:41
In reply to Medication Suggestions Anyone?, posted by Zarah78 on October 12, 2003, at 23:01:36
[Posted by DharmaMama on October 13, 2003, at 15:31:49]
> Hello there and welcome. My name is Laura. I am pretty new to the boards myself. I am sorry to hear about the miscarriage. On top of the depression, a pregnancy can throw your hormones into overdrive. Then for your body to miscarry, it throws everything into a loop. It is like everything short circuits. Your body does this for a good cause. However, we are not emotionally ready for it. It is hard to explain, hard to explain it to ourselves, and hard to explain it to our partners/friends/family and for them to understand. I have been through this before and it was all on top of depression.
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> I am really not sure what your depression stems from. I have been depressed since I can remember and I have anxiety, social, temper problem. I also have terrible PMS and a feeling of numbness at times. Have not been diagnosed from a doc yet. Just placed on scripts. I am currently on Topamax. There are some threads on Dr. Bob in regards to it. I have been on it since Thursday so I do not feel right to give results. However, I have not felt this great in months. I am worried about the motorskills , memory, blurred vision, since I work full time. I refuse to take SSRI's because of the weight gain issue. You can read some threads in regards to that on Dr. Bob as well. There are some websites as well focusing on that.
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> As far as the decrease in libido. I know most scripts state that that is a side effect. I have had a decrease due to the depression. Since being on Topamax there was a slight increase, not much. That can also be a result from the miscarriage. I was on birth control (ortho-novum) and that decreased my libido. I got off of it and my libido shot up. Some birth control (orals) decreases libido.
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> Depending on how far along you were, your body can still be recovering hormonally from the pregnancy. You can talk to your midwife or ob/gyn about the libido factor. If I can not find a pdoc soon, I am going to turn to my midwife for some alternatives or spiritual help.
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