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Antidepressants in pregnancy do not raise children’s risk of autism or ADHD, study finds
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 15 May 2026
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A pregnant woman should listen to her doctor and not your opinion.
Untreated depression and anxiety can be more harmful to both the woman and the fetus than the side effects of antidepressants.
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.
Opinions should be taken into account and once given research for taking informed decisions.
Medics have a 52% successful diagnosis rate, and most of that stems from patients being unable to recognize symptoms to confer them do medics. Let alone the knowledge and skill limitations of individual professionals.
If you want to pack up a developing brain with mind-altering substancesdo it with yourself. Not even your own kid has to suffer for your poor decision making and choice of healthcare professionals.
Because your "how would I Had known" or " science wasn't aware at the time" excuses for your victim kids will not make it my dude. Because common sense spelled it right there for you.
That’s a lot of words to say you don’t trust women.
Thats too few words for a strawman and projecting your shit on others lol
You’re not worth any more of a reply than that frankly.
Have the day you deserve ;)
as if you could provide one. Im having a great day, thanks :*
Probably because you’re not a suicidal pregnant woman who has men telling her she should just die because the fetus is more important.
There are ways to reduce depression without packing your blood with psychoactive substances that go directly to a developing brain.
And again, reread my comment: information should be given for the right decisions to be made. If the mother still desires to use psychoactive substances for her own good after her research on the topic, her right. But she should know of the potential repercussions of her decisions.
And those options should be weighed between a woman and her doctor, not some rando on the internet who feels like they’re more authorized to speak on this than actual medical providers.