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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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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.
Did i wrote anywhere that i should be weighting the decision itself? wtf are you on? Maybe take some online course on lecture comprehension.
You are here just trying to invalidate my opinion to include important factors within the frame of the decision making process, because you personally disagree with that.
And trying to give weight to your invalidation with a strawman.
Your opinion holds no weight between a pregnant woman and her doctor. Your opinion that women shouldn't take any medications and suffer throughout their pregnancy, science be damned, is harmful.
You really have 0 lecture comprehension and are basically arguing against something you made up my dude.
My opinion is my opinion, and its the problem of whomever reads it to take it into account or not.
As I personally do not take your opinion for nothing of importance in this regard, as you're toxic and basically delusional at this point if not just malicious in trying to reframe what I said.
Have a nice day, and please, don't forget to take your antidepressants.
Casually pushing that pregnant women should avoid antidepressents regardless of what their doctors advise isn't about lecture comprehension or debates.
It's a dangerous statement that you've pushed here and it is literally just your uneducated opinion.
"Pushing"??? Again, go read again the comment, dont discuss with your personal projections.
You are now assuming my education and what I used to give my opinion?
Can I ask you whats your degree field? Or if you have one to start with as to put on yourself the selfentitlement to have the right to judge my opinion?
Because you're here feverishly fighting against my statements about psychoactive compounds chronically saturating the mother's bloodstream affecting the development of the child thats connected to that bloodstream for 9 months; and that this should be taken into account by the mother to inform herself of the potential repercussions of blindly taking said compounds.
Your opinion is dangerous in itself, not to mention that pretending to take away the right people have to take informed decisions, based on your personal belief (and maybe experience, sadly). Who are you to take on yourself the right of what people have to know or not?
I'm honestly really heavily doubting about not only your qualifications and background education here; since you're trying to invalidate basic biochemical processes caused by strong hormonal modulators that are proven to affect even already formed and developed brains; let alone the fetus neural tissue.
Please have some reading here:
25% to 30% of infants exposed to SSRI/SNRI in late pregnancy experience transient symptoms such as jitteriness, restlessness, rapid breathing, and altered muscle tone. https://fn.bmj.com/content/109/3/294
In utero SSRI exposure, interacting with the maternal mood, is associated with distinct epigenetic alterations. Specifically, neonates show increased DNA methylation, an epigenetic signature that has also been linked to alterations in birth weight. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4622680/
Alterations to the Fetal HPA Axis and Cortisol Levels: Infants prenatally exposed to SSRIs exhibit altered early programming of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) stress axis. This is demonstrated by significantly reduced early evening basal cortisol levels measured at three months of age when compared to unexposed infants. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4821181/
Prenatal SSRI exposure is associated with an early gray matter volume expansion in the amygdala and insula, as well as increased structural connectivity between these regions. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10469300/
Even after strictly adjusting for confounding variables, prenatal exposure to antidepressants is associated with decreases in gestational age and birth weight , alongside a modestly increased risk for moderate-to-late preterm birth. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9117424/
You know that there are hundreds of neurological problems outside of ADHD and Autism don't you? And if not, please inform yourself before pushing people to decide what to take or not based on what you believe is important, because its probably the popular thing you're paying attention to.
The only fucking opinion I've expressed here is that a pregnant woman should consult her doctor and listen to her doctor over random people's opinions on the internet.
Why that's so controversial to you, who the fuck knows. I suspect that you had your ego bruised when your comment was removed and you have a woman pushing back on you.
Pregnant women should listen to their doctors
Its controversial to you. Since if you had read my comments you would be aware that I never stated the contrary.
But you're some random triggered toxic lemmy user with zero lecture comprehension, just arguing with imaginary statements and little context knowledge it seems.
Yes you fucking did.
Thats my personal opinion, and the basis for that opinion (with some links provided a couple comments above, since seems that "common sense" isn't as common as one would hope).
There isn't any "pushing" for ignoring medical advice or opinion, nor any imperative statements on the requirement of avoiding taking them .
Again, you're arguing with imaginary projected things here, and are a supertoxic person on top of that.
Your opinion on this is dangerous to spread online, which is a big part of why that comment was removed to begin with.
Pregnant women should listen to and work with their doctors, not take any advice like this from a person like you.
Your opinion is dangerous to spread online, and toxic on top of that.
They surely have to.
And who people take advice from is their problem, not yours.
My opinion is that pregnant women should listen to their doctors and not you.
Your opinion is as irrelevant as mine. Do yourself a favor, and do some reading before trying to judge what others say on things that go well over your head.
Advising women to not take antidepressents after their doctor has prescribed them makes your opinion significantly worse than anyone's here.
Where did I stated that women should not take antidepressants after their doctor has prescribed them?
stop arguing with your imaginary self.
Pregnant women taking antidepressants have a prescription from their doctor. You advised against taking them regardless.
I'm done arguing about pancakes and waffles with you.
Where did said that women taking antidepressant should stop taking them?
You are arguing with your own imaginary pancakes and waffles
Maybe one more time since your reading abilities are apparently hindered.
Here it is again, just to be sure you got it.
Your original and unhelpful comment that pregnant women should not take antidepressents even when their doctor prescribes them was removed by a moderator already.
Everything in pregnancy is lower risk vs higher risk, not no risk vs risk. Each pregnancy is different on top of that.
Pregnant women shouldn't listen to your opinion. They should listen to their doctors.
I did not wrote that they shouldnt take antidepressants. I wrote that their effects should be taken into account and researched before taking them.
Here's your parent comment where you literally recommend NOT taking antidepressants even when doctors prescribe them to pregnant women.
Where is that? Stop arguing for things you imagine in your triggered mind my dude. It affects your wellbeing.
You're commenting on a study that is talking about antidepressants and their use during pregnancy. You advised women to not take them regardless of how safe and effective they can be.
You're wrong and women should work with their doctors on treatment plans.
Your post's study only refers to ADHD and Autism. It doesnt imply safety for anything else. You are implying safety and effectiveness for the whole, based on two specifics. That is dangerous.
Its like telling someone to drink a hepatoxic compound, because it doesn't hurt other organs.
As per your uneducated opinion.
Of course they should.